[Magdalen] TECnical question

Cantor03 at aol.com Cantor03 at aol.com
Tue May 5 21:16:12 UTC 2015



In a message dated 5/5/2015 3:14:08 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
revegger at gmail.com writes:

Be it  Michigan, MSU, or any other schools, all I know is that at the end of
the  day, when all is said and done, it's always  "SKI-U-MAH!">>>>
 
Since I am an alumnus of UM-Minneapolis and UW-Madison, I could
agree with you, but I don't.  In the matter of sports, it's the  Badgers 
all the
way.
 
Incidentally, Sousa composed a raft of school marches, and some of  the
best he wrote for Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin.
 
Then there is the infamous "Foshay Tower March" written for the long
time tallest Minneapolis building.  Foshay wrote a check for  $10,000
which bounced because Foshay went down the tubes in the Crash of
1929.
 
Just a few years ago, Sousa fans scraped up the money to free up
what turns out to be one of Sousa's best from the family who were  still
waiting for payment.
 
 
David Strang.





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