UT to require Longhorn Band to play the ‘Eyes of Texas’ but will create new band for those who oppose song

kxan ^ | April 21, 2021 | Andrew Schnitker

[bgill]

Members of the Longhorn Band will be required to perform “The Eyes of Texas” Alma Mater at future sporting events.

However, a new marching band, which will be created by the university beginning in Fall 2022, will not be required to play the songs.

On Wednesday night, leaders from the College of Fine Arts, Butler School of Music and University Bands announced plans for the new band along with plans to provide scholarships and waive participation fees for band members.

[bgill]

Another source - "first reported by The Daily Texan, the new approach was born out of ongoing financial issues and concerns with “The Eyes of Texas,” which ramped up in earnest last June in the wake of the death of George Floyd, a Black man murdered by a white Minneapolis police officer. Black students and athletes called on the school to stop playing the song, citing that it originally debuted at a campus minstrel show where performers likely wore blackface."

[nascarnation]

I wonder if the “kumbaya” band gets to perform for the women’s tennis matches?

[dfwgator]

So done with sports.

[JaguarXKE]

There is no end to the stupidity of the left.

[ConservativeInPA]

citing that it originally debuted at a campus minstrel show where performers likely wore blackface.

Just became on of my favorite songs. Anything to piss these a-holes off.

[NWFree]

Just go ahead and create 2 schools - one for crazy libtards and one for normal people looking for an education?

[Iceclimber58]

Play the songs, or find a different school to attend.

[Jane Long]

citing that it originally debuted at a campus minstrel show where performers likely wore blackface.”

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Likely???

Everything is based on LIKELY, now.

I wonder how long this All New Band will last.

[Leaning Right]

Call me a dreamer. But I envision the day when every college has a band to cover every possible student category.

So every college would have a traditional band. And also a gay band. And also a persons of color band. And also an illegal alien band. Etc.

Sure, that would be costly. But it would also make for a really impressive half-time show.

[Skywise]

So they’re going to make a black band ...

[ryderann]

Instead of a marching band, they can be the mincing band and play “YMCA”.

[real saxophonist]

A very good friend, the late Roger Dancz, was the Director of Bands at the University of Georgia.

He decided the 'Dixie Redcoat Band' would thenceforth be the 'Redcoat Band', and the band would no longer play 'Dixie' when the team scored a touchdown.

He had to be accompanied by a State Trooper the rest of his career.

[Carl Vehse]

Those who claim “The Eyes of Texas” song is racist are racist buffoons themselves and should be mocked and ridiculed at every opportunity.

[rdcbn1]

So they're going to make a black band ...

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Yup.

Separate, but equal - of course

[Wallace T.]

No doubt the university would have caved to their demands, but the UT alumni association objected. Liberals, like most Protestants, have two sacraments: money and votes. The threat of alumni withholding contributions was the deciding factor for the liberals who run the university.

[Stravinsky]

This is not really a good solution.

[a fool in paradise]

The black Texas fight song?

[a fool in paradise]

>>where performers likely wore blackface

Any EVIDENCE?

[a fool in paradise]

Neosegregationists

[crusty old prospector]

People here are always pointing out that they are in fear of Texas being “Californicated.” Well, this just proves that we have our own home-grown libtards here already.