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- From: jclander@symphony.mitre.org (Julian C. Lander)
- Subject: Re: Gay/Lesbian band at Inaugural: Musings and Details
- Message-ID: <1992Dec29.142257.1027@linus.mitre.org>
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- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 14:22:57 GMT
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- In article <=k12wy#@rpi.edu>, buckmr@aix02.ecs.rpi.edu (Ron Buckmire) writes:
- |> I think I read somewhere that the glb marching band is going to be somehere
- |> at the head of the procession, is that true?
- |>
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- Not quite. The Lesbian and Gay Bands of America are providing a band to
- entertain along Pennsylvania Avenue between 9th and 10th Streets, NW,
- before and after the inauguration itself. We are not marching in
- the actual parade.
-
- Although this is a lesser honor, it makes sense for non-lgb reasons.
- We're not a precision marching band by any means, and we won't have
- time to get together a routine. We also don't have uniforms. (The
- individual bands have uniforms of different types; there is not
- national uniform.) I suspect that our performance is better
- suited to standing still than marching.
-
- There has been a great deal of press interest in this. The
- Washington Post reported on it as part of their coverage of
- the inaugural festivities. It seems as though our presence in
- the official events is remarkable enough--that we're not marching
- is very much a secondary issue.
-
- Julian C. Lander
- jclander@mitre.org
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