Video Of McKingley High School Marching Band & Majorette Dancers (Oct. 2020) with comments about African Americans wearing masks during the Covid-19 pandemic

TRIN, Oct. 31, 2020
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Statistics as of Oct. 2, 2021 at 3:33 PM ET
Total # of views - 1,229,505
Total # of likes -18K
Total # of dislikes - 615
Total # of comments - 457

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Edited by Azizi Powell

This pancocojams post is part of an ongoing series on African Americans wearing masks during the Covid-19 pandemic. Click that tag below to find other pancocojams posts in this series.

This post showcases an Oct. 31, 2020 YouTube video of McKingley High School's marching band and dance auxiliary (Oct. 31, 2020). 

Information about McKingley High School in Baton Rouge, Louisiana is also included in this post along with selected comments from that video's discussion thread.

This post also includes selected comments from that video's discussion thread about the band members and the dance line members wearing maks as a protection against Covid19 and other comments about Covid-19. Some additional comments about McKingley High School's marching band and dance line are also included in this post.

The content of this post is presented for historical, socio-cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.

All ccopyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to all those who are associated with McKingley High School's marching band and its majorette dance auxiliary. Thanks to all those who are quoted in this post, and thanks to TRIN for this video.

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INFORMATION ABOUT MCKINGLEY HIGH SCHOOL
From https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrGCIrpxHTI&ab_channel=TRIN

Numbers are added for referencing purpose only.

2020
1. Avery Adams
"The thigh clap, hand clap, snap, then strut sequence at 2:38 😍"

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2. Reply
SevenSons
"That was sssoooo cute💙💙🐾🐾Ⓜ️Ⓜ️Ⓜ️🔥🔥"

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3. Alex F, 2021
"Took me OUT. I screamed “y’all better!”"

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2021

4. Ange Aesthetics_Vlogs
"I love you pantherettes"

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5. Keya Pitts
"Okayyyy....I love these young ladies.....their style is like the Southern University Dancing Dolls.😍"

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6. Kaila Simmons
"Yes ma’am, the coach of the pantherettes was a captain of the SU dancing dolls in 2017."
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Southern University is a public historically Black university in Baton Rouge, Louisana. Here's a quote about McKingley High School's Pantherettes' coach [with the video's "titles" given as hyperlinks]
 https://www.mckinleyhighbr.org/m/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=411384&type=d
"Danielle Stamper - Former 2 year captain of the Southern University Fabulous Dancing Dolls

Click below to see her in action. 

Leading the band into the stadium https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbs1Ob1tXEY&ab_channel=SUFabulousDancingDolls [Jan 9, 2018]

Whiskey https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwVsN3tW6WU&ab_channel=MarvinPrice [Sept. 10, 2017]

SU Homecoming https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_ozUK5NyfE&t=50s&ab_channel=MarvinPrice [Oct. 22, 2016]"
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From some YouTube comments that I read (which I didn't retrieve), McKinley High School is one of the main high schools nationwide from which members of  HBCU marching bands and its dance line auxiliaries come.

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7. Yolanda A
"The girls look better than several colleges! I had to look at the title again. High school? They did a magnificent job. Whoever is teaching them is the truth!"

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8. coolernie65
"The drum major looks like he was born and bred for Southern University."
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The videographer wrote that the drum major is in the 10^th grade.

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9. Kevin Smith 
"Bruh what happened to BR bands?! They just have one Tuba? Seriously? Just a few years back MCK had a decent size band taking on that band from DC and now they're the size of a pep band lol. I wish it was like when I was in high school in the 90s. MCK, Glen Oaks, Capitol, and Istrouma had deep bands and had a whole culture behind it. Idunno maybe these band directors need to start doing some recruiting or something🤷🏾‍♂"

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10. Latoya Brown
"I think they might have gotten under funded when the government  was doing cuts to arts and music programs."

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11. Kevin Smith
" @Latoya Brown  wow😳. If that's the case then that's truly sad for all students not just the bands"

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12. Stacey Holland, 
"Who is their Coach????  Amazing...Hats OFF...Completely classy and percise.  Just clean😍🥰..the break off into 4😍😍"

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13. YuTasha Johnson
"McKinley was actually the first high school for the Black community here in Baton Rouge. It was my parents', aunts & uncles alma mater."

