Posted on 12/14/2016 7:03:31 PM PST by Steelfish
Report: D.C. School Marching Bands Skipping Trump’s Inaugural Parade Christopher Wilson.
For the first time in 20 years, no Washington, D.C., public school marching band will perform at the inaugural parade.
According to a Wednesday report from NBC Washington, no local public schools submitted applications to perform in the parade. The original deadline was Nov. 28 but was extended to Dec. 5 to allow more time to apply. A D.C. public schools spokeswoman told the NBC affiliate that she was unaware of any band in the district that had applied to participate in the Jan. 20 parade.
Other high schools in the area also reportedly declined to submit applications:
No bands in Arlington County or Prince George’s County public schools applied, according to district representatives. A Fairfax County schools spokesman was not aware of any schools that had applied, and a Montgomery County schools spokeswoman did not have information available.
The University of Maryland’s College Park campus also declined to perform again. The band was performed at Obama’s 2013 inauguration.
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Using children, the Partisan leftist school district hacks!
Next they’ll complain that Trump didn’t want Blacks in his inaugural parade.
These folks are skitzoid.
My youngest boy is going with his school to DC to the White House, and all the kids talk about is wanting to see Trump.
They love him, though they are not looking forward to the cold weather,LOL.
Bake the cake! It’s not an endorsement of the ceremony. < /sarc >
Same for Elton John who allegedly spoke out against playing the Inauguration.
Did NEA put out the word to avoid the inauguration?
“Good. Cut off their money.”
Unfortunately, that has a significant downside near-term.
I’ve always wondered if there isn’t a certain amount of double dipping going on— kid on food stamps grabbing two or three meals a day at school.
Facilities operated by reprehensible Democrat thugs denying the students a historic opportunity.
The Democrat Thug Party.
Disband otta disband.
Yep...It’s something they WON’T be able to tell their grandkids....
Because they are too stupid to play.
Who gave DC 3 electoral wotes?
$ 1,000,000.
Looks like there is a thinning of the applications by process of self-elimination which is a good thing. . Now those deciding who to select to play won’t have to worry about those that probably weren’t that good anyway.
That’s OK. They probably suck.
It’s a LOT easier to march, but if they wann’a skip ... let ‘em skip.
Maybe some school from Indiana would like to attend. Or maybe WI, MI, NC, PA, OH, FL......
This is the prep for an Inauguration Day fake news story. It is intended to fuel talking points as announcers “notice” the utter lack of “diversity” among the participants.
to punish them, I say put them all in failing schools surrounded by children of color where they will learn nothing, not show up and get raped/stabbed on a daily basis and then, go on to be failures at life. Oh wait, that has already happened to them. Never mind.
Exactly. I bet the children would be thrilled to be performing at the Inauguration.
Unless their teachers have indoctrinated them.
Oh, they are high school students? Just saw that.
He may win them over when he clears up the squalor. They might actually have an opportunity to have a job after graduation.
In any case... it’s probably not the kids who decided this. Were their grades dependent on some vote that they were worried the teachers might see?
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