Choir's leader gives audience the wrong cue

OrlandoSentinel ^ | July 23, 2002 | Mike Thomas

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Battles over racist symbols usually involve Southerners defiantly defending their Confederate banners.

I always dismiss their claims of Southern pride as little more than a front for racism. Then they threaten to beat me to a pulp. And on it goes.

But now the battle has moved to the most unlikely of venues, the Maitland Pops Orchestra and Chorus -- not exactly a traditional hotbed of racial strife. Members drive Buicks, not pickups. Instead of the flag, they fought for a song -- "Rock-a-Bye Your Baby With a Dixie Melody."

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Had to clip this one from the Orlando Slantnel. This is the first article by Mike Thomas. He issued a response which I will post as well.

[goldstategop]

hmmm.....figures only a liberal would get upset at a baby being crooned to sleep with humming from Dixie.

[billbears]

LOL, just read the whole article and this line stuck out

This makes any protest not against the song itself, or even the original artist, but because of the link to blackface performances. This guilt by association expands the racism net too large for me

You mean he has a limit?!? Having seen the articles that come out of the Slantinel, I'm sure he has been reprimanded severely and needs to be reindoctrinated in the 'Asa' truths. I applaud the Maitland Pops for standing up to the PC crowd

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Follow the link to Thomas' article where he bashes Southerners. Then check out his response here

The quality of Orlando Slantnel and its contributors is going down quickly. Charlie Reese was the last good writer they had.

FRmail to get on/off Dixie list

[wardaddy]

Man...what an arsewipe of unimaginable proportions.

[shuckmaster]

Here's the line that got me:

Perhaps choir member Denise Beumer was a bit too sensitive.
Even so, music director Dale Burke should have recognized her concern, used good manners and common sense, quietly resolved the issue and replaced the song.

Perhaps one person was being too sensitive but the director should deprive the entire audience from hearing the song? That's PC censorship at it's worst!

[Kermit]

"Man...what an arsewipe of unimaginable proportions."

Bigger than this from "Shallow Hal"?

[wardaddy]

I saw that last week. Boy now that was a fantasy movie wasn't it? Would any man be noble enough to dump his "vision" of Gwenyth for a 500 lb. woman with a great personality...even if her dad was rich?...I doubt it.

[livius]

What an idiot. And a self-important one, to boot. As if anybody would even bother to beat a twit like that to a pulp. In his dreams!

[GunRunner]

If a crotchety old anti-Semite was the best they ever had, you're right, their quality is in question.