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trumad

(41,692 posts)
Thu Sep 13, 2012, 11:09 AM Sep 2012

Fucking Wallmart!

Oh lookie--- a bunch of Black People....must be a Flash Mob.

On the 11th anniversary of 9/11, students from Coconut Palm Elementary in Miramar showed up at a local Walmart, clad in patriotic red, white and blue, to sing "God Bless America" as part of a prearranged tribute.

The 75 young chorus members, ages 7 to 10, were born after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. But they had learned from their families and teachers the significance of the date and what their singing meant.

The group's excitement turned to disappointment Tuesday evening when a Walmart representative refused to honor an agreement allowing the chorus to sing inside the store at 12800 Pines Blvd., according to Coconut Palm Elementary Principal Terri Thelmas.

In an attempt to "right a wrong," Thelmas said, school staff and parents led the singers outside the store, where they gathered under a nearby flag that was at half-staff. The children performed "God Bless America." The group had headed to its cars when police showed up in response to a report of a "flash mob situation."

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/broward/pembroke-pines/fl-walmart-school-singing-20120912,0,2314425.story
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Fucking Wallmart! (Original Post) trumad Sep 2012 OP
Uh jp11 Sep 2012 #1
She got permission before hand. trumad Sep 2012 #3
So what really happened to Frank? jsr Sep 2012 #2
Frank will always be fired onethatcares Sep 2012 #4

jp11

(2,104 posts)
1. Uh
Thu Sep 13, 2012, 11:17 AM
Sep 2012

The performance at Walmart had been arranged as part of a school-related "I Will" campaign, which encourages people to help a stranger and do a public service on 9/11, Thelmas said.

Music instructor Annie Conner and the students envisioned a "flash mob" performance at Walmart, Thelmas said. In addition to remembering the victims, the act was meant to surprise and cheer up customers, Thelmas said.



jsr

(7,712 posts)
2. So what really happened to Frank?
Thu Sep 13, 2012, 11:22 AM
Sep 2012

Thelmas said that when she contacted the store last week, she was referred to a manager named Frank, who approved the in-store performance. But when the group showed up Tuesday night, Frank wasn't there, Thelmas said. Instead, another Walmart manager dismissed the idea, called the chorus "a liability" and turned the group away, Thelmas said. The employee added that Frank had been "fired," Thelmas said.

Walmart declined to discuss details.

onethatcares

(16,169 posts)
4. Frank will always be fired
Thu Sep 13, 2012, 11:41 AM
Sep 2012

due to liablility problems. Couldn't have those billionaire Arkies seeing people of color doing something, anything to uplift a county.

Frank is currently being re-educated in Bentonville where he wakes everyday and sings the walmart anthem and

cheers the import of chinese shit to sell in the u.s. of a.

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