Guess what big event is tonight? Thats right, you guessed it, it is the MAHS Band Solo Concert. Come for a night of squeaking solo clarinets and a troop of angry boys venting their frustration onto drums. I will give you the other side of the story, because it is more different than you may think. Anything associated with band is, well, in one word, sketchy. There is always band drama going on. Like right now, for example, a certain percussionist was going to ask a certain clarinetist to the Prom. This was told to me on Monday during Chemistry. You have to understand the background of this, though. This certain percussionist is rather crass toward this clarinetist, and vice versa. There have been many, shall we say, squabbles between the two. We, the band folks, thought the drama came to a climax at a band competition where this clarinetist, we'll call her "X", asked the percussionist, we'll call him "Y", to marry her on an airgram for the whole audience of the competition to hear. Of course X only ment it as a joke, and Y took it as such. It was still a source of more drama in the band. So you can see why Y asking X to the prom is rather surprising. Another surprising bit of info is that X is going to say no. Now Y thinks X is going to say yes, and he is quite sure of it. So, I think a good solution to the problem is for X to ask the band's oboist (who could that be?) and then this oboist could go to the prom. Yes, after reviewing this story, I believe that is the best solution. We will see how this all plays out as another chapter is written tonight at the band concert. Will Y pop the question? Will X say no? If she does, will the oboist be the second choice? Will I ever stop asking these rhetorical questions? Only time can tell. Now do you see how band is so very different behind the scenes? I believe information like this enriches the viewing experience.