FReeper Canteen ~ Fabulous FRiday Favorites ~ 19 July 2013

July 18, 2013 | Canteen Crew

[beachn4fun]

FR CANTEEN MISSION STATEMENT

Showing support and boosting the morale
of our military and our allied military
and the family members of the above.
Honoring those who have served before.

Fabulous FRiday
FAVORITES

Tell us about your favorite
SPORT -

Whether it's to watch or to play.

Come on in and join the conversation.
Share your favorite sport. Share your memories or favorite moments.

Remember, the Canteen is a family friendly place.
We welcome the military, our allies, and their families.
Continued prayers for the success and completion of your mission.
Prayers for your safe return home.

[Publius]

Let me add one point. The initial statement of the theme with the two pianos works quite well. He just didn't know what to do with the theme after that.

George Miller understood that when he worked with the theme in "Babe". He knew how to make a short theme like that work for itself.

[Publius]

Camille Saint-Saens wrote this piece at age 40. The year 1875 was a banner year because of his marriage and the birth of his son. His wife, Marie-Laure, was his second choice, because the beautiful and busty Augusta Holmes decided she would rather be mistress to the great French composers of the era than be anyone’s wife. When Nicholai Rimsky-Korsakov came to town and saw Augusta at the Paris Exhibition of 1889, his evaluation went down in history. ”Tres decolletage!” That’s “Nice rack!” in French. Camille settled for second best.

The Quartet for Piano and Strings in B-flat, Op. 41, which we will hear tomorrow night, is in four movements, and it’s one of the great warhorses and crowd pleasers in the repertory.

The first movement , marked allegretto, meaning a slower pace than merely quick, is in sonata format, and the first subject in B-flat is breathtaking.
At 2:00, the second subject in F is just as beautiful.
At 3:00, development begins, and it sidles nicely between the major and minor modes.
At 5:00, the recap begins in a re-composed format, much like Brahms. As he works this theme up again, it even sounds like Brahms. Jo’s music had a lot of influence, even in France.
At 6:00, the second subject appears in the correct key of B-flat and sounds even more Brahmsian.
At 7:00, the coda winds it down and resolves the movement peacefully.

The second movement in G minor, marked andante maestoso ma con moto, which means “a majestic walking pace but keep it moving”, is a toccata and fugue, which points all the way back to Bach. Camille knew his Baroque music.

The third movement in D minor, marked poco allegro piu tosta moderato, is a rather nebulous “somewhat quick but a bit on the moderate side”. Rather than use scherzo format for his dance movement in 6/8, Camille opts for the more repetitive rondo format. He wraps it up quietly and prestissimo, which means “like a bat out of hell.”

Camille liked using a cyclic format, in which themes from previous movements find their places in the finale. This allegro (quick) movement, which starts in G minor, is written on a grand scale and is somewhat free-form. At 28:45 he executes a grand summation in B-flat where the themes from the first, second, third and fourth movements are layered over each other and worked up as a fugue. Make sure your seatbelts are fastened for the last two minutes!

Saint-Saens: Piano Quartet in B-flat, Op. 41

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Sacre Bleu!

[henkster]

My favorite sport? I sum it up with what I expect to find in heaven: a warm sandy beach. Across the road behind the beach is the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. You can’t miss it. It’s right between Indiana University’s Assembly Hall and Wrigley Field.

[luvie]

Oh, wow!!! The early bird is now a night owl
along with the rest of us! :)
Great thread, Beachy! (((hugs)))

[Publius]

Lots of good wallerin’ music for you.

[ConorMacNessa]

Sie haben den Nagel auf den Kopf geschlagen!



"A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."

[luvie]

Good job there! See ya tomorrow night at some point, I’m sure! :)

[luvie]

Darn! I still missed ya! LOL!

[Publius]

You can twirl in a series of ballet poses in “The Swan” when nobody’s looking.

[luvie]

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[ConorMacNessa]

Welcome To All Who Enter This Canteen, To Our Serving Military, To Our Veterans, To All Military Families, To Our FRiends and To Our Allies!



Missing Man Setting

"The Empty Chair"

By Captain Carroll "Lex" Lefon, USN (RET), on December 21st, 2004

"In the wardroom onboard the aircraft carrier from which I recently debarked was a small, round table, with single chair. No one ever sat there, and the reasons, both for the table being there, and for the fact that the chair was always empty, will tell the reader a little bit about who we are as a culture. The wardroom, of course, is where the officers will dine; morning, noon and evening. It is not only a place to eat – it is also a kind of oasis from the sometimes dreary, often difficult exigencies of the service. A place of social discourse, of momentary relief from the burdens of the day. The only things explicitly forbidden by inviolable tradition in the wardroom are the wearing of a cover or sword by an officer not actually on watch, or conversation which touches upon politics or religion. But aboard ships which observe the custom, another implicit taboo concerns the empty chair: No matter how crowded the room, no matter who is waiting to be seated, that chair is never moved, never taken.

