I can't believe your director never had you play that song! You're probably the only band in the country that didn't!
Most people don't realize that Sousa wrote words to it, as well. They have nothing to do with "web-footed friends."
Let martial note in triumph float, and liberty extend her mighty hand.
A flag appears 'mid thunderous cheers, the banner of the Western land.
The emblem of the brave and true
(Its folds protect no tyrant crew)
The red, and white, and starry blue is Freedom's shield and hope.
Let Eagle shriek from lofty peak the never-ending watchword of our land.
Let summer breeze waft through the trees the echo of the chorus grand.
Sing out for Liberty and Light,
(Sing out for Freedom and the Right)
Sing out for Union and its might
O patriotic sons.
Other nations may deem their flags the best and cheer them with fervid elation,
But the Flag of the North and South and West is the Flag of Flags
The flag of freedom's nation. (repeat)
Hurrah for the Flag of the Free!
May it wave as our standard forever.
The gem of the land and the sea,
The banner of the right.
Let despots remember the day
When our fathers with mighty endeavor
Proclaimed as they marched to the fray
That by their might and by their right it waves forever!
Someday, when I transfer the tape I have of my marches to CD, I'll also send along a track of the Brazosport College and Community Band playing the song, with yours truly on piccolo. (Not my primary instrument, but I did a pretty good job.)
Every two years, the National Band Association has a convention, and for the last dozen conventions, they have organized a National Community Band, made up of players from community bands across the country. We would rehearse about five times and have a concert, all in the space of three days! :o Several of the concerts have been mock-ups of Sousa shows, ending, of course, with the Stars and Stripes Forever. I still remember the very first one. At the final trio, with the piccolos, trumpets, and trombones all up front, a giant flag rolled down from above, behind the band. I started to cry. What can I say? I'm a sentimental slush!
. . . son Paul is preparing to audition for the US Marine Corps band.
Is this one of the smaller regiment bands or the main Marine Corps Band? The regiment bands are fine, but the Marine, Air Force, and Navy Bands are amazing! One of the perks to attending the National Band Association conventions was to hear the different bands, and one of the top service bands was always featured. The other bands made me want to go home and practice; the service bands made me want to go home and throw my horn out! :D
Re:". . . son Paul is preparing to audition for the US Marine Corps band."
Like George was referring to.. I'm assuming this is *the* Marine corps band. If he makes it.. its a cushy life. You get paid to play your horn all day and retire with half pay after only 20 years.
I never watched this show that I can remember. I remember his Satarday morning cartoon show a lot better. We also bought one of his albums.. To My Brother Russell Who I Slept With. It was pretty funny.
He played a high school phys ed teacher on the show. He was a hip single teacher, and the action would shift from school, to his out of work life. A pretty good show, but nothing groundbreaking, except that it was still unusual for a black man to have his own show.
I remember one episode clearly where the basketball team was getting a lot of technicals for bad language. "Chet" decided to make them run laps, etc., whenever he heard foul language in practice. He told one kid to hop backwards around the gym on one foot. "I've never heard of a punishment like that!" "I've never heard a WORD like that!" What actually gets the kids to stop cursing is that the girlfriend of one of them is coming to a game, so he tells the guys to cool it. They start saying things like "Fudge!" and "Peanuts!" Even the referees started doing it. :P
I might could find you guys nostalgic things to listen to. That's what I've specialized in for years now. I try to just *guess* what folks would like to hear but hey!!! I take requests!!'
Actually, when I dug up that old Cosby intro, I was looking for the different themes from "The Cosby Show"; but I could only find videos, not audio. I thought it was neat that every season's intro was a different variation on the same tune.
I had a Mr. Potato Head when I was young, so I'm guessing he first showed up in the 50's (or EARLY 60's). Don't know much more of the history. I think it was a Hasbro toy (like "Cootie," which I also had).
I'd need to look it up also, but I think it was invented in the late 40's.
