Watertown School Board Inspired Study of Stonewall Riot

Watertown School Board inspired study of Stonewall riot

I want to thank the Watertown School Board for its decision not to allow "A Mother of a Revolution!" to be performed at the high school's spring concert.

Composer Of Banned Stonewall Tribute Conducts WI High School Band Before Packed Audience

Milwaukee’s Fox affiliate reports: A song pulled from the Watertown High School Wind Symphony’s spring concert was performed Wednesday night at a community concert that drew a line outside Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church. Days before the spring concert, the Watertown Unified School Board voted to remove “A Mother of a Revolution!” from the set list. One board member called it indoctrination. Omar Thomas composed the song in 2019 to honor LG…

Hundreds Turn Out for Wisconsin High Schoolers’ Performance of Banned LGBTQ Song

On Wednesday evening, high school students from Watertown, Wisconsin, performed a song that had been banned by the city’s conservative school board before an audience of hundreds of supportive community members. The micropolitan city of over 23,000 people, which resides almost exactly between the two largest cities in the state, has made national headlines over the past several weeks due to… Source

Song blocked by school board performed at Watertown church

WATERTOWN, Wis. -- Last week the Watertown United School District Board of Education voted to remove Mother of a Revolution by Omar Thomas, from the high school band’s upcoming spring concert. The board deemed the piece controversial, but after the…

Why Did Watertown Schools Remove a Song About LGBTQ History?

A decision by the Watertown Unified School District school board in Watertown, Wisconsin has sparked protests, emotional public comments, and renewed debate