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==Alma Mater - "High O'er Towering Pines"== |
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In 1947, The Florida Flambeau held a contest for a song to become the school’s alma mater; “High O’er the Towering Pines” was written by Johnny Lawrence and submitted to the competition. The song was announced as the winner of the competition on November 21, 1947, but was not officially made the alma mater until 1949. |
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=="Hymn To the Garnet and Gold"== |
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"The Hymn to the Garnet and the Gold" was originally written by J. Dayton Smith for chorus and was first premiered by the Collegians at the 1950 Homecoming. In 1958, Charlie Carter arranged the piece for the Marching Chiefs and it was performed as the closer to the Homecoming show, cementing it as a Homecoming tradition at Florida State.<ref name=Illuminations>{{cite web|last1=Davis|first1=Hannah|title=What’s in a song? The many melodies of FSU|url=https://fsuspecialcollections.wordpress.com/2015/09/22/whats-in-a-song-the-many-melodies-of-fsu/|website=Illuminations|publisher=Heritage Protocol & University Archives|access-date=30 October 2015}}</ref> |
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=="FSU Fight Song"== |
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The 1950 Homecoming half-time show included a dedication ceremony naming the stadium in honor of university President ]. There was also a special performance by the band, christening it the ] and premiering the "FSU Fight Song." Student Doug Alley wrote the lyrics to the fight song as a poem which first appeared in the ''Florida Flambeau''. Professor of music Thomas Wright saw the poem in the newspaper and wrote a melody to it as he was inspired by the surge of school spirit.<ref>{{cite web|title=Florida State University: A History of Traditions – Page 26|url=http://issuu.com/fsusaa/docs/09_traditions_book|work=The FSU Fight Song|publisher=FSU Student Government Association|access-date=October 11, 2011}}</ref> |
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Thomas Wright grants rights to the song in exchange for two season tickets every year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mailer.fsu.edu/~abrady/FSU/scene5.swf |title=Florida State University - Fight Song (lyrics by Doug Alley, music by Thomas Wright)' |access-date=2007-05-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070614073823/http://mailer.fsu.edu/~abrady/FSU/scene5.swf |archive-date=2007-06-14 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://community-2.webtv.net/@HH!9F!3E!646186E66FF9/The-Johnz/THEHISTORYOFTHEWAR/ |title=The History of the War Chant |access-date=2007-05-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070401082651/http://community-2.webtv.net/%40HH%219F%213E%21646186E66FF9/The-Johnz/THEHISTORYOFTHEWAR/ |archive-date=2007-04-01 }}</ref> |
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Fifty years later, the FSU Fight Song is one of the most widely recognized college tunes in the country. ] used the Fight Song to awaken alumnus and current professor ] one morning in 1983 while he was aboard the ] ].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.fsu.edu/~fsu150/history/history_04_1947e.html |title=FSU 150th Anniversary - History {{!}}{{!}} Co-Education Returns {{!}}{{!}} Fight Song |access-date=2008-04-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080418185954/http://www.fsu.edu/~fsu150/history/history_04_1947e.html |archive-date=2008-04-18 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
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==See also== |
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==References== |
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{{Florida State Seminoles men's basketball navbox}} |
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