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Marching for band glory requires teamwork
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‘It’s getting better by the
year,” he said.
Although the band lost a
lot of brass players fix)m last
year, every section has had
to pull their weight and
more according to Haynes.
Band director Anthony
Jones said this year’s group
is one of the best in 11 years
at Harding.
“We have outstanding
leadership,” he said “Tliere
is a balanced approach; reg
ular people are working
hard,” he said. It’s a concen
trated effort from the bottom
of the totem pole to the top.”
That leadership is the
result of dedication of the
band students. Haynes says
that being a manber is as
grueling as participating on
a sports team, with physical
demands and travel. The
regimen doesn’t bother
Haynes though.
“I like to be busy that’s
what I personally like about
the band”
Eldewins Haynes, Nate’s
father, is very impressed
Nominee criticized
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all.”
Gary Bauer, a leading con
servative and former
Republican candidate for
president, said on CNN, “I
think the president hit a
grand slam home run h«:e.”
There are plenty of reasons
to make Bauer so efiusive
that he could infer that a
grand slam in baseball could
be hit with anything other
than a bases-loaded home
run.
Alito’s appointment has dis
appointed prc^ressives.
“Replacing a mainstream
conserv'ative like Justice
O’Connor with a far-right
activist like Samuel AHto
would threaten 'Americans’
rights and legal protections
for decades,” said Ralph G.
Neas, president of People for
the American Way “Justice
O’Connor had a pivotal role at
the center of the Court, often
providing a crucial vote to
protect privacy, dvil rights,
and so much more. All that
would be at risk if she were
replaced with Judge Alito,
who had a record of ideolc^-
cal activism against privacy
rights, dvil ri^ts, workers’
rights, and more.”
A 24-page “preliminary
review” of Alito’s record by
People for the American Way
condudes; “As the following
summaries of his opinions
reveal, the judidal philosophy
of Samuel Alito is far to the
right. In fact, he has been
given the nickname ‘Scalito’
by some who practice before
him and liken him to Justice
Antonin Scalia.
“He has demonstrated hce-
tility toward the prindples
undergirding a woman’s con
stitutionally protected ri^t to
her own reproductive choices
— most notably the Third
Circuit’s attempt to limit or
overturn Roe v Wade in the
context of the Planned
Parenthood v Casey case.
“In addition, he has issued a
number of troubling opinions
that seek to undermine estab
lished dvil rights law, espe-
dally in the areas of gender
and race, and that seek to
severely limit the federal gov
ernment’s ability to protect its
dtizens.”
with the dedication his son
has shown in the band.
“I didn’t have to push him,
he’s worked very hard at
this,” said Eldewins. “He is
one of the best in the march
ing band, one of the top per
formers.”
The ^der Haynes is looking
forward to traveling to the
competition this week.
“It’s like a sporting event,
there’s a lot of exdtement,”
he said. “It’s very exdting.
They’re all doing their best
and some of the bands do sur
prising things.”
Eldewins has faith in
Harding’s band going all the
way and winning first place.
“Mr. Jones iq his own ri^t,
he’s a fine musidan. He’s
very demanding about get
ting the most out of these
students.”
Jones said he’ll encourage
the Marching Rams to have
fun while making a state
ment for their performance.
“We have to keep the
adrenaline factor in control,”
he said. “We just gotta bring
it, sell our product and
endorse what we’re doing. I
have a strong feeling we’ll
win it.”
Whether they win or lose,
Jones wants the kids to
remember what’s important:
“It’s not Anthony Jones, it’s
Harding High,” he said.
“People will remember that
Harding High had a great
band in 2005 and tliat’s all
that really matters.”
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