'Ridiculous': Montana Band Asked to Play Less So Canned Music Can Pump Up Crowd

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In a decision that the Montana Grizzly Marching Band director called "ridiculous," the band at the football game at Washington-Grizzly Stadium on Saturday was asked to play fewer songs so that canned music could be played instead. 

Grizzly Marching Band director Dr. Kevin Griggs sent a message Saturday evening to band members saying that the athletic department asked him not to play the fight song after each touchdown, and that the stadium would play "Cotton-Eyed Joe" instead, according to a KPAX-TV report.

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