Weird. Most band leaders rule over the band with an iron baton. I’m surprised a little bit that the director didn’t tell them to go pound sand.
OTOH, given our “good is bad” world, the band director may have feared for his/her career and even his/her life if he/she would have taken a stand.
“I’m surprised a little bit that the director didn’t tell them to go pound sand.”
You mean the artsy fartsy, university-indoctrinated band director? Do you know how rampant queerness is in school bands nowadays?