SIAP - Forrest Hill Band

[Quaoarsking]

In the article it says they were depicted as holding SWAT team members hostage.

Yep?

What was the theme of their halftime show? Was this a reference to a scene from a movie or music video? Sorry, but I find it incredibly unlikely that a high school band would just make "anti-police" as a theme to their halftime show, and even if you don't find that hard to believe, I don't really see how nurses and doctors fit into that theme.

[EdDawg]

Anybody that works for a school should know that is not allowed. I teach and our students aren't even allowed to DRAW pictures of guns much less perform a show with fake ones. This is a huge no no in school nowadays.

And then to add in where they were performing that's just not smart at all.

[Todd4State]

Were they making a political statement though? I haven't seen anything that gives any context to the photo.

I'm not sure. I was speaking more in general terms rather than about the specific halftime show. My point is halftime shows are supposed to be about entertainment.

The interesting thing to me that I did read was no one from Brookhaven had any idea that they were going to do that. That leads me to believe that there may have been some intent there. Bands can put in sets like that well within a week of the game. And I know my high school band director would watch our opponents bands halftime show- not sure if that's the norm. But it seems like someone would have known.

[Drewbowski]

I think the halftime show had something to do with the film John Q. The Band director should have held off the performance for that night.

[GreenheadDawg]

if the races were reversed, the kids would probably be charged with a hate crime.

Al Sharpton and CNN would be there as we speak. Pretty damn sad what this country has become. And that goes for both conservatives and liberals. Hate is overflowing

[Bully13]

The people in the band have very little to no say in what type of music they play. I certainly didn't want to do the Madonna show when I was in the band.

Halftime shows are just filler for halftime. It shouldn't be to make a political statement. What Forest Hill did was tasteless and wrong.

I consider it much worse than tasteless and wrong. I'm thinking / saying it was downright criminal. This cancerous narrative plaguing our country has basically posted open season signs on cops as record numbers of their deaths continue to pour in. This "show" if you wanna call it that was to promote murder. Spinning it as something else is sad.

[EdDawg]

What I read was the theme was from the movie John Q, but why have that as a theme? Most of these students probably weren't born when that movie came out and it's not like it's a classic movie.

[Commercecomet24]

Anybody that works for a school should know that is not allowed. I teach and our students aren't even allowed to DRAW pictures of guns much less perform a show with fake ones. This is a huge no no in school nowadays.

And then to add in where they were performing that's just not smart at all.

This. Kids have been expelled for bringing fake guns or even water guns to school.

[GreenheadDawg]

Yep?

What was the theme of their halftime show? Was this a reference to a scene from a movie or music video? Sorry, but I find it incredibly unlikely that a high school band would just make "anti-police" as a theme to their halftime show, and even if you don't find that hard to believe, I don't really see how nurses and doctors fit into that theme.

Yeh let’s give them a pass since it was probably based from a movie. Jesus man

[Todd4State]

Anybody that works for a school should know that is not allowed. I teach and our students aren't even allowed to DRAW pictures of guns much less perform a show with fake ones. This is a huge no no in school nowadays.

And then to add in where they were performing that's just not smart at all.

This is true. I'm not even sure if the James Bond show my high school band did my freshman year would be allowed either because we had these big plywood guns the flag girls has to twirl.

[Bully13]

Band director I suspect will be fired. What sucks this will be all over every media out let nation wide.

I'm hoping it DOES get to as many nationwide media outlets as possible.

[Commercecomet24]

It shouldn't have been done. Period. It was just wrong. Common sense and decency has to come into play. Smh

[Quaoarsking]

Yeh let’s give them a pass since it was probably based from a movie. Jesus man

Not a free pass - the director needs to be more sensitive in the future. This was an appalling gaffe on his part.

However, we shouldn't push a false narrative that the band was performing an "anti-police" halftime show or that they were making fun of the murdered police officers in Brookhaven.

[Todd4State]

I think the halftime show had something to do with the film John Q. The Band director should have held off the performance for that night.

That's a really weird theme.

[Bully13]

Not a free pass - the director needs to be more sensitive in the future. This was an appalling gaffe on his part.

However, we shouldn't push a false narrative that the band was performing an "anti-police" halftime show or that they were making fun of the murdered police officers in Brookhaven.

Not a free pass? in the future? what future? as a band director? gaffe my ass. false narrative? WTF else could it have been?

[GreenheadDawg]

Not a free pass - the director needs to be more sensitive in the future. This was an appalling gaffe on his part.

However, we shouldn't push a false narrative that the band was performing an "anti-police" halftime show or that they were making fun of the murdered police officers in Brookhaven.

Are you the band director? No I doubt you are so you don’t know what the message was. Sorry, but after cops were killed the same week and then they perform this shit, this was intentional. But yeh, thanks for your explanation of events Kap

[Drewbowski]

Take it to Fox and make sure they know about it Greenhead. They can't silence us!!!

[Quaoarsking]

Are you the band director? No I doubt you are so you don’t know what the message was. Sorry, but after cops were killed the same week and then they perform this shit, this was intentional. But yeh, thanks for your explanation of events Kap

Are you the band director? Do you not see the logical breakdown in your post here? I can't possibly know the motivation because I'm not the band director, but you can?

I was involved in marching bands for over 10 years, so I know how they work. I know that high school bands perform 1 show per year and that Forest Hill would have been doing this show all season and the decision to do so would have nothing to do with events in Brookhaven that happened over a month after they started performing it.

[Quaoarsking]

Take it to Fox and make sure they know about it Greenhead. They can't silence us!!!

Yeah! Let's make our own state look bad to advance a false politically-charged narrative! That'll show us!

[GreenheadDawg]

Take it to Fox and make sure they know about it Greenhead. They can't silence us!!!

Already done. Not by me but it’s been done.