The Red and Black

Originally posted by

Olive

Best of luck to the Redcoats... but in all honesty, our band really isn't that great. I hate to say it.

Obviously, Olive, you know nothing about music. Have you ever stopped and actually listened to them? I've heard many, many bands in the past, and the Redcoats are one of the best. I don't think the US-China Cultural foundation would have paid millions for them to perform in China for 2 weeks if they weren't "that great".

Originally posted by

Olive

Best of luck to the Redcoats... but in all honesty, our band really isn't that great. I hate to say it.

Hey Olive - Go back to your hole. With all the work the band puts in, all you can do is dis them. You are a piece of sh**.

Originally posted by

Olive

Best of luck to the Redcoats... but in all honesty, our band really isn't that great. I hate to say it.

I hope you get hit by a bus.

Originally posted by

Jim

Why are they still calling them the "Redcoat" Band. That offends me as my ancestors fought against the "Redcoats"! How insensitive can the University continue to be ?

Seems to me that your ancestors must have done well against the English since you have the opportunity to complain some 200+ years later about a band that wears RED COATS. Pick your battles, Jim. This isn't it.

Make UGA proud, Redcoat Marching Band. Make UGA proud.

Originally posted by

Jim

Why are they still calling them the "Redcoat" Band. That offends me as my ancestors fought against the "Redcoats"! How insensitive can the University continue to be ?

What do you want to call them - the University of Georgia Black Pants Band???? Numbskull.

Do you want to know why the Redcoats are called "Redcoats"?

Redcoats have worn red jackets as a part of the uniform since the creation of the band. During a joint concert between the UGA and GT bands, an AJC reporter referred to the GT band as "the yellow-jacketed band" and the UGA band as the "Red-coated band". This was in 1955.

Originally posted by

Liz A

I agree with LJS. It used to be the "Dixie Redcoat Marching Band." they dropped Dixie to be more PC in the 90's. There's not much left to drop after that.

Try 1969, during integration in the South, when it took a lot more courage for Roger Dancz to take a principled stand to drop "Dixie" from the band's name (drawing death threats for his trouble) than it did for ignorant message board commenters to attribute it incorrectly to 90s-style "political correctness".

http://www.uga.edu/gm/1298/FrontNews.html (scroll down to Dancz's obit)

Originally posted by

Liz A

I agree with LJS. It used to be the "Dixie Redcoat Marching Band." they dropped Dixie to be more PC in the 90's. There's not much left to drop after that.

Go Dawgs, and good luck. I'll be voting for you!

I don't really understand why "Dixie" is so non-PC...
it's a geographical region, do we really all have to pretend we're not from the south?

Originally posted by

James

To LizA and LJS:

You both are a "little slow" at humor. That was my point.

It used to be called the "The Dixie Redcoat Marching Band" when I was there.

Dixie was supposedly offensive - so it was dropped.
Marching was offensive (too military) - dropped.
Band is too offensive (ancestors killed by Indians) - please drop.
Redcoat too offensive (ancestors killed by British)- please drop.

They should be known as "The" until that offends someone........and in our politically correct society it soon will.

Jim/James - whomever you choose to be at this moment in your politically correct world,

Consider how the written word is perceived when writing what you claim to be "humor" comments. No tone, no voice inflection, no facial expressions. All Liza and I saw was the mark of an idiot who wanted to be negative about our Marching Band, not positive.

Bear that in mind with any future comments you may choose to post. And if you take this as I'm being condescending, you'd be very much "politically" correct.

Originally posted by

soulja boy

why even have the band play? we could just have me come out and crank dat. YAHH.

Soulja Boy this is a great idea!

we could have all the georgia faithful dancing to our great remixes of classic Georgia songs

Originally posted by

v dawg

FYI The Redcoats are one of the premier bands in the college football scene. They're only second in the SEC (some say) to LSU. Olive, try going to any other school's football game and you'll notice the difference Redcoats make. Even Richt touts them every chance he gets because he knows what the band does for the spirit of the game.

Yes, and whom do you think Richt comes to thank at the end of every game, even if he has to push through the entirety of the opposing football team and company? ...the Redcoats.

You can have football without a marching band. But not a football game. Not SEC football. And certainly not UGA football!