Not Ready to Make Nice by The Dixie Chicks

Title: Not Ready to Make Nice by The Dixie Chicks

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Informant Data:

Katerina Dajia is a female Dartmouth student in the class of 2021. She is from Aurora, Ontario, just outside Toronto. Katerina plays ice hockey on the women’s team here at Dartmouth. She has and older brother who played hockey but went to college from Track and Field. Her father was also an olympic athlete for track and field. Although track and field is in her blood she decided hockey was for her.

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Cultural Context: The song itself is by the Dixie Chicks, and all female group, and the lyrics to the song are empowering.
Social Context: This song has been sung in our locker room by many different players. The song has been a tradition for our team for a long time and we all know the lyrics and can sign them together in unison. These lyrics make us feel empowered after winning a battle as a team and as a family.

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Transcript:

“The Dixie chicks song play after every win no matter if it’s home or away. The first time I heard it freshman year, all the upperclassmen told us to learn the words by the next day. As it started playing they all were screaming the lyrics. At some points they even added they’re own lyrics which we still say now that I’m an upperclassmen. Our team has a lot of traditions that have been passed down and this is one of them. I think what makes Dartmouth hockey so special and a family is our traditions that have been shared by so many women throughout the programs history.”

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Collector’s Comments:

This song is very important to everyone on the team because it is such a happy tradition because whenever we hear it we as a team are already in a great mood after having won.

Collector’s Name: Bailee Brekke

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Dartmouth Folklore Archive