Parents group outraged that Phoenix school played 'Pink Pony Club'
There’s a new hit song in right-wing Valley circles. It goes something like this:
God, what have you done?
You played “Pink Pony Club”
In my kid’s music class, oh mama
That’s the refrain some easily upset Valley parents are allegedly singing, says the conservative parent group Scottsdale Unites for Educational Integrity. According to the group, and a subsequent article in the right-leaning Arizona Daily Independent, some parents are livid that a sixth-grade music teacher at Desert Trails Elementary in North Phoenix played the 2023 Chappell Roan hit “Pink Pony Club” during music class.
Not the radio version, which every kid, no matter how sheltered, has heard ad nauseam for two years. A “Boomwhackers” version, which involves striking rainbow-colored percussion tubes together at the direction of a YouTube video. Think Guitar Hero but with, well, boomwhackers.
The incident, if you can call it that, happened in late November at the school, which is in the Paradise Valley Unified School District. (Which itself is, confusingly, not in Paradise Valley.) According to the U.S. News and World Report, more than 650 students attend the school from pre-K through 6th grade.
The Independent named the music teacher in question, but Phoenix New Times is withholding the teacher’s name to prevent them from being the target of harassment.
https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/scottsdale-group-upset-school-music-class-played-pink-pony-club-40626283/
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For those of you who haven't heard the song, here it is:
(PS: This music video was NOT shown to the kiddos)
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