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Thursday, May 28, 2009

Panties of many Richardson parents wad up after school choir performance includes Mexican national anthem

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Oh, the horror!

Oh, the horror!

At a Greenwood Hills Elementary choir performance last week, students opened with three songs: "Texas Our Texas," "The Star-Spangled Banner," and the Mexican national anthem.

After a number of complaints and a blog post on the DMN, the school apologized this week. Officials said the song was included to honor the heritage of the school's Hispanic students, but that the placement at the top of the program was, perhaps, a poor decision.

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Jesus Valadez says:

lololol

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Jason Rice says:

I think they must be peeved that the program left out the anthems of France and Spain.

Jury is still out on Dixie.

It's all about inclusion right? Then include.

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Jesus Valadez says:

I'm just surprised the other hispanics didn't complain about it being the mexican anthem. :p

"What? You just assumed we're all Mexican?"

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Chris Kidd says:

People whine too much on the non-important things, yet they dont show up to parent/teacher or school board meetings when something serious is occuring with their kid or their education. Another case of messed up priorities on the side of people who should'nt be having kids in the first place....

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Travis Bush says:

Should have stuck with something safer like the Cesar chachaChavez..

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Jason Rice says:

After all, I'm sure Mexican schools play the Star Spangled Banner every chance they get.

And how long has it been since you hummed along to the anthem of OUR neighbor to the north.
Courtesy Canadian Heritage

Who can't appreciate these lyrics -I mean c'mon!

Mexicans, at the cry of war,
prepare the steel and the steed,
and may the earth shake at its core
to the resounding roar of the cannon.

but I dig the chorus best

War, war without truce to any who dare
to tarnish the country's coat-of-arms!

War, war! Take the national pennants
and soak them in waves of blood.

War, war! In the mountain, in the valley,
the cannons thunder in horrid unison

and the resonant echoes
cry out Union,
Liberty!

<font size="1">inside-mexico.com</font>

I think I'll sing that at work tomorrow. "Soak them in waves of blood...."

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Travis Bush says:

If you can't bait JRice with something like my last comment then I'm giving up..FFS!

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Jason Rice says:

997... 998 ....999 .... 1000!!!

Made it. Will power.

I can resist.

<font color="#f0f0f0">Cesar Chavez anthem! http://www.colapublib.org/chavez/deco... color="#000000>"></font></font>

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alexander troup says:

ANY VICTORIA SECRETS.......A/T, Ohh smell these....

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