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Music Appreciation

soldierant

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3. If you talk to any student in the band

Reply to Srkdqltr (Reply #2)

Fri Jul 11, 2025, 11:01 PM

Jul 11

at a Black public school in Tennessee, and bring up the cost of uniforms (which high school bands all over the country spend a lot of time fundraising for), you will be told, "Dolly Parton bought ours." I'm far from a country music expert or fan - though I did watch Ken Burns's documentary on it - but I know a saint when I see one, even in the Grand Old Opry. This reflects only one of her many causes and philanthropies.

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