Murder in the Marching Band

You are cast into the role of sophomore saxophonist in the Digby Corners High School Marching Band. DCHS has a good band, individual-talent-wise, though the marching band as a whole is decidedly second rate. However, your director, Mr. Norman Redchipp, has put his foot in his mouth in a big way: he has claimed that if DCHS fails to beat its rival Crountain Mest High in the upcoming 1982 Douglas Cup marching band competition, he will personally buy pizza for the entire CMHS band. Such a claim would be written-off if it were merely bravado practised in his own band room, but he happened to mention it to the CMHS band director, Ms. Mary Shanning. And she'll hold him to it if DCHS loses. And Crountain Mest has won the Douglas Cup every year since Mary Shanning took the reins....