St Patricks Day...

[dubhlinn]

..gets many mentions, posts, threads and a whole lot more around here.

The fourth of July seems to have passed unnoticed.

I thought that was a bit ..strange..so to speak.

Slan,
D.

[s1m0n]

No one wants to play "Yankee Doodle Dandy", perhaps?

[izzarina]

It kind of passed unnoticed here at Casa Izz...we had rain all day. So, no cookout, no fireworks, nada. Kind of stinks because I love fireworks

[emmline]

We gathered at my sister's on the 3rd, and ambled down to the end of the street to watch the parade with the little nephews the next morning. But no big doings for us.

[I.D.10-t]

Father's day went by without a thread.

Thought it was a bit strange that one of the TV stations (I think) was playing "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" to introduce the forth of July marathon.

[Lambchop]

We had our usual world-class fireworks display. They were spectacular, although lacking in the stupendous drama of the year they all exploded prematurely.

[cowtime]

I saw the title of this thread and thought I'd gone into some kinda time warp or completely lost it, or a combination of the two.

I played the big old bass drum and suspended cymbal for all the sousa marches, etc. at our orchestra's final concert of the spring season. That was fun cause I get to just bang away on the thing with NO stress. And this year I didn't boom it partially out of it's stand personally made sure the thing was all tightened down.

Then we all stayed around awhile and enjoyed a couple of the bands that were playing - one old time,( the grandyoungin' and I just had to get up and dance to that), and a bluegrass group out of Kentucky that was good. Bands were playing all day but the Lil got worn out so we rested up then went back to town last night for the fireworks.

It was a good day.

[mutepointe]

My wife and I got engaged on the 4th of July. It's an easy day to remember and we never have to plan anything.

[izzarina]

I saw the title of this thread and thought I'd gone into some kinda time warp or completely lost it, or a combination of the two.

Well, you know he did that on purpose He's so weird.

I kind of miss playing all the Sousa stuff. I loved to play "Stars and Stripes Forever" on my flute. I doubt I'd even remember how to do it now! But I don't miss marching in those wool uniforms from the 1950's, complete with those huge band hats...do you know what I'm talking about? Like the guard in London wear? Yeah, those. We wore that stuff in July. Until I quit flute, and had to wear a cheerleader uniform to carry the flag. A little plaid skirt with a sweater. That was actually worse

Oh the things that pop into my head at random times....

[Innocent Bystander]

In London there was a big Gay Pride march on July 4th.

Maybe someone was trying to send a message to someone. I don't know. I wasn't there.

The Rebellion Brewery in Marlow had an Open Day. In fact it had two, and Sunday was an Open Day too. They had free beer. You made a contribution to charity for your pint (plastic) glass, and all the beer was free. FREE BEER!

I'd only tasted Rebellion Red and Rebellion Blonde before. Neither of them are good advertisements for the brewery. However, their Mild is excellent, as is their IPA, their Mutiny and their Investors' Revenge (a new beer this year. Wonder how they came up with *that* name).

Marlow Acoustic was doing the afternoon music. (Django Django was doing the morning.)

May the fourth be Djuly with you.

[Innocent Bystander]

I saw the title of this thread and thought I'd gone into some kinda time warp or completely lost it, or a combination of the two.

Well, you know he did that on purpose He's so weird.

I kind of miss playing all the Sousa stuff. I loved to play "Stars and Stripes Forever" on my flute. I doubt I'd even remember how to do it now! But I don't miss marching in those wool uniforms from the 1950's, complete with those huge band hats...do you know what I'm talking about? Like the guard in London wear? Yeah, those. We wore that stuff in July. Until I quit flute, and had to wear a cheerleader uniform to carry the flag. A little plaid skirt with a sweater. That was actually worse

Oh the things that pop into my head at random times....

The vision of you in a little plaid skirt with a sweater is liable to pop into my head at random times now. Mmmmm.....

[izzarina]

Just so you know, it was an UGLY plaid skirt. I never would have picked it out....the band was not known for it's fashion sense

[izzarina]

I found this...which tickled my fancy quite a bit

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDA9NbPAK8o

[I.D.10-t]

Looking up traditional tunes of the American Revolution, I came across three versions of "Soldiers Joy".

http://www.kitchenmusician.net/pages/km ... l#sj4flats

Soldiers Joy in Four Flats

Soldiers Joy in Two Bars

Extreme Soldier's Joy

Worth a laugh along with "Over the Waterfall"

[fearfaoin]

Thought it was a bit strange that one of the TV stations (I think) was playing "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" to introduce the forth of July marathon.

Why would that be strange? The abolitionist connection?

I find the constant July 4 use of "The 1812 Overture" a bit
odd. What does a Russian composition about a battle with
the French have to do with the birth of the USA? (Except
for the cannon booms underscoring the fireworks, I guess.)