I was never that crazy about it. As a kid, I thought it would be fun to use a real potato, instead of the plastic one, but don't recall if I ever tried.I'm not sure the plastic pieces were durable enough for the task.
Mr. Potato Head was the invention of George Lerner in the late 1940s. The idea was originally to have it be a prize in breakfast cereal so that the separate parts could be distributed as cereal package premiums. But later Lerner showed the idea to the textile manufacturers Henry and Merrill Hassenfeld, who did business as the Hassenfeld Brothers (later shortened to Hasbro). and they loved it,so they bought back the rights.
When the toy was first manufactured, it came with 30 accessories.
When it was first sold to the public in 1952 it became the first toy to be sold through national television advertising and netted Hasbro over USD$4 million in Mr. Potato Head sales in its first year of production. In 1953, Mrs. Potato Head was added, and soon after Brother Spud and Sister Yam completed the Potato Head family. Although originally produced as separate plastic parts to be stuck into a real potato or other vegetable, a plastic body was added to the kit in the late 1950's.
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I can't believe your director never had you play that song! You're probably the only band in the country that didn't!
Most people don't realize that Sousa wrote words to it, as well. They have nothing to do with "web-footed friends."
Let martial note in triumph float, and liberty extend her mighty hand.
A flag appears 'mid thunderous cheers, the banner of the Western land.
The emblem of the brave and true
(Its folds protect no tyrant crew)
The red, and white, and starry blue is Freedom's shield and hope.
Let Eagle shriek from lofty peak the never-ending watchword of our land.
Let summer breeze waft through the trees the echo of the chorus grand.
Sing out for Liberty and Light,
(Sing out for Freedom and the Right)
Sing out for Union and its might
O patriotic sons.
Other nations may deem their flags the best and cheer them with fervid elation,
But the Flag of the North and South and West is the Flag of Flags
The flag of freedom's nation. (repeat)
Hurrah for the Flag of the Free!
May it wave as our standard forever.
The gem of the land and the sea,
The banner of the right.
Let despots remember the day
When our fathers with mighty endeavor
Proclaimed as they marched to the fray
That by their might and by their right it waves forever!
Someday, when I transfer the tape I have of my marches to CD, I'll also send along a track of the Brazosport College and Community Band playing the song, with yours truly on piccolo. (Not my primary instrument, but I did a pretty good job.)
Every two years, the National Band Association has a convention, and for the last dozen conventions, they have organized a National Community Band, made up of players from community bands across the country. We would rehearse about five times and have a concert, all in the space of three days! :o Several of the concerts have been mock-ups of Sousa shows, ending, of course, with the Stars and Stripes Forever. I still remember the very first one. At the final trio, with the piccolos, trumpets, and trombones all up front, a giant flag rolled down from above, behind the band. I started to cry. What can I say? I'm a sentimental slush!
George
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This country of ours is worth fighting for ain't it!
And almost you guys persuade me to enjoy marching bands. :)
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. . . son Paul is preparing to audition for the US Marine Corps band.
I always considered myself a most fortunate mother because I didn't need to worry about him getting hurt on the field.
He was looking so cool (in my eyes) up in the bandstand.
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ChattyKathy
Hi Kit,
I know the guys will be thrilled to see you here but I had to cut in and say bravo for your son and bravo for (you) his mother.
Bye gentle one!
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Is this one of the smaller regiment bands or the main Marine Corps Band? The regiment bands are fine, but the Marine, Air Force, and Navy Bands are amazing! One of the perks to attending the National Band Association conventions was to hear the different bands, and one of the top service bands was always featured. The other bands made me want to go home and practice; the service bands made me want to go home and throw my horn out! :D
George
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Kit,
Re:". . . son Paul is preparing to audition for the US Marine Corps band."
Like George was referring to.. I'm assuming this is *the* Marine corps band. If he makes it.. its a cushy life. You get paid to play your horn all day and retire with half pay after only 20 years.
