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20/04/2012 3:22 pm
It's a beautiful morning here at the Howard Museum and the sun is sparkling on the Ohio like diamonds. On both sides of the river things are "abuzz" with preparations for the annual Thunder Over Louisville Fireworks and Air Show tomorrow. Planes have been zooming and ROARING over the mansion for the past few days as they practice for the air extravaganza! I wonder, what would the Howard's who built this mansion in the 1890's think if they could but see...
To add to this glorious morning, I just had a visit from a generous donor who brought us some unique steamboat souvenirs, including a rusty and very HEAVY door from the boiler room of the wrecked Str. SPRAGUE, a stirrup from her sternwheel, a wooden life float and a cork life jacket, a box of duplicate steamboat magazines (to be sold in the gift shop) and a framed station bill from the Str. AVALON (today's BELLE of LOUISVILLE) signed by Capt. Ernie Wagner.
What a great day --- and it's not even noon!
Happy Steamboating!
20/04/2012 9:57 pm
When Morning Gilds the Sky
#43 in the old hymnal, nowhere to be found in today's Itnal!!!!!!!!
21/04/2012 2:29 am
Hyrnal
It's late, but I finally got it..........
21/04/2012 4:07 am
Neutered
That's the UCC's pc version of a hymnal - spayed and neutered, like journalistic standards which don't allow the WJ to call a boat 'she' anymore...
21/04/2012 4:21 am
Yeah, the FUMC Hymnal is "purged" too. I still use the "old" words! I haven't heard this one in decades & it's a keeper!
Let's see, steamboatin' content. . . Hmmm, AH!! All this PC stuff has me steamed!
🙂
S'
David D.
21/04/2012 12:39 pm
When Morning Gilds the Sky on the River
Yes, sunrises and early mornings are pretty on the river, but I never saw too many of them when riding the DQ- I specialized in sunsets. Places like Mallory Square in Key West, Sanibel Island in Florida are famous for their beautiful sunsets and I've seen some both places. But neither was any better, nor really equal to sunsets I've seen on the Upper Miss, as the fading light glistens over the multitude of islands as the sun sets behind the bluffs.
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21/04/2012 3:30 pm
Sky or Skies ?
The title varies, with SKY or SKIES, according to the various versions of hymnals. I go by the Episcopal Hymnal of 1940 and it's #367, using Skies.
Hymnal trivia for the day!
21/04/2012 8:46 pm
Try to avoid "s" when singing, so it doesn't sound like a herd of snakes. I recall hearing occasional hymn sings in the pilot house, when certain entities were present to do so. On the endless after watch, I was always glad to see the faint hint of the blessed light of day. I could usually see it before anyone else.
21/04/2012 9:55 pm
Lexie,
Well that would be appropriate, if someone were playing the Serpent also!
🙂
Heh Heh Heh!
S'
David D
(google it, ancient instrument, not commonly seen nowadays.)
22/04/2012 5:45 pm
So, I googled it, even though I was somewhat familiar with serpents, mostly to see if available, what they would cost. As usual, a lot. I had thought it was a reed instrument, but it is, technically, a brass. Then I noticed another wierd name, and had to check it out. The Sackbut would not at all be hard for me to play. Now you have to google.
22/04/2012 5:51 pm
Lexie, our grandson plays the trombone, is a music education major and has been playing a sackbut this spring. It is essentially the same with some differences in configuration. I found a tee shirt with this saying on it with a picture of a trombone. "Aren't you glad they don't call it a sackbut anymore?"
He loved it!!
Ginnie
22/04/2012 11:52 pm
Sackbut?? Not sure I'd want to be noted for playing anything with that name! 🙂
OK, I'll look it up later! BTW, When Morning. . . IS in the FUMC hymnal, #185 and we did sing it this morning during the pre-service hymn singing. (or was it #385?? I forget!)
S'
David D.
23/04/2012 2:14 am
Cappy Louden was sitting between the sticks one day and the subject of a guitfiddle was broached. Someone up in the pilothouse asked what a guitfiddle is. Harry claimed, "Well, it's on the order of a swinette." I can't print here what Harry said when asked about a swinette.
23/04/2012 4:32 pm
WHERE can I get one of those t-shirts????
23/04/2012 5:05 pm
t shirt
Lexie, check your private mail - not sure I'm allowed to post the source here.
24/04/2012 4:03 pm
Thanks for the info. I will get one.
24/04/2012 6:27 pm
I shall never feel gilty over my preference for the traditional hymnology with which so many of us were raised.
24/04/2012 6:49 pm
To the traditional!
Amen, er, aperson, to that, Keith!
25/04/2012 1:51 am
Kieth,
You can add me to your list too. . . Out of sheer stubbornness, I refuse to use the new "The Faith We Sing" modern songbook that is being foisted upon us. Stubbornness and a disliking for what I think to be bad theology in most of the tunes (and repetitiveness)
A Mighty Fortress is our God!!
now back to steamboatin' and to tie it together, the Calliope's original intent was to play hymns!
S'
David D.
25/04/2012 3:53 pm
I'm not all that keen on what I call the Kumbaya songs. They do tend to be redundant and sometimes just plain hard to sing. You don't know where, or when, the next note is going to be. They would not sound well on a calliope. Some are pretty good, though, if they are written to appeal to someone who is over the age of 15. Most of our tiny congregation is well over the age of 15.