Word: bande
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...best drum-napping story by Everett's estimation was in the 70s, when two people showed up at the Band office with American Broadcasting Company (ABC) identification and asked to take pictures of the drum for a "story" they were doing on Harvard...
When the phony reporters said a background like the stadium would be best for the photo, Everett let them load the drum into their van to take down to Soldiers Field accompanied by one of the Band leaders...
After arriving at the stadium, the band leader stepped out of the van to help unload the drum, and the drivers drove off with the drum...
Everett called Robert Tonis, who was the Harard Police Chief at the time, to report the crime. Tonis was "a Dartmouth grad and a big band and jazz fan," according to Everett...
With the Dartmouth game just days away and the Yale game still over a month away, the most logical perpetrators were Dartmouth Band members. "But Dartmouth students aren't that smart," Everett says...