The table is by the main entrance to the wardroom. You will see it when you enter, and you will see it when you leave. It draws your eyes because it is meant to. And because it draws your eyes it draws your thoughts. And though it will be there every day for as long as you are at sea, you will look at it every time and your eyes will momentarily grow distant as you think for a moment. As you quietly give thanks.

AS YOU REMEMBER.

The small, round table is covered with a gold linen tablecloth. A single place setting rests there, of fine bone china. A wineglass stands upon the table, inverted, empty. On the dinner plate is a pinch of salt. On the bread plate is a slice of lemon. Besides the plate lies a bible. There is a small vase with a single red rose upon the table. Around the vase is wound a yellow ribbon. There is the empty chair.

We will remember because over the course of our careers, we will have had the opportunity to enjoy many a formal evening of dinner and dancing in the fine company of those with whom we have the honor to serve, and their lovely ladies. And as the night wears on, our faces will in time become flushed with pleasure of each other’s company, with the exertions on the dance floor, with the effects of our libations. But while the feast is still at its best, order will be called to the room – we will be asked to raise our glasses to the empty table, and we will be asked to remember:

The table is round to show our everlasting concern for those who are missing. The single setting reminds us that every one of them went to their fates alone, that every life was unique.

The tablecloth is gold symbolizing the purity of their motives when they answered the call to duty.

The single red rose, displayed in a vase, reminds us of the life of each of the missing, and their loved ones who kept the faith.

The yellow ribbon around the vase symbolizes our continued determination to remember them.

The slice of lemon reminds us of the bitterness of their fate.
The salt symbolizes the tears shed by those who loved them.
The bible represents the faith that sustained them.
The glass is inverted — they cannot share in the toast.
The chair is empty — they are not here. They are missing.

And we will remember, and we will raise our glasses to those who went before us, and who gave all that they had for us. And a part of the flush in our faces will pale as we remember that nothing worth having ever came without a cost. We will remember that many of our brothers and sisters have paid that cost in blood. We will remember that the reckoning is not over.

We many of us will settle with our families into our holiday season, our Christmas season for those who celebrate it, content in our fortune and prosperity. We will meet old friends with smiles and laughter. We will meet our members of our family with hugs. We will eat well, and exchange gifts and raise our glasses to the year passed in gratitude, and to the year to come with hope. We will sleep the sleep of the protected, secure in our homes, secure in our homeland.

But for many families, there will be an empty chair at the table this year. A place that is not filled.

WE SHOULD REMEMBER."

Many Thanks To Alfa6 For Finding Capt. Lefon's Chronicle Of "The Empty Chair."

Robert Schumann – “Traumerei”
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Never Forget The Brave Men And Women Who Gave Their Lives To Secure Our Freedom!!

"Riamh nár dhruid ó sbairn lann!"

Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

[luvie]

I’d love to if I could do it without breaking my neck! LOL!

[ConorMacNessa]

TODAY IN HISTORY
Captain John Paul Jones Dies in Paris
18 July 1792



Capt. John Paul Jones

From The Naval History And Heritage Site:

As an officer of the Continental Navy of the American Revolution, John Paul Jones helped establish the traditions of courage and professionalism that the Sailors of the United States Navy today proudly maintain. John Paul was born in a humble gardener's cottage in Kirkbean, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland, went to sea as a youth, and was a merchant shipmaster by the age of twenty-one. Having taken up residence in Virginia, he volunteered early in the War of Independence to serve in his adopted country's infant navy and raised with his own hands the Continental ensign on board the flagship of the Navy's first fleet. He took the war to the enemy's homeland with daring raids along the British coast and the famous victory of the Bonhomme Richard over HMS Serapis. After the Bonhomme Richard began taking on water and fires broke out on board, the British commander asked Jones if he had struck his flag. Jones replied, "I have not yet begun to fight!" In the end, it was the British commander who surrendered. Jones is remembered for his indomitable will, his unwillingness to consider surrender when the slightest hope of victory still burned. Throughout his naval career Jones promoted professional standards and training. Sailors of the United States Navy can do no better than to emulate the spirit behind John Paul Jones's stirring declaration: "I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast for I intend to go in harm's way."



HMS Serapis and USS Bon Homme Richard
23 September 1779

"Riamh nár dhruid ó sbairn lann!"

Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

[luvie]

....till they all come home.....

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“I have not yet begun to fight”

That made my day, Conor!

[ConservativeStatement]

I enjoy womens’ beach volleyball. I don't know why. :-)

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The Uniforms?

[ConservativeStatement]

Sure, the uniforms.

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I figured! :-)