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Proud2BAmurkin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-30-05 04:27 PM
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Marching band evokes the Titanic
sad.
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aquart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-30-05 04:29 PM
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1. What marching band? Where?
Context? Link?
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Proud2BAmurkin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-30-05 04:30 PM
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2. Some of the news coverage has had a marching band in the background
No explanation on who they are
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Proud2BAmurkin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-30-05 04:30 PM
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3. Some of the news coverage has had a marching band in the background
No explanation on who they are
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Cooley Hurd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-30-05 04:38 PM
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7. Biloxi - they're facing a horror that we can not fathom...
:cry:
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formerrepuke Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-30-05 04:32 PM
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4. A link might help; but note that some New Orleans funerals
(if that is where the story is coming from) traditionally utilize marching bands in the processional.
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charlie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-30-05 04:35 PM
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5. What, are you kidding?
They demonstrated the indomitability of their spirit, not some band on the Titanic scenario.
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enough Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-30-05 04:39 PM
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8. Absolutely, especially in New Orleans and environs.
The marching band is the embodiment of faith, hope, and life going on.
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aquart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-30-05 05:20 PM
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11. Uh, that IS what the band on the Titanic was doing, too.
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charlie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-30-05 05:26 PM
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12. Well, not exactly
These were workers, bringing their tools to get the job done, with a little verve and style. They weren't being stoics in the face of certain death. In any case, why P2A would find it "sad", I have no idea.
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Duer 157099 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-30-05 04:36 PM
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6. It was odd, for sure
But then I thought: maybe they were trying to make noise to draw attention to themselves, to recruit volunteers -- they were a group of clean-up crew, with chainsaws and tools, ready to go to work -- dunno who exactly they were, if official or volunteers
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bluedog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-30-05 05:29 PM
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13. thats what I think
they were trying to get poeple to pay attention to this disater...it sounded like just the drums playing a death march........
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Last Lemming Donating Member (806 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-30-05 04:39 PM
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9. It was on CNN
I believe somewhere in Mississippi--a bunch of guys with chainsaws and drums marching up and then back down the street. Kind of spooky-- a complete non sequitur.
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mountainvue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-30-05 04:39 PM
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10. I know. I didn't know what the hell to make of that.n/t
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