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Posted on 08/16/2024 6:01:33 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska
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LET'S ROCK THE CANTEEN WITH
TUNES FOR OUR TROOPS!!
LET'S GET THIS SHOW OFF THE GROUND!!
In the summer of 1942, the American Federation of Musicians, which represented instrumentalists, called a strike to begin on Aughst 1. Fred Waring and his crew frantically raced to finish this recording before the deadline. They finally got it "in the can" just before the strike took effect--I believe it was July 31 that they finished--to the delight of tens of millions of listeners over the next eight decades.
93 Christmas music videos
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Star Trek 2009 et al - Angels From the Realm of Glory - Don McLean
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iHBTUMGz3o&list=PLYTtL1FB2XCq1MX1jP_MD3ig-BaeJQR9U&index=3&pp=gAQBiAQB8AUB
Dr Who - White is in the Winter Night - Enya
In 1944, the musicians' strike was settled, but the Song Spinners were still active. Here, they teamed up with Dick Haymes to wax one of my favorite Christmas songs of all time.
Greetings to all at the Canteen!
To all our military men and women, past and present,
Bible in a Year :
Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves.
When the basketball team from Fairleigh Dickinson University (FDU) took to the floor for the college basketball tournament, the fans in the stands cheered for the underdog squad. The team hadn’t been expected to make it past the first round, but they did. And now they heard their fight song blaring from the stands, though they didn’t have a band with them. The University of Dayton band had learned FDU’s song minutes before the game. The band could have simply played songs they knew, but they chose to learn the song to help another school and another team.
This band’s actions can be seen to symbolize the unity described in Philippians. Paul told the early church at Philippi—and us today—to live in unity, or of “one mind” (Philippians 2:2), particularly because they were united in Christ. To do this, the apostle encouraged them to give up selfish ambition and consider the interests of others before their own.
Valuing others above ourselves may not come naturally, but it’s how we can imitate Christ. Paul wrote, “Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves” (v. 3). Instead of focusing only on ourselves, it’s better to humbly look “to the interests of . . . others” (v. 4).
How can we support others? By carefully considering their interests whether learning their fight songs or providing whatever they might need.
Reflect & Pray
Whose interests can you look after today? How does looking out for others promote unity?
Humble Savior, please show me ways I can help others by looking to their interests.
~ Tunes For Our Troops: Christmas in August ~
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our military and our allies' military
and the family members of the above.
Honoring those who have served before.
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I had a 45 rpm recording of this but hadn't heard it since Eisenhower was president. I didn't remember the title or who recorded it, but I recalled some of the lyrics and through some intensive Internet searching was finally able to track it down.
I spent 10 years with two professors attempting to prove that the poem was written by Henry Livingston, not Clement Moore. We finally got there by studying the sound at the end of one word followed by the sound at the start of the next word. These are physically described as the movements your tongue has to make when going between words. The less the movement, the smoother it is to read aloud.
Using statistical analysis it was seen that the sounds preferred by Henry were statistically similar to the sounds preferred by the author of Night Before Christmas. Moore had a totally different, and statistically unlikely, set of his own favorite sound pairs.
I’m being interviewed in a week for another documentary this Christmas on the topic. It seems that every 20 years the authorship issue is remembered and revisited.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtfYVxKBZMU&list=PLYTtL1FB2XCq1MX1jP_MD3ig-BaeJQR9U&index=93&pp=gAQBiAQB8AUB
Night Before Christmas by Henry Livingston - The Trail Band
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQaoG0FKJ60&list=PLYTtL1FB2XCq1MX1jP_MD3ig-BaeJQR9U&index=70&pp=gAQBiAQB8AUB
Night Before Christmas - Henry Livingston - CBS Early Show - Bryant Gumbel
Shame on you, Santa, for your negligence. Now, you're going to have to deal with Brenda!
I'm Going to Lasso Santa Claus--Little Brenda Lee (1956)
When the Tumbleweeds Come Tumbling Down Again--Gene Autry (1938)
Howdy, Kathy.
It’s the weekend! I’d say you’re ready for it.
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