"Devil" Cast Out of Prince William

[MountainLaurel]

Controvery in high school marching band -- that's fairly rare:

After the devil went down to Georgia, it seems, he got censored in Prince William County.

In preparation for a guest appearance at the Peach Bowl in Atlanta, the marching band at C.D. Hylton High School had a logical and seemingly innocuous idea: play a Georgia-themed song. They decided on "The Devil Went Down to Georgia," by the Charlie Daniels Band.

But early this month, a local newspaper, the Potomac News, published a letter by a Woodbridge resident who, after having seen the C.D. Hylton Bulldawg Marching Band perform the country-western hit at a football game, wondered how a song about the devil could be played at school events, because of the separation of church and state.

Fearing bad public reaction, Hylton's longtime band director, Dennis Brown, pulled the song from the playlist. "I was just being protective of my students. I didn't want any negative publicity for C.D. Hylton High School," he said.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/15/AR2005101501492.html

[demnan]

1. Well it just gets stupider and stupider

Seems the guy who objected home schools his kids anyway, so why does he get a say?

The fucking nut.

[MountainLaurel]

2. And he says that

He was just trying to stir debate, not to lead the band to ban the song.

:wtf:

[VaYallaDawg]

3. Guess they can't serve deviled eggs in the cafeteria either. n/t