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re: We need to talk about the Golden Girls-Tiger Girls feud
Posted on 9/9/18 at 11:48 am to Irish LSU Fan
Posted on 9/9/18 at 11:48 am to Irish LSU Fan
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Last year, not a single halftime show featured the Golden Girls!
I'm pretty sure that I saw them dance at more than one game last year. That said, I don't doubt that the current band administration is trying to phase both them and the colorguard out. That was one of the issues at hand when control of Tiger Band was removed from the athletic department and placed under the School of Music. Roy KIng asserted that is was a money grab to get the stipends usually awarded to the auxiliary groups.
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Posted on 9/9/18 at 11:57 am to LouisianaLonghorn
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I'm pretty sure that I saw them dance at more than one game last year.
Yes, I saw them dance as well. However, the tradition of having a "Golden Girl feature" seems gone. I didn't say they were phasing the Golden Girls and Color Guard out, just changing a longtime tradition which might have something to do with the reduction of girls trying out for Golden Girls (and the increase in girls trying out for Tiger Girls). I hope the Golden Girls and Color Guard (who by the way have their lowest membership in 10-15 years) can survive the current administration.
Posted on 9/9/18 at 2:43 pm to LouisianaLonghorn
It's really sad, because it does appear that the talent is going away from the band. There were years in the not-so-distant past (around 2011) where they had to actually cut people that tried out for the colorguard as well, and only a few years later there were multiple auditions to get more people to try out because not enough people were interested. I'm not saying that it is the admin's problem, but it is pretty fishy. I feel like that same thing that contributed to this issue may have had something to do with the lack of interest in the GGs as well. 
Posted on 9/12/18 at 7:58 pm to LouisianaLonghorn
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That said, I don't doubt that the current band administration is trying to phase both them and the colorguard out. That was one of the issues at hand when control of Tiger Band was removed from the athletic department and placed under the School of Music. Roy KIng asserted that is was a money grab to get the stipends usually awarded to the auxiliary groups.
It might have been King's assertion, but it has not come to pass yet and will never happen. That would be career suicide.
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