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FReeper Canteen ~ Tunes For Our Troops ~ AUG 29 2015
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| AZamericonnie
Posted on 08/28/2015 6:09:22 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Free Republic
KEYWORDS: canteen; military; troopsupport; tunes
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To: Kathy in Alaska; All
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posted on
08/28/2015 6:49:51 PM PDT
by
Drumbo
("Democracy can withstand anything but democrats." - Jubal Harshaw (Robert A. Heinlein))
To: Kathy in Alaska
I’m better every day Kathy, but frustrated that I’m still on the binnacle light duty list of sick, lame and lazy. I’m itching to do stuff, but just a round trip to the mailbox is a major undertaking. Sawbones says I’ve got weeks to go before I feel human, but they’re amazed at my progress and say if I keep improving I can go ahead and schedule the final surgery (inguinal hernia) after another four weeks of convalescing.
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posted on
08/28/2015 6:50:03 PM PDT
by
Drumbo
("Democracy can withstand anything but democrats." - Jubal Harshaw (Robert A. Heinlein))
To: Publius
I know you’ll come up with a bunch! :)
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posted on
08/28/2015 6:50:46 PM PDT
by
luvie
(Cruz or Lose!)
To: Kathy in Alaska; All
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posted on
08/28/2015 6:52:30 PM PDT
by
Drumbo
("Democracy can withstand anything but democrats." - Jubal Harshaw (Robert A. Heinlein))
To: Drumbo
Drumbo!!
45
posted on
08/28/2015 6:55:26 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: AZamericonnie; ConorMacNessa; Kathy in Alaska; LUV W; MS.BEHAVIN; left that other site
MUSIC FOR POPS WALLERIN
Reznicek: Overture to Donna DianaEmil von Reznicek is a footnote in German music, having gotten just a bit too close to Hitler. This is his only well known piece, well known because it was used as the theme to Sergeant Preston of the Yukon on radio and TV.
Reznicek: Overture to Donna Diana
46
posted on
08/28/2015 6:56:27 PM PDT
by
Publius
("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill and Publius now available at Amazon.)
To: PROCON
Good evening, Pro....music mayhem is off the ground!
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posted on
08/28/2015 6:57:00 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: Publius
Good evening, Publius!
(((HUGS)))
Thanks for the Music! :-)
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posted on
08/28/2015 6:58:17 PM PDT
by
left that other site
(You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
To: LUV W
Dudess! It rained here for almost an entire week.....a thunderstorm in each afternoon.
Suffer with the heat! *snicker*
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posted on
08/28/2015 7:01:04 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?)
To: The Mayor
LOL! Now he’s a cute little guy.
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posted on
08/28/2015 7:01:46 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: Kathy in Alaska; laurenmarlowe; BIGLOOK; alfa6; EsmeraldaA; SandRat; mylife; TMSuchman; PROCON; ...
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 others 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 (Click)
Never Forget The Brave Men And Women Who Gave Their Lives To Secure Our Freedom!!
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posted on
08/28/2015 7:01:47 PM PDT
by
ConorMacNessa
(HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in Battle!)
To: AZamericonnie; ConorMacNessa; Kathy in Alaska; LUV W; MS.BEHAVIN; left that other site
MUSIC FOR POPS WALLERIN
Anderson: Belle of the BallA few years ago, I did a retrospective of American composer Leroy Anderson and the music he wrote for Arthur Fiedler and the Boson Pops during the Thirties, Forties and early Fifties. This is one of his most inspired.
Anderson: Belle of the Ball
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posted on
08/28/2015 7:02:19 PM PDT
by
Publius
("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill and Publius now available at Amazon.)
