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re: Dixie is dead
Posted on 8/19/16 at 1:14 pm to inelishaitrust
Posted on 8/19/16 at 1:14 pm to inelishaitrust
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So there's a really neat explanation for this. Before 2009, the band would play an arrangement that started with a down-tempo Dixie that went into "Battle Hymn of the Republic" and then finally an up-tempo blend of the two songs. The first part represented a pride in the the south, the second part, the union, and the third part both a Southern and an American identity working together.
I was lucky enough to see this in 2008 when I was in Oxford for the South Carolina game.
It was pretty cool.
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Posted on 8/19/16 at 1:16 pm to GetCocky11
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I was lucky enough to see this in 2008 when I was in Oxford for the South Carolina game.
That was the last year they played it.
Posted on 8/19/16 at 1:39 pm to GetCocky11
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I was lucky enough to see this in 2008 when I was in Oxford for the South Carolina game.
It was pretty cool
I was in the Ole Miss band in the early 2000's and just thinking about when we played this in the Grove, during pregame and at the end of every game, win or lose, is and awesome memory that I will never forget. FDWL will always be my favorite song from my time in the band. Too bad people had to ruin that.
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