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Tuesday, September 30, 2003

I guess we just haven't had enough sensitivity training. Or history instruction. Get a load of this story.
A high school band director has apologized for a halftime performance that included "Deutschland Uber Alles," the anthem closely associated with Adolf Hitler, and a student running across the field with a Nazi flag.

Charles Grissom, Paris High School's band director, said his intention was to have a historical performance featuring the flags and music of the nations that fought during World War II.

The show, titled "Visions of World War II," nearly caused a melee at Friday night's football game at Dallas' Hillcrest High School.

What could this band director be thinking? They practiced this for weeks and it didn't seem to dawn on them that displaying the Nazi flag might not be a good idea at a highschool football game.

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