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05-02-2008, 03:18 PM
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#1 | | Senior Member
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| To The Cadets!
I am going to be Mom right now...I hope that you all will take the time to read this. I have this in our home and I love it Quote:
High Flight
Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
Sunward I've climbed and joined the tumbling mirth of sun-split clouds,--and done a hundred things
You have not dreamed of wheeled and soared and swung
High in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring there,
I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung
My eager craft through footless falls of air...
Up, up the long, delirious, burning blue
I've topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace
Where never lark, nor eer eagle flew--
And, while with silent lifting mind I've trod
The high, untrespassed sanctity of space,
Put out my hand and touched the face of God
| I hope that as we kiss our loved ones goodby that we keep these thoughts in our mind..it always made me feel closer to Bullet when he was far away from me.
G*d Speed the AFA CLASS OF 08...G*d Bless the other classes!
PIMA
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05-02-2008, 04:31 PM
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#2 | | Senior Member
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This is a required quote we memorize our 4 dig year. It's one of my favorite quotes/poems. I can recite this without thinking anymore, its become that ingrained.
At the last two TAPS vigils we've had, one of the choir groups here sings it, very moving.
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05-02-2008, 05:38 PM
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#3 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Sijan
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That poem is actually in the back of the booklet we got in our appointment package, the one titled "The Academy Experience".
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05-02-2008, 05:57 PM
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There is a link for the choral version of High Flight on the USAFA website. The website is currently down though.
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05-02-2008, 06:51 PM
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#5 | | Senior Member
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it was Chorale that sang it both vigil's we've had. (yay for me! lol). it's even more beautiful as a song. we're actaully getting to record another CD (in like, 10 min), and that will be on there. yay! it truly is a great one
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05-02-2008, 07:07 PM
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"Wing Staff! Go!"
Awkward pause.
"Sir, High Flight by John Gillespie Magee, Jr. is as follows!"
Haha, I can't tell you how many times we did that during Recognition.  | |
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05-02-2008, 11:47 PM
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Lol, nice. My squad was dumb enough to start off, mumble through the middle of wing staff...then...uh....erm..."START OVER!"
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05-03-2008, 12:10 AM
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05-03-2008, 01:09 AM
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#9 | | Senior Member
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just a note (cause i would notice), while the poem is "laughter-silver wingS", the song is actually "laughter-silver WING" (singular)
its what they sing, but the writing is off. supposedly they're finally re-doing the visitor center video (which has my old-AOC still as a cadet), so we're taping Monday for it. kinda exciting
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05-03-2008, 12:13 PM
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#10 | | Senior Member
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Will you be able to link it to the web?
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05-03-2008, 02:37 PM
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the video should i believe appears on the USAFA page, so the new one i assume will too, but i'll let you know when i find out. the CD will be available next fall
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