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Recognize this?
Perhaps better known for his other shows, the theme from THIS ONE was certainly memorable.
(I'm no good at hiding URL titles, so close your eyes while this plays.)
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That was back when he was actually funny.
The show wasn't that great, but I did like his comedy albums way back when.
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George,
I never watched this show that I can remember. I remember his Satarday morning cartoon show a lot better. We also bought one of his albums.. To My Brother Russell Who I Slept With. It was pretty funny.
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He played a high school phys ed teacher on the show. He was a hip single teacher, and the action would shift from school, to his out of work life. A pretty good show, but nothing groundbreaking, except that it was still unusual for a black man to have his own show.
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I remember one episode clearly where the basketball team was getting a lot of technicals for bad language. "Chet" decided to make them run laps, etc., whenever he heard foul language in practice. He told one kid to hop backwards around the gym on one foot. "I've never heard of a punishment like that!" "I've never heard a WORD like that!" What actually gets the kids to stop cursing is that the girlfriend of one of them is coming to a game, so he tells the guys to cool it. They start saying things like "Fudge!" and "Peanuts!" Even the referees started doing it. :P
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Just thought I'd say Hi.
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I've always liked Cosby's stories.
I consider him to be more of a story teller than a joke teller.
However, I can't say that I remember this show at all.
Gee, I wonder if it might have coincided with that time in my life when I didn't own a T.V.? :unsure:
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Well, if you didn't have a TV in 1969 or 1970, that would have about covered it. The show only lasted two seasons. :(
George
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How-some-ever...,
I might could find you guys nostalgic things to listen to. That's what I've specialized in for years now. I try to just *guess* what folks would like to hear but hey!!! I take requests!!'
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Actually, when I dug up that old Cosby intro, I was looking for the different themes from "The Cosby Show"; but I could only find videos, not audio. I thought it was neat that every season's intro was a different variation on the same tune.
George
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Just post something, Sudo! Let's see who chimes in.
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Can anyone tell me about this cute little spud and how he came about. Who created him?
When did he become a hit? Where was he made?
With out looking it up of course!!!!!!
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I had a Mr. Potato Head when I was young, so I'm guessing he first showed up in the 50's (or EARLY 60's). Don't know much more of the history. I think it was a Hasbro toy (like "Cootie," which I also had).
George
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(((((((((((((((((((((SUDO))))))))))))))))))))))))))
Any details you could add!!!!
((((((((((((((((ANYONE)))))))))))))))))))))
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Not without looking it up...
George
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I'd need to look it up also, but I think it was invented in the late 40's.
I was never that crazy about it. As a kid, I thought it would be fun to use a real potato, instead of the plastic one, but don't recall if I ever tried.I'm not sure the plastic pieces were durable enough for the task.
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I remember the "Mr. Potato Head" that I got for Christmas in the '50s.
I don't even remember there being a artificial potato to use, though. We always just used a real potato. Wasn't that the idea?
Can you imagine buying one for your kid today? "What, no graphics or artificial intelligence? Man, this sucks!"
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FYI-
Mr. Potato Head was the invention of George Lerner in the late 1940s. The idea was originally to have it be a prize in breakfast cereal so that the separate parts could be distributed as cereal package premiums. But later Lerner showed the idea to the textile manufacturers Henry and Merrill Hassenfeld, who did business as the Hassenfeld Brothers (later shortened to Hasbro). and they loved it,so they bought back the rights.
When the toy was first manufactured, it came with 30 accessories.
When it was first sold to the public in 1952 it became the first toy to be sold through national television advertising and netted Hasbro over USD$4 million in Mr. Potato Head sales in its first year of production. In 1953, Mrs. Potato Head was added, and soon after Brother Spud and Sister Yam completed the Potato Head family. Although originally produced as separate plastic parts to be stuck into a real potato or other vegetable, a plastic body was added to the kit in the late 1950's.
There you have it.
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