for those of you who despise political correctness...here's a football game for you!

Hm,

I would have to have seen the performance to make a call on that one. I was really involved in marching band/drum corps in my younger days and some groups put on very dramatic representations of events that are stunning and really bring a powerful message.

I have performed to a lot of different pieces in my time and I really don't think from my experience that they were passing Nazi propaganda but that the sections dealing with that were a part of a theme on WWII.

Do they really think marching bands just play Sousa? Sousa for the record, is **NOT** fun to play. It might be crowd pleasing but most musicians do not like playing it. Band students are students as well and they are MUSIC students not "play for the football team" students.

It is an art form that only has moments in the spotlight during a game but there are also competitions that a group making a powerful statement is appreciated by their peers. It stated in the article they have a competition on Oct 15th. They created thier show with competition in mind. Football games are just practice.

I guess random people at a football game are unlikely to appreciate that aspect but should they really be limited in their art by what a football parent likes? I would rather hear what the football players think.

I am annoyed he was forced to apologize. They had flags of the US, Japan, France and the Nazi flag, it was a historical representation. Nazi flags appear in movies about WWII what is the difference?

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Ooh my GAWD, I am rolling on the floor!!! That is HYSTERICAL!!! I can just see the band director: "Uh, gee... *scratching head* ... I didn't realize this might not come off so great... *scratching crotch*... uh....hmm...."

Holy [email protected], I may even have to send this guy a prize.

Geesh. It was a dramatic representation of events in history.

Most competitive marching bands choose peices or themes to tell a story, it is a lot more than fight songs and pep rallies.

I will say maybe they should not have used the nazi flag at the football game and saved it for competition but good grief.

There are so many threads here against censoring art and students.

They are telling a story.

I have seen National flags used several times and someone probably just ran across the field with that flag to indicate that that was the section of the peice dealing with the German role in the war. Other bands have done something similar when working with music from or about different nations.

Hunt For Red October is a damn cool peice of music and when one group began that peice the Russian flag was ran across the field. During the 1812 Overture another group ran the French flag across the field course the French flag was battered and bruised at the end.

It is a common practice that helps the audience with a visual representaion of the piece and what they are trying to portray. The Japanese flag was ran across as well as the French and American flags. It wasn't just the Nazi flag.

Yes, it is a horrifying image to see a Nazi flag but it was a peice about that part of history.