As a musician — as an artist — probably the most important thing is surprising people.

-student from the UC Davis marching band (heard on the evening news)

Read more about the issue here.

The marching band (and I would think they’d have something up at their site at least defending what appears to be horrendous behavior) site is here.

If all that is reported is true I just hope I never see any of them in my places of work. I really don’t want to work with people who think that is acceptable behavior.