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...muggy, starlit night in the dusty Ontario lake town of Port Stanley (pop. 1,480). The fish flies swarmed, and the rickety Stork Club Ballroom had just disgorged 800 jazz fans. By 2:25 a.m., all 23 bandsmen had clambered aboard the big silver, red and white bus, followed by Bandleader Stan Kenton carrying a cardboard carton with 30 ham sandwiches. Somebody snapped on the switch of a blue light that signified drinking time, and the bus began to roll...
...Reunion Committee has offered to pay for a private Band party. Alpers argues that Bandsmen must be kept active constantly to make it worthwhile to sacrifice their time. Aside from free admission to a Boston Pops performance Monday night of Commencement week, no activities are open to Band members between their Sunday night Harkness Commons concert and their Wednesday night concert with the Glee Club...
...Bandsmen, moreover, cannot be stags at social functions since by definition a stag must attend every event. Rehearsals and concerts make this impossible for the Band, Alpers said. "Bar privileges" after the Harkness concert have become more and more limited. And although the Bandsmen can later attend a Leverett House dance, they would arrive two hours late...
...make enough demands on the Bandsmen's time as it is. Usually we place the Band's interests above those of the members. But now we are forced to consider individuals over the Band. Scholarship holders, for example, just cannot afford to lose the money...
Alpers admitted that "it's the alumni's reunion, so naturally they don't want Bandsmen hanging around." A series of incidents several years ago led to the decision that Bandsmen and their dates could not attend functions at the Essex...