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STEINBRENNER STIKES UP THE INAUGURAL BAND (REALLY KEWL!)
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| 1/14/05
Posted on 01/14/2005 11:18:17 AM PST by areafiftyone
New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner gave a Tampa high school marching band the financial boost it needed to get to the presidential inaugural parade next week, donating $37,000 to help with travel expenses.
Steinbrenner, who lives in Tampa, on Thursday offered the Gaither High School band the difference between what students and parents had raised and the estimated $90,000 they needed for the trip to Washington.
"Oh my gosh, oh my gosh," excited band booster vice president Becky Myers said after hearing the news.
Students have struggled to raise the money since learning last month they will be the lone Florida representatives in Thursday's parade. Families were going to have to pitch in more to make up the rest without the contribution, Myers said.
The band has five charter buses taking 165 student performers and instruments, as well as 70 chaperons.
"Mr. Steinbrenner just wanted to make sure these kids had an opportunity of a lifetime," said Howard Grosswirth, vice president of marketing for the Yankees.
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To: areafiftyone
That's two Os in "school", Boss.
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posted on
01/14/2005 11:20:11 AM PST
by
RichInOC
(...somebody had to say it...why not me?)
To: areafiftyone
Nice story; thanks for posting it.
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posted on
01/14/2005 11:21:55 AM PST
by
7.62 x 51mm
(• veni • vidi • vino • visa • "I came, I saw, I drank wine, I shopped")
To: 7.62 x 51mm
To: areafiftyone
To: areafiftyone
He's just trying to take the media heat off of Randy </cynical Sox fan>
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posted on
01/14/2005 11:27:32 AM PST
by
bikepacker67
("This is the best election night in history." -- DNC chairman Terry McAuliffe 11/2/04 8pm)
To: areafiftyone
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posted on
01/14/2005 11:28:12 AM PST
by
b4its2late
(You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say will be misquoted, then used against you.)
To: RichInOC
165 teens <> 70 chaperones....that's 2.3 kids per chaperone!
IMO, Sounds like a lot of freeloaders going on this trip!
More reasonable would be 25 chaperones <> 6.6 students each!
Have to admit, tho...the trip is a bargain...$385 per person!
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posted on
01/14/2005 11:28:47 AM PST
by
Grendel9
To: bikepacker67
LOL Its nice to see a millionaire like Steinbrenner use his money for this. Nice guy!
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posted on
01/14/2005 11:29:48 AM PST
by
areafiftyone
(Democrats = the hamster is dead but the wheel is still spinning)
To: NYURepublican
Yankees still suck. heh.
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posted on
01/14/2005 11:30:59 AM PST
by
areafiftyone
(Democrats = the hamster is dead but the wheel is still spinning)
To: areafiftyone
I'm not going to like him, no matter what he does.
(but this was nice)
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posted on
01/14/2005 11:32:38 AM PST
by
dead
(I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
To: Grendel9
You know, I read 165 teens and 70 chaperones and thought "that's not gonna be enough..."
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posted on
01/14/2005 11:38:48 AM PST
by
gridlock
(ELIMINATE PERVERSE INCENTIVES)
To: NYURepublican
Yankees still suck. heh.Agreed...
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posted on
01/14/2005 11:40:11 AM PST
by
mhking
(Do not mess with dragons, for thou art crunchy & good with ketchup...)
To: areafiftyone
Nice gesture from the world's biggest jackass.
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posted on
01/14/2005 11:40:45 AM PST
by
Hildy
( To work is to dance, to live is to worship, to breathe is to love.)
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To: Semper911; sheikdetailfeather; luv2ndamend; JohnnyZ; Chad Fairbanks; Libertarian444; ...
First, Steinbrenner gives $1M to tsunami relief organizations, and decides that the Yankees do have a salary limit (even if it's over $200) and now this. Weird. Still Fay Vincent should have not un-banned him for hiring a mobster to dig up dirt on HOFer Dave Winfield because Steinbrenner didn't want to give money to Dave's charitable organization, as was agreed to in his contract.
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posted on
01/14/2005 11:45:35 AM PST
by
GraniteStateConservative
(...He had committed no crime against America so I did not bring him here...-- Worst.President.Ever.)
To: Hildy
here here....do ya think he has a big enough payroll yet, maybe he should just give all the best players 20 million a year each and be done with it........buying the pennent
To: areafiftyone
In a related development, the Gaither High School marching band will now perform in matching white-and-black pinstriped uniforms....
To: GraniteStateConservative
Is it just me, or does the Yankee logo look suspiciously like a swastika...?
To: bullseye876
Maybe he could give Little Theo some pointers on how to clean up a team.
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posted on
01/14/2005 12:36:47 PM PST
by
surrey
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