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Friday, September 14, 2012

Girl Scouts Drop Boy Band After New Video Shows Young People Partying

The band Allstar Weekend's newest video displays values that are "clearly inconsistent" with those of the Girl Scout organization, its leader said.

Allstar Weekend will not be playing in a major Girl Scout event in St. Louis next weekend following the discovery of a video that organizers say is not consistent with their values. Allstar Weekend, who has gained popularity for appearances on the Disney Channel, was scheduled as the main act for the BIG Day FamFest, a large festival on Sept. 22 organized by Girl Scouts of Eastern Missouri in downtown St. Louis.  But the band has been pulled from the festival following the release of a music video for its song Life As We Know It. The video features what appears to be teen girls and boys drinking alcohol, smoking from a bong, stripping, throwing a chair in a swimming pool and throwing a bag of trash at a moving car. Lyrics to the tune …

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10:43 pm on Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Kayla, What's to explain??? Their visuals and lyrics in this music video are NOT appropriate, and it makes sense for the Girl Scouts to not want to be promoting this band to the girls they serve.   more ›

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