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left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
Wed Sep 29, 2021, 11:08 AM Sep 2021

Univ. of Michigan Band Blares LGBTQ+ Support in Halftime Show

The University of Michigan marching band celebrated the school's LGBTQ+ students, staff, and supporters on Saturday with a homecoming halftime show dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the university’s Spectrum Center — a space at the school that supports, advocates, and educates around LGBTQ+ topics.

Music from the performance included hits from Diana Ross, Lady Gaga, Whitney Houston, Madonna, Kim Petras, Andrew Gold, Sister Sledge, and Cyndi Lauper.

John Pasquale, a professor of conducting and the director of the university’s marching band, told The Advocate that he wanted to make a public statement in support of his students and in support of the Spectrum Center.

“I was proud to do it,” Pasquale said. “We just, as a community, came together and there it is.” “I was proud to do it,” Pasquale said. “We just, as a community, came together and there it is.”

https://www.advocate.com/news/2021/9/28/univ-michigan-band-blares-lgbtq-support-stunning-halftime-show

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Univ. of Michigan Band Blares LGBTQ+ Support in Halftime Show (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Sep 2021 OP
I use to follow a Division II college multigraincracker Sep 2021 #1
No Sylvester?!? Crowman2009 Sep 2021 #2
. left-of-center2012 Sep 2021 #3
ha-ha! I guess he was before your time. Crowman2009 Sep 2021 #4
"I guess he was before your time" left-of-center2012 Sep 2021 #5
Well since this has to do with LGBTQ+ music, what better way than to play a song from one of the... Crowman2009 Sep 2021 #6
Maybe not before my time, but ... left-of-center2012 Sep 2021 #7
Oh Patrick Cowley is the Synthesizer/keyboard player behind many of Sylvesters songs. Crowman2009 Sep 2021 #8
Never heard of any of them left-of-center2012 Sep 2021 #9
I guess we run in different circles. LOL Crowman2009 Oct 2021 #10

multigraincracker

(34,093 posts)
1. I use to follow a Division II college
Wed Sep 29, 2021, 12:40 PM
Sep 2021

in Ohio. The pep band only knew 2 songs and one of them was Vehicle by The Ides of March.

Hmmm.

Crowman2009

(2,807 posts)
4. ha-ha! I guess he was before your time.
Thu Sep 30, 2021, 10:28 AM
Sep 2021

Although I'm not sure how a marching band would be able to play Patrick Cowley's synthesizer composition, especially on this song:

Crowman2009

(2,807 posts)
6. Well since this has to do with LGBTQ+ music, what better way than to play a song from one of the...
Thu Sep 30, 2021, 12:21 PM
Sep 2021

...first openly gay artists to have a Top 40 hit. Several Top 40 hits to be a exact, and a boatload of Dance Club Song hits to go with that as well.

I would recommend Jobriath, but he's a bit more obscure and is usually only known among glam rock enthusiasts such as myself.

left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
7. Maybe not before my time, but ...
Thu Sep 30, 2021, 12:29 PM
Sep 2021

I never heard of 'Patrick Cowley's synthesizer composition'.

Different tastes in music, I guess.
I still recall walking into a bar in West Hollywood around 2002 and they were blasting out
"Where the Boys Are" (a 1961 hit)

Crowman2009

(2,807 posts)
8. Oh Patrick Cowley is the Synthesizer/keyboard player behind many of Sylvesters songs.
Thu Sep 30, 2021, 12:35 PM
Sep 2021

Then there are also his backup singers Two Tons of Fun who later became the Weather Girls. But won't go into too much detail.

I like to read about the details of a song, sort of like taking apart a device to see what makes it tick.

Crowman2009

(2,807 posts)
10. I guess we run in different circles. LOL
Sat Oct 2, 2021, 11:01 AM
Oct 2021

But anyway, here's a fun fact! In Ann Arbor, where U of Mich. is located. The very first openly LGBTQ+ person elected to political office was Kathy Kozachenko to a city council seat. This was a few years before Harvey Milk. I'm surprised they haven't named the Spectrum center after her yet.

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