Miley Cyrus and Dolly Parton’s ‘Rainbowland’ nixed from Wisconsin school concert for being ‘controversial’

A Wisconsin elementary college is buzzing within the information after nixing college students’ efficiency of Miley Cyrus and Dolly Parton’s duet “Rainbowland” from its spring live performance after an administrator deemed the tune inappropriate for varsity.

Waukesha-area Heyer Elementary Faculty obtained backlash after first grade college students, who had deliberate and rehearsed the tune to carry out amongst a setlist of songs at an upcoming live performance, got here dwelling disillusioned that the tune had been reduce.

The Los Angeles Instances reported that one father or mother’s daughter got here dwelling, excited to point out her mother all of the songs she and her classmates had ready to carry out on the present and “Rainbowland” was amongst them.

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“We love Dolly Parton!” mother Sarah Schindler mentioned, based on the outlet, relaying that she and her daughter had been ecstatic that the tune made the checklist.

However her daughter got here dwelling with extra dismal information later, telling her that not solely had “Rainbowland” been reduce from the repertoire, however so had Kermit the Frog’s “Rainbow Connection,” a tune popularized by “The Muppet Film.”

Schindler needed to know why.

Superintendent Jim Sebert informed a number of retailers that the tune may doubtlessly be deemed controversial and others, together with Schindler, alleged the native college board’s “conservative flip” led to insurance policies that sought to remove rainbow imagery that induces ideas of LGBTQ+ themes and the songs had been faraway from the setlist in consequence of the change.

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Miley Cyrus and Dolly Parton co-wrote and recorded “Rainbowland,” a tune that got here below hearth in a Wisconsin college district. (Photograph by: Vijat Mohindra/NBC by way of Getty Photos)

Parton and Cyrus each have mentioned the inspiration and message behind the tune is totally different, rooted in coming collectively and being extra accepting and sort to others.

“It is about all these totally different races and genders and religions, if all of us did come collectively to create and mentioned, ‘Hey, we’re totally different, that is superior, let’s not change to be the identical, however let’s come collectively anyway.’ As a result of a rainbow’s not a rainbow with out all of the totally different colours.’” Cyrus informed Folks Journal across the time of the tune’s launch in 2017.

Cyrus additionally has a multicolored recording studio in Malibu named “Rainbow Land.”

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Dolly Parton and Miley Cyrus (Photograph by: Katherine Bomboy/NBC by way of Getty Photos)

Parton, who’s Cyrus’ godmother, mentioned the tune is about being kinder to others, telling Style of Nation, “It is actually about if we may love each other a bit higher or be a bit kinder, be a bit sweeter, we may reside in rainbow land…

“It is actually nearly dreaming and hoping that we may all do higher. It is a good tune for the occasions proper now.”

“Rainbow Connection” was added to the repertoire once more after parental complaints, based on a tweet from native educator Melissa Tempel.

Fox Information Digital reached out to Sebert for remark however didn’t obtain a direct response.

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