To: Kathy in Alaska; All
Tommy Part 1 (1972)
~ The Who (with London Symphony Orchestra) ~
1. "Overture" The Chamber Choir, Pete Townshend; London Symphony Orchestra
2. "It's a Boy" The Chamber Choir, Sandy Denny; London Symphony Orchestra
3. "1921" Graham Bell, Maggie Bell, The Chamber Choir, Roger Daltrey, Steve Winwood; London Symphony Orchestra
4. "Amazing Journey" The Chamber Choir, Pete Townshend; London Symphony Orchestra
5. "Sparks" The Chamber Choir; London Symphony Orchestra
6. "Eyesight to the Blind" The Chamber Choir, Richie Havens; London Symphony Orchestra
7. "Christmas" Pete Townshend, London Symphony Orchestra and Chamber Choir, Roger Daltrey, Steve Winwood
8. "Cousin Kevin" The Chamber Choir; John Entwistle; London Symphony Orchestra
9. "The Acid Queen" The Chamber Choir, Merry Clayton; London Symphony Orchestra
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posted on
08/28/2015 7:02:33 PM PDT
by
Drumbo
("Democracy can withstand anything but democrats." - Jubal Harshaw (Robert A. Heinlein))
To: Kathy in Alaska; All
Tommy Part 2 (1972)
~ The Who (with London Symphony Orchestra) ~
10. "Underture" The Chamber Choir; The London Symphony Orchestra
11. "Do You Think It's Alright?" Maggie Bell, Chamber Choir, Steve Winwood; The London Symphony Orchestra
12. "Fiddle About" Chamber Choir, Ringo Starr; The London Symphony Orchestra
13. "Pin Ball Wizard" Chamber Choir, Rod Stewart; The London Symphony Orchestra
14. "There's a Doctor I've Found" Chamber Choir, Steve Winwood; The London Symphony Orchestra
15. "Go To The Mirror Boy" narrated Richard Harris, Chamber Choir, Roger Daltrey, Steve Winwood, Wil Malone; The London Symphony Orchestra
16. "Tommy Can You Hear Me?" Maggie Bell, Chamber Choir; The London Symphony Orchestra
17. "Smash the Mirror" Maggie Bell, Chamber Choir; The London Symphony Orchestra
18. "I'm Free" Chamber Choir, Roger Daltrey; The London Symphony Orchestra
19. "Miracle Cure" Chamber Choir; The London Symphony Orchestra
20. "Sensation" Chamber Choir, Roger Daltrey; The London Symphony Orchestra
21. "Sally Simpson" Chamber Choir, Pete Townshend; The London Symphony Orchestra
22. "Welcome" Chamber Choir, Roger Daltrey; The London Symphony Orchestra
23. "Tommy's Holiday Camp" Chamber Choir, Ringo Starr; The London Symphony Orchestra
24. "We're Not Gonna Take It" Chamber Choir, Roger Daltrey; The London Symphony Orchestra
25. "See Me, Feel Me" (Finale from "We're Not Gonna Take It") Chamber Choir, Roger Daltrey; The London Symphony Orchestra
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posted on
08/28/2015 7:02:42 PM PDT
by
Drumbo
("Democracy can withstand anything but democrats." - Jubal Harshaw (Robert A. Heinlein))
To: spel_grammer_an_punct_polise
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posted on
08/28/2015 7:05:11 PM PDT
by
luvie
(Cruz or Lose!)
To: 2LT Radix jr; acad1228; AirForceMom; Colonel_Flagg; AliVeritas; aomagrat; ariamne; armyavonlady; ...
RANDOM POP TUNES...
Adele~Someone Like You
Please check out the links at the top
of the thread if you want to purchase music of the artists.
Please ping any DJ
to your song requests
made on the thread. Thank you!
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posted on
08/28/2015 7:07:38 PM PDT
by
luvie
(Cruz or Lose!)
To: Kathy in Alaska
To: 2LT Radix jr; acad1228; AirForceMom; Colonel_Flagg; AliVeritas; aomagrat; ariamne; armyavonlady; ...
RANDOM POP TUNES...
Allison Crowe~Hallelujah
Please check out the links at the top
of the thread if you want to purchase music of the artists.
Please ping any DJ
to your song requests
made on the thread. Thank you!
58
posted on
08/28/2015 7:13:53 PM PDT
by
luvie
(Cruz or Lose!)
To: Kathy in Alaska; All
59
posted on
08/28/2015 7:15:12 PM PDT
by
Drumbo
("Democracy can withstand anything but democrats." - Jubal Harshaw (Robert A. Heinlein))
To: AZamericonnie; ConorMacNessa; Kathy in Alaska; LUV W; MS.BEHAVIN; left that other site
MUSIC FOR POPS WALLERIN
Delibes: Flower Duet from LakmeLeo Delibes is remembered for revolutionizing the art of ballet by making the music about advancing the plot, not necessarily for showing off the dancers chops. He also wrote one opera that is rarely performed outside France. One duet from that opera was used in the soundtrack of The Shawshank Redemption, a Stephen King novella filmed in 1994. The duet has taken its place in the pops repertory.
Delibes: Flower Duet from Lakme
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posted on
08/28/2015 7:15:43 PM PDT
by
Publius
("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill and Publius now available at Amazon.)
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