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14. Manny's Millennial Mouth
"They looking like a Squad of On The Run Beyoncés with these masks😍

I love the Aesthetics"

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15. Cherry MARRY
"What do you call this Type of dance?"

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16. TRIN
"HBCU Majorette"

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17. ladiadalton
"They are better than most colleges"

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18. Janine Villasenor
"These ladies  and gentleman are amazing, and the fact they still perfecting their craft despite Covid is all the more impressive, Congrats and best wishes! 💖"

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19. Anjie Rose
"If those girls can do that routine in masks,  then all men must stop complaining."

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20. MorseeInHD
"Mostly woman complaining

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21. Vero vè
"Why just men?"

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22. Charley Taylor
"There is Karen’s that complain bit ok"
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From https://www.dictionary.com/e/slang/karen/ "What does Karen mean"
"Karen is a pejorative slang term for an obnoxious, angry, entitled, and often racist middle-aged white woman who uses her privilege to get her way or police other people’s behaviors."...

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23. Kween Alize
"How about all the men marching and playing heavy instruments wearing their mask? Its equal. Everyone is doing their part."

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24. Kween Alize
"Its equally as difficult to march in time with everyone, carry heavy instruments, play them while marching, and remember the routine. The men and women are both leading."

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25. ClaytonMatthews
"I'm an All-star Cheerleader and I can say it's not easy doing heavy breathing with a mask but it shows that no one should have an excuse not too."

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26. Amaya Eke
"You can’t play a flute or clarinet or any reeded instrument with a mask or any instrument really"

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27, leels
"men and women do routines in masks, men and women complain about wearing masks"

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28, Marshal Stamey
"notice how everyone is wearing a mask and performing. not just the ladies lol"

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29. 4K PRODUCTIONZ
"Usually woman complaining 🤣🤣🤣"

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30. Jay Bird
"What about everyone?"

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31. Cintya Enciso
"It's a shame that you can't see the smiles on the ladies faces doing their routine.  Proud and smiling is how the drill team always performed. They sure made those masks fit well to their uniforms. They looked very pretty and professional."

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32. omar k
"I know you miss the crowd. Keep doing what you're doing and I'm proud of all your hard work"
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This comment implies that this high school football game was played without people in attendance because of Covid-19.

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33. A Brandie Motley Film
"Black women are just so beautiful! Even in a face mask!"

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34. King Doc
"Patterned after Black Universities. Nice"

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35. Earl Ferry
"when I went there the band was fire and referred to as the baby jukebox"
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Southern University's marching band's name is "The Human Jukebox". Therefore, the nickname "baby jukebox" is a high compliment to McKinley's marching band.

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36. maxine daniel
"Dat captain sis u be slaying hahaha"
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The videographer and publisher of this video wrote that the captain’s name is Shelbie.

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37. Kayla Bell
"Where is this high school from because everyone is on point and I love the color coordinations they did with the masks. And they're coming in like JSU SONIC BOOM OF THE SOUTH LOVE IT 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾"
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JSU= Jackson State University, Jackson, Mississippi.

"Sonic Boom Of The South" is the name of that university's marching band.

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TRIN
38. "Baton Rouge, LA"

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39. TheCman215
"Their drum major literally wearing sweatpants as his uniform"

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40. Rodney Player
"TheCman215 didn't even notice. Still looks good and he's a good DM also."

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41. TRIN
"Real pants were delayed due to COVID."

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42. Manny's Millennial Mouth
"u studying the video WAY too hard"

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43. Beenthere Donethat
"I do love their sparkling masks"

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44. Gabriela Portillo
"I almost didn't even notice the masks..."

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45. dabbiee
"I can't  stop watching  it its soo good especially  the dancers why don't  we have this in the UK"

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46. Kenyetta Doyle
" @Ellieee  They are not cheerleaders."

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47. Dennis Crosby
"if these girls can bring this amount of THUMP in masks, then you can walk into a restaurant with one, Karen"
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This is a diss on privileged always falsely complaining women who are called “Karens”.

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