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FReeper Canteen - Tunes For Our Troops - 4 April 2015
Posted on 04/03/2015 5:57:38 PM PDT by AZamericonnie
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Free Republic
KEYWORDS: canteen; military; troops; vets
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To: Publius; Kathy in Alaska; laurenmarlowe; BIGLOOK; alfa6; EsmeraldaA; SandRat; mylife; TMSuchman; ...
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!!
      
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posted on
04/03/2015 6:19:48 PM PDT
by
ConorMacNessa
(HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in Battle!)
To: AZamericonnie
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posted on
04/03/2015 6:27:42 PM PDT
by
mylife
("The roar of the masses could be farts")
To: y'all; Publius; mylife; NYTexan; laurenmarlowe; MEG33; Arrowhead1952; Army Air Corps
Howdy, Mr. P! ['n' everyone!]
Texas is alive and well!...and the bluebonnets are coming up everywhere this year!
Well...everywhere but here. Except in a few yards. That people actually planted.
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posted on
04/03/2015 6:27:45 PM PDT
by
luvie
(All my heroes wear camos! Thank you David, Michael, Chris, Txradioguy, JJ, CMS, & ALL Vets, too!)
To: AZamericonnie
Just walked in from the chiropractor....pinging shortly.
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posted on
04/03/2015 6:28:08 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
(((~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)))
To: LUV W
Everything’s better with Blue Bonnet on it.
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posted on
04/03/2015 6:30:24 PM PDT
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Publius
("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill and Publius now available at Amazon.)
To: Publius
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posted on
04/03/2015 6:33:44 PM PDT
by
luvie
(All my heroes wear camos! Thank you David, Michael, Chris, Txradioguy, JJ, CMS, & ALL Vets, too!)
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posted on
04/03/2015 6:37:49 PM PDT
by
mylife
("The roar of the masses could be farts")
To: 2LT Radix jr; acad1228; AirForceMom; Colonel_Flagg; AliVeritas; aomagrat; ariamne; armyavonlady; ...
HAPPY EASTER
TROOPS AND CANTEENERS!!
BACK TO THE 50S TONIGHT...
Ronnie Milsap~Lost In The Fifties Tonight
Links for the purchase of the music
posted here are found
at the top of the thread!
Please ping any DJ to your song requests
made on the thread.
Thank you!
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posted on
04/03/2015 6:37:59 PM PDT
by
luvie
(All my heroes wear camos! Thank you David, Michael, Chris, Txradioguy, JJ, CMS, & ALL Vets, too!)
To: AZamericonnie; ConorMacNessa; Kathy in Alaska; LUV W; MS.BEHAVIN; left that other site
THE CHAMBER MUSIC OF LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Serenade for String Trio in D, Op. 8
Papa Joe Haydn invented the string quartet, and he was still writing them in 1797, when he was 65 and Beethoven was 27. When Mozart, with whom Haydn had a close friendship, wrote his own mature string quartets, it prompted Haydn to double-down and write his very greatest creations. Now Mozart was gone.
Beethoven didn’t want to compete with Haydn and Mozart in this area because he wasn’t certain he was ready for the challenge. It’s a wise man who knows his limitations. Rather than go up against his former teacher, Lou opted for the string trio (violin, viola, cello), a genre in which he would have few competitors. Better safe than sorry, he thought.
There were a class of chamber works labeled serenade, divertimento and cassation, and these words were interchangeable. These were pieces in the six movement South German Divertimento Format. Haydn and Mozart had written charming works in this form, and Mozart’s wind serenade (K. 361) is one of his most profound works. Beethoven decided that this was a safe path, rather than write a four movement piece in the format Haydn had created decades ago.
The piece starts with a march. In the earliest wind pieces in this format, the players actually marched onto the stage from the wings and played the march from memory. That was old hat by now, so Beethoven wrote a charming little march for openers. It’s in D Major and 4/4 time.
At 2:27 the second movement in D Major is marked “adagio” in 3/4 time. It’s not a Beethoven conversation with God, but it’s contemplative nonetheless.
At 7:17 the third movement, a minuet in D Major, is marked “allegretto” in 3/4 time.
At 9;25 the fourth movement starts as a slow movement in D minor and 2/4 time. This one cuts to the heart. At 11:00 the scherzo interrupts the flow “allegro molto” in 2/4 time. The slow movement returns. Lou brings back the scherzo passage but truncates it to return to the adagio theme.
At 14:15 the fifth movement, a dance movement in F Major and 3/4 time, is marked “allegretto alla polacca”, which means Lou is using a polonaise rhythm for his movement.
At 17:30 the sixth movement is theme-and-variations in D Major marked “andante quasi allegretto”. At 26:25 he brings back the march in truncated form for a conclusion.
Beethoven: Serenade for String Trio in D, Op. 8
Tomorrow night it’s the first of the Opus 9 string trios.
