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The bad behavior of some members of Florida A&M University's renowned Marching 100 Sunday after the Detroit Classic may result in possible suspension of the entire band from "traveling from Nov. 18 (Florida Classic) through the end of the 2007 Spring Semester," Julian White, band director, stated in a memorandum distributed to band members and university officials.

The memo gave a deadline of noon yesterday for band members to come forward and admit their involvement.

After the Saturday night performance at the Detroit Classic, the band returned to the Marriott Hotel to rest before the long bus ride back to Tallahassee, band members said. Sunday morning as the band was departing, hotel officials stopped them, alleging items were missing from their hotel rooms, White said.
An anonymous source said the maids that were assigned to clean their rooms discovered the rooms had property missing.
Body towels, face towels, pillows, irons and comforters were among the items that were recovered, which delayed their return by three hours, white said.

White said the drum majors did a check along with the hotel staff, however the hotel staff was short.

The hotel called the police to monitor the situation as the items were returned from the busses, the anonymous source said.
"As of right now we are not pressing charges; furthermore, the school has been very cooperative in negotiations. We have not restricted the band from returning," said Raynard Lawler, the hotel's residential manager.

"Some of the property was recovered and immediately given back," White said.

"Then as the band started to leave I informed the hotel that they still had hotel property on the busses," White continued.
White said they currently have no knowledge of who was involved, but that an "intense investigation" will take place.


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Pssst... Go to the Band Zone. It's all laid out with a picture even. Buffy come Lately.

You won't get all vinegery if we close this will you? since it's already posted and e'rythang.

"pattern" ???

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Originally posted by Alpha72:
You won't get all vinegery if we close this will you? since it's already posted and e'rythang.

Babygirl,

Let's air the funk out in the "Why is it " so folks over eighteen and not a band-nerd can digest the incident.

What they've done reflects negatively on the school.

I've just read an article on the school selected for honors as an HBCU.

Like HU is a school full of perfect little angels......

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Originally posted by famu76:
What they've done reflects negatively on the school.

No...take it up a notch. The dysfunctional behavior(s) of a few Black people reflects negatively on the African Disapora.... Good Grief!

Did any stuff like this happen on Dr.Foster's watch other than hazing? It seems that the real bad has started happening on Dr.White's watch.
Sometimes we can be too concerned with quantity rather than quality.

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Originally posted by Fudge Hammer-I Hit So Sweet:
Did any stuff like this happen on Dr.Foster's watch other than hazing? It seems that the real bad has started happening on Dr.White's watch.
Sometimes we can be too concerned with quantity rather than quality.

Things happen all the time. No director is/was immune to things of this nature. I will bet you that there are very few bands who have not had something like this happen before.

Back in the day, news didn't travel as fast, if at all. By the time someone "heard" anything about a band, etc., it was either old news or rumor that couldn't be substantiated.

DK,

I'm not expecting Dr.White to hold their hands but you're saying that because of the level of scrutiny the media has on potential news items and the number of media outlets available,that's what makes us aware of misbehavior today.It's been there all the time but the level of scrutiny by the media wasn't.
That's seems logical and besides,you were there.
What kind of hell did you raise,DK?

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Originally posted by Fudge Hammer-I Hit So Sweet:

What kind of hell did you raise,DK?

Just enough.

I hope the DI bros take a leadership roll in correcting this incident. AEA!
Milkshake, F'85 ZH, SCSU