Posted on 09/25/2012 5:26:24 PM PDT by Dallas59
The New Oxford High School Marching band’s show will no longer be called “St. Petersburg: 1917″ and the performance will no longer include the hammers and sickles, according to a statement from Rebecca Harbaugh, the superintendent for the Conewago Valley School District.
(Excerpt) Read more at radio.foxnews.com ...
Oh come on, they were just celebrating the memorable great music of the Communist Revolution. I mean, even Time-Life put out a series of albums, Music of the Russian Revolution. Don’t you remember? I have volumes 1-22 myself.
Okay, seriously, the Soviets made Prokofiev apologise for his music. What an awesome thing to celebrate, not.
I hope that there aren’t too many members of the radical right in Pennsylvania with paintball guns, and I really really hope that there isn’t a sudden run on the stores in Pennsylvania clearing the shelves of all paintballs in the color red. Especially when I think about how hard those union members work everyday, to keep that school looking clean and those band buses looking shiny. ;^)
one thos articles that have you scratching your head- and thinking WTF
But the school’s superintendent Rebecca Harbaugh insists the performance was “not an endorsement of communism.” According to the school official it was a “representation of the time period in history called St. Petersburg 1917,“ and she is ”very sorry“ it was interpreted as anything other than a ”history lesson.”
THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!
That was amazing and I was crying by the end :-) It must have been immensely powerful to see in person and what a tragedy that it won’t ever happen again.....
Again, thank you so much for sharing the link!
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