Revisiting our Flag

[Cindy Ecksol]

All right... I was laughing so hard at the fun attempts at tweaking the Proposed Anthem, and having the words "Oh glorious land" in my mind, I challenged Moon to try to fit some lyrics to the music

Yes, we both know these are horrible!... but, well, they (sort of) rhyme, they (sort of) make some sense, and they (sometimes) even match the melody! So, with humble apologies by Moon (please don't laugh at her, I can be terrible at pestering her to be creative!), here goes what she put together:

Oh glorious land, oh glorious land, newly born from the sea!
And ev'ry day we toil to keep you a democracy!
People of all nations united to keep you free.
Our goal, protect and serve, to attain sovereignity.
We're loy'l of heart, and lend our minds and hands in virtuality,
To build a dream, to fly away, to a new kind of country!

The lyrics are quite weirdly fit to the melody, so I tried to print them out:

Here's a version that scans better. I tweaked the words a bit and the melody a bit......

Cindy

[Claude Desmoulins]

What about shuffling things around and putting the repeated O glorious land at the A return (where We're loyal of heart is now)?

/me goes off to think....

[Rose Springvale]

y'all know Cindy can sing right? or did you forget how Cindy? Hmmm??

Desmond isn't the only one with secret weapons! How soon can we get this on the RA Agenda??

[Gwyneth Llewelyn]

Aaah lovely work, Cindy I was crossing my fingers hoping you'd take a look at both the music and the lyrics

To be honest (sorry, Claude!) the "long" middle part was a bit too long for my taste — it's slow, while the beginning and the end are pretty energic and anthem-y. You did quite well in shortening that bit and tweaking slightly the end!

Also, there is a WAY better fit of the lyrics to the music — now it's almost "singable"

Thanks so much, Cindy

Cheers!

[Gwyneth Llewelyn]

Aaah lovely work, Cindy I was crossing my fingers hoping you'd take a look at both the music and the lyrics

To be honest (sorry, Claude!) the "long" middle part was a bit too long for my taste — it's slow, while the beginning and the end are pretty energic and anthem-y. You did quite well in shortening that bit and tweaking slightly the end!

Also, there is a WAY better fit of the lyrics to the music — now it's almost "singable"

Thanks so much, Cindy

Cheers!

[Cindy Ecksol]

y'all know Cindy can sing right? or did you forget how Cindy? Hmmm??

Desmond isn't the only one with secret weapons! How soon can we get this on the RA Agenda??

LOL! Yes, I can sing, and will sing this when I get a chance. Just a little too busy right now....the farmer's market is offering all kinds of amazing fruits and vegetables that just beg to be put up for winter and that and cooking Mexican food is cutting into my Second Life time. I'm away tomorrow thru Monday (it's Labor Day Weekend here in the US, the last opportunity for a good festival before we all go back to real work), but will try to get on it next week.

Cindy

[Rose Springvale]

It would be really great if the RA could adopt the anthem and decide on a flag before this term ends

[Ranma Tardis]

I continue to fly the old Flag and refuse to fly the new one. Do think it will all be a moot point and soon. I have a great idea for a new one! *starts laughing wildly*

[Rose Springvale]

Bumping to the top of the list...

I've been including the CDS anthem at the last several official events, as composed by Claude, lyrics by Gwyneth and Moon, and arranged and perfomed by Cindy, Naftali, Rudo, Boris and Alexicon (I think)... With the 5th Anniversary coming up it is likely to get more time. I'd like to have the RA confirm that this is Official.. and if not, I'll just stop playing it i guess.

Also, if there are no changes to the flag, we'll continue to use the two star version. If not, please vote on a new one soon?

Thanks
Rose... in the form of thorns today

[Sonja Strom]

Thanks Rose.

I have suggested these as topics of discussion for the Representative Assembly, here: http://forums.slcds.info/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=2386

[Jamie Palisades]

The CDS RA acted to finalize our updated design for CDS's flag on Sunday 3 May. Formal announcement and texture files to come. Thanks to everyone who put thought and effort into this commemoration of our success, community and longevity. Regards JP