The White Falcon - 12.03.1971, Blaðsíða 11

March 12, 1971
THE WHITE FALCON
Page 11
.emale co-host
eeded at AFTV;
also, one peacock
NBC has a peacock. AFTV
doesn't need one.
NBC has a Today Show. Channel
8 wants one.
NBC has Barbara Walters to co-
host the Today Show. AFTV wants
one.
AFTV Keflavik isn't trying -to
copy NBC, but we are looking for
a female addition to our staff.
Present plans call for a weekly
information show with a woman as
co-host. But alas, no female at
Channel 8.
Further plans, a direct result
of the recent AFRTS survey, are
leading toward a live show in the
"Today" format wherein our gal
»uld be featured.
■ Putting the cart before the
^>rse, in this case, we are look-
ing for volunteers from the fe-
male force at the NATO base.
Prior public speaking experience
is desirable, but is not neces-
sary.
Anyone who would like to an-
swer the call and accept the chal-
lenge is invited to contact Chief
McCall at AFTV, for an interview
and audition.
And if you know any peacocks
who'd like to go on television...
CPO Wives Club news
In a ceremony at the CPO Wives
Club meeting, the Air Force per-
sonnel of Bks. 760 presented the
wives club with a coffee pot in
honor of the bake sales and other
services that have benefitted the
men.
During the course of the meet-
ing, the new club officers were
elected. Elected president was
Linda Scheidt; vice president,
Angie Colrud; secretary, Jessie
Farley; treasurer, Rita Campo and
parliamentarian, Dot Reavis. The
new officers will be installed
at the CPO Club Saturday, March
27.
The Wives Club will be sponsor-
ing a shopping tour for all mili-
tary wives to Reykjavik March 17,
wich includes a luncheon at the
R>tel Esja. A bus will leave the
House Gym at 9 a.m. and return
at 4:30 p.m. Reservations can be
made by calling 8306,8855or 8849.
CPO Academy grad reports here
Chief Air Controlman E. W. Blacow was named honor graduate of the
first class to complete the Chief Petty Officer's Academy in Pen-
sacola this year. Presenting the award is Rear Adm. V. G. Lambert,
Chief of Naval Air Technical Training. Chief Blacow reported here
on Tuesday, March 9 and is assigned to Air Ops. (Photo by PH3 Buzz
Benzur).
‘O seiken iu see...If you’re sober’
Ladies and gentlemen, our National Anthem (is under bombardment).
George Loundon, artistic director of the Kennedy Center for th«
Performing Arts, points to the anthem's drinking song heritage and
says "it's impossible to sing if you're sober."
Not so, says Senator Charles
Mathias of Maryland, the state
where "The Star Spangled Banner"
was written. He calls it "an epic
of the courage of our ancestors
during troubled times."
Others have been similarly in
disagreement over the song's his-
tory and lyrical toughness.
Enrico Caruso had trouble with
the words. The great tenor relied
on his own phonetic version of the
anthem. It started:
"0 seiken iu see bai dhi dons
erli lait/Haut so praudli ui
heild at dhi tuaillaits last glim-
min ..."
Francis Scott Key set his im-
mortal words to a popular English
song usually called "To Anacreon
in Heaven." The sheet music of
one early version titles it "The
Anacreontic Song as sung at the
Crown & Anchor Tavern in the
Strand."
Scholars quickly explain, how-
ever, that such drinking songs
were not confined to rowdy bar
rooms.
Voices and glasses often were
lifted at upper class affairs,
where "people gathered for intel-
lectual pursuits, maybe a light
collation, and some drinking,"
one historian said.
"To Anacreon in Heaven" is
credited to one John Stafford
Smith. Some musicologists arque
that the tune is of Irish origin
and was brought to the United
States by an Irish regiment in
the British Army.
Though written in 1814, "The
Star Spangled Banner" was not made
theofficial National Anthem until
1931. Its major rival was "Amer-.
ica" ("My Country 'Tis of Thee")
written in 1881 by the Rev.
Charles Francis Smith to the tune
of the British Anthem, "God Save
the Queen." — AFPS.