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posted on
04/03/2015 6:40:15 PM PDT
by
Publius
("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill and Publius now available at Amazon.)
To: 2LT Radix jr; acad1228; AirForceMom; Colonel_Flagg; AliVeritas; aomagrat; ariamne; armyavonlady; ...
HAPPY EASTER
TROOPS AND CANTEENERS!!
BACK TO THE 50S TONIGHT...
Big Bopper~Chantilly Lace
Links for the purchase of the music
posted here are found
at the top of the thread!
Please ping any DJ to your song requests
made on the thread.
Thank you!
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posted on
04/03/2015 6:43:17 PM PDT
by
luvie
(All my heroes wear camos! Thank you David, Michael, Chris, Txradioguy, JJ, CMS, & ALL Vets, too!)
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posted on
04/03/2015 6:44:11 PM PDT
by
mylife
("The roar of the masses could be farts")
To: Publius
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posted on
04/03/2015 6:45:22 PM PDT
by
luvie
(All my heroes wear camos! Thank you David, Michael, Chris, Txradioguy, JJ, CMS, & ALL Vets, too!)
To: LUV W
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posted on
04/03/2015 6:45:46 PM PDT
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Publius
("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill and Publius now available at Amazon.)
To: 2LT Radix jr; acad1228; AirForceMom; Colonel_Flagg; AliVeritas; aomagrat; ariamne; armyavonlady; ...
HAPPY EASTER
TROOPS AND CANTEENERS!!
BACK TO THE 50S TONIGHT...
Billy Ward & The Dominoes~Sixty-Minute Man
Links for the purchase of the music
posted here are found
at the top of the thread!
Please ping any DJ to your song requests
made on the thread.
Thank you!
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posted on
04/03/2015 6:48:28 PM PDT
by
luvie
(All my heroes wear camos! Thank you David, Michael, Chris, Txradioguy, JJ, CMS, & ALL Vets, too!)
To: Publius
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posted on
04/03/2015 6:48:54 PM PDT
by
luvie
(All my heroes wear camos! Thank you David, Michael, Chris, Txradioguy, JJ, CMS, & ALL Vets, too!)
To: Publius; Drumbo
Lurking, Listening, and Loving the music!
Thanks!
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04/03/2015 6:48:56 PM PDT
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Repeal The 17th
("We The People" have met the enemy; and he is "We The People".)
To: 2LT Radix jr; acad1228; AirForceMom; Colonel_Flagg; AliVeritas; aomagrat; ariamne; armyavonlady; ...
HAPPY EASTER
TROOPS AND CANTEENERS!!
BACK TO THE 50S TONIGHT...
Bobby Darin~Dream Lover
Links for the purchase of the music
posted here are found
at the top of the thread!
Please ping any DJ to your song requests
made on the thread.
Thank you!
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posted on
04/03/2015 6:52:41 PM PDT
by
luvie
(All my heroes wear camos! Thank you David, Michael, Chris, Txradioguy, JJ, CMS, & ALL Vets, too!)
To: AZamericonnie; Kathy in Alaska; LUV W; All
Connie: Latinos 41 - Como Dos Adolescentes, ( Like Two Adolescents ).
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Welcome to the Salsa Addiction Emergency Room!
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We are all in critical condition here!
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The music page will open in a new window. There is the option of clicking on individual songs or clicking the Jukebox link. If you choose the Jukebox link then the page can be minimized while you continue surfing:
Friday Night Salsa for 04-03-2015 for the TROOPS and their supporters everywhere!
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Here is a list of the songs in the Jukebox:
Artist/s - Song Names:
Adriel - Ahora Si
Adriel - Buscando Una Nena
Adriel - Con La Luna En La Mano
Alquimia - Alquimia
Alquimia - Corre Perico
Alquimia - Descarga Pa Fransua
Bloque 53 - Agarrate
Bloque 53 - Agua
Bloque 53 - Ay Mi Maria
La Combinacion Salsa Band - A La Memoria Del Muerto
La Combinacion Salsa Band - A Santa Barbara
La Combinacion Salsa Band - El Vividor
Latinos 41 - Como Dos Adolescentes
Latinos 41 - Nunca Lo Niegues
Oriente - Adoracion
Oriente - El Carretero
Oriente - El Crucifijo De Piedra
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posted on
04/03/2015 6:52:52 PM PDT
by
spel_grammer_an_punct_polise
(Why does every totalitarian, political hack think that he knows how to run my life better than I do?)
To: Kathy in Alaska
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posted on
04/03/2015 6:52:54 PM PDT
by
Soaring Feather
(This time the poetry does not write itself.)
To: LUV W
In 1980 when I helped program an oldies weekend at KASH in Eugene (OR), I picked this song to start the weekend and set the theme.
Both Jackie Wilson and Clyde McPhatter sang background on this tune.
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posted on
04/03/2015 6:53:09 PM PDT
by
Publius
("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill and Publius now available at Amazon.)
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