I apologize for the post that just came from me which repeated Lou