He’s since decided that he’s not going to leave the band, but it’s just not going to be the same as it was over the past four years.
“It’s going to be a job,” George added. “I don’t think I’m going to have any patriotic emotions like the ones that I experienced during Obama’s last inauguration.”
For groups around the country who have decided to come to the nation’s capital to participate in the civic event ― which traditionally is an honor, remembered for a lifetime ― there’s considerable consternation for members about whether to join in.
The Rockettes are one of the few big-name entertainment acts to agree to participate in Trump’s inauguration, which has upset many of its dancers.
“I wouldn’t feel comfortable standing near a man like that in our costumes,” one dancer wrote in an email to her colleagues, according to Marie Claire magazine.
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