Reply to a comment  Reply to this comment  VolForLifeDC writes:
in response to TennBird77:  Obama did not win Tennessee in 2008
and the UT Band still went to his inauguration. The president
also does not decide who goes to the parade. This has NOTHING to
do with politics, and probably everything to do with the current
state of the UT Band. This is another fine tradition destroyed
by the directors of the "Pride of the Southland" Band due to
their incompetence and apathy. I wonder what Dr. Julian thinks.
The DB Band put on a great show at Neyland last year, and then
the UT Band did a mediocre Disney show. There was no comparison!
This has nothing to do with the kids in the UT Band; they show
up and do what they're told, and I feel sorry for them. Their
talents are underestimated by their so-called "leadership", who
put as little effort as possible into the marching band. Dr.
Sousa gets paid an obscene amount of money to teach a concert
band, and he delegates everything else to his assistants. It's
time for him