FReeper Canteen ~ Tunes For The Troops!! ~ 31 May 2014

The Canteen Crew | Our Troops Rock !!

[Kathy in Alaska]

 

 

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Tunes For Our Troops

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Tunes For The Troops
 

 


This music is provided for the entertainment of our Troops,
Veterans, Allies & their families!

Enjoy the variety of musical selections that the Canteen Deejays
provide throughout the thread.
Please ping any DJ with your requests for the Troops!


All music is removed on Monday.
Thanks to all the DeeJay's for their time & effort
providing entertainment for the Troops!

*Canteen Mission Statement*

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

 

 

Earl Hines - Piano Man	Pharrell Williams - Happy
Foster The People - Are You What You Want To Be	The Gap Band - Early In The Morning
Michael Buble - The Best Is Yet To Come	Saor Patrol - Badholly
Son's Of The West - Sally's Got A Wooden Leg	Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Little Liza Jane
Gathering Of The Clans - March Of The Clans	Quincy Jones - Soul Bossa Nova
Tamba Trio - Mas Que Nada	Susan Tedeschi - Little By Little
Elvis Presley - Joshua Fit The Battle	Elvis Presley - Swing Down Sweet Chariot
French Market Jazz Band - The Saints	Bobby Darin - Mack The Knife

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Angel In Blue
~ J. Geils Band ~

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[luvie]

Dude...

[Kathy in Alaska]

As soon as I get home I’ll look for it.

Are you all better now? ((HUGS))

[luvie]

HARD COUNTRY...PART II...

Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys~Faded Love

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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."

"Träumerei"
Robert Schumann
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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)

[Publius]

THE LONE RANGER

This came from the fertile brains of the people at WXYZ in Detroit, who contributed so much to the Golden Age of Radio. Its genesis was in Zane Grey, a writer of western novels who is almost forgotten today. It ran on radio for years and went to TV from 1949 to 1957.

The theme for the show is the final segment from the overture to the opera “William Tell” by Rossini.

There is a hilarious take on this from “Mad” magazine in the early Sixties. Two children are watching Leonard Bernstein’s “Young People’s Concerts” on CBS, and Lenny explains that a true measure of maturity is one’s ability to listen to the “William Tell Overture” and not think once of “The Lone Ranger”. As Bernstein conducts the piece, the children listen studiously. Then their father walks in, pot-bellied in an undershirt, beer in hand, who listens briefly and calls out, “Heigh-ho, Silver!”

Theme from “The Lone Ranger”

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Devil Woman
~ Cliff Richard ~

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[luvie]

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

Never forget them!

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Undercover Angel
~ Alan O'Day ~

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If The Devil Made Whisky
~ Gary Moore ~

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[ConorMacNessa]

LOL, Maestro!

"Kill The Wabbit!"

America demands Justice for the Fallen of Benghazi!

O stranger, tell the Lacedaemonians that we lie here, obedient to their command.

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]

HARD COUNTRY...PART II...

Dolly Parton~I'm Gonna Miss You

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[spel_grammer_an_punct_polise]

Dudess! ;-)

(((( HUGS ))))

[Publius]

ALFRED HITCHCOCK PRESENTS

Alfred Hitchcock came to TV in 1955, and his anthology show lasted for a full decade. He would introduce the show in a droll manner and at the end explain how the bad guy got justice, even though that was not shown in the actual show itself. It was Hitch’s way of getting around the network censors.

His musical collaborator, Bernard Hermann, suggested “Funeral March of a Marionette” by Charles Gounod as his theme.

Theme from “Alfred Hitchcock Presents”

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City Of Angels
~ Journey ~

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[luvie]

HARD COUNTRY...PART II...

Don Williams~Till The Rivers All Run Dry

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Occasional Demons
~ Jethro Tull ~

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[luvie]

TV show themes...how fun! :)

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My Special Angel
~ Bobby Helms ~

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[2111USMC]

Don’t feel you need to make too much effort. I can always find it on the net.

Still not feeling 100% yet. I’m beginning to think I’ll never get back to feeling the way I did before. I’ve gained 20 lbs since I had to quit smoking. Had to go out and buy some new clothes.

Hopefully, my old dog Blaze and I will get back into better shape this summer.