Band banned."We'll walk hand in hand someday... We shall all be free someday... We are not afraid today... We are not alone today..." Threatened by these words? Officials at Leeds High School in Alabama seem to be. Citing complaints from parents, the school board prohibited its marching band Noun 1. marching band - a band that marches (as in a parade) and plays music at the same time band - instrumentalists not including string players from playing "We Shall Overcome" as part of its football game halftime show A halftime show is a performance given between the first and second halves or the 2nd and 3rd quarters of a sporting event. Halftime shows are not given for sports with an irregular or indeterminate number of divisions (such as baseball or boxing), or for sports that don't stop. . Officials claim the song, rooted in Civil War-era gospel and then the '60s civil rights movement, is "too political," But some parents have voiced their opposition to the ban, saying it has given Leeds a bad reputation. Show your support by tuning In tuning in, v process in which a therapeutic touch practitioner centers himself or herself so as to be aligned with or “in tune” with a healing energy “frequency,” so that the patient may choose to join the practitioner (tune to ESPN ESPN Entertainment and Sports Programming Network at noon on New Year's Eve for the Liberty Bowl, where the band will perform. We hope they proudly play that great freedom anthem. |
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