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Ex-Pride director withheld endorsement of Stolarik, Boren says criticism from ‘small organized campaign’

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In email correspondence to OU President David Boren, former long-time Pride of Oklahoma director Gene Thrailkill withheld his endorsement of recent band director hire Justin Stolarik, according to e-mail correspondence sent to OU President David Boren and obtained from an open records request by The Oklahoma Daily student newspaper.

Thrailkill was a member of the university’s search committee commissioned to find a replacement for departing director Brian Britt.

The emails also show that Boren characterized complaints about changes Stolarik has made to Pride traditions as coming from a “small organized campaign”, not representative of most fans attending OU football games, the newspaper reported.

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Pride student leaders called to Boren’s office to quell band controversy

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Student leaders of the Pride of Oklahoma marching band were called into OU President David Boren’s office to discuss changes being made by newly-hired director Justin Stolarik, the Oklahoma Daily student newspaper reported Wednesday.

The newspaper reported that more than 100 Pride members confronted Stolarik about changes in the band’s football game routine, including changes to a traditional pre-game entrance, that had some football fans puzzled and complaining at Saturday night’s game against Louisiana-Monroe.

Musicians in the Pride told the Oklahoma Daily that Boren told them their frustrations with changes were not matched by their fans, even though Stolarik’s changes have been a hot topic on football message boards and on the Facebook page of Pride alumni.

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