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Oh, I Wish I Was in Dixie
« on: January 16, 2021, 09:57:29 PM »
Scenes from my teenage years: The laser show on the side of Stone Mountain outside Atlanta.

The state later sold this property into private hands, who soon cancelled this "racist" laser show.  

But this is how it was when I was young, lighting up the carvings of Robert E, Lee, Stonewall Jackson, and President Jefferson Davis, with the theme of the South rising again and charging into battle.

Anyway, you won't see anything like this in the whole country today:

 

Re: Oh, I Wish I Was in Dixie
« Reply #1 on: January 16, 2021, 11:18:48 PM »



Here's a more Southern version of "Dixie".



It starts to cook at 0:55


Re: Oh, I Wish I Was in Dixie
« Reply #2 on: January 16, 2021, 11:34:17 PM »
Your reminiscing of your "RACIST" past  reminds me of my favorite "RACIST" song...


Re: Oh, I Wish I Was in Dixie
« Reply #3 on: January 17, 2021, 09:53:04 AM »


"This video was filmed July 6th, 2013, at the Saturday Night Ball during the commemorative reenactment celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, sponsored and hosted by the Gettysburg Anniversary Committee. More than 12,000 reenactors and over 25,000 spectators attended the events spread over four days. In the words of one of those attending: "The ball Saturday evening, hosted by the 2nd South Carolina String Band was the most high-energy and exciting ball I have yet attended. I arrived at the end, and was told to stay around afterwards for some "ruckus." The 2nd South Carolina broke out into, arguably, the most catchy song ever: "Southern Soldier." After every verse, the Rebel Yell screamed louder and louder, to a volume I have never heard even on a battlefield up to that point; it truly made the hair stand straight and the shine shiver. It was simply impossible to prevent oneself from joining in, whether Yankee or Rebel. And for the finale, the 2nd SC led the audience in "Dixie." I have never heard the song played and sung by so many people with so much energy."

Re: Oh, I Wish I Was in Dixie
« Reply #4 on: January 17, 2021, 01:37:38 PM »
Dixie is no longer geographic. A lot of the geographic south have essentially allowed themselves to become yankees. Georgia is the latest casualty.

Dixie is a state of mind, spirit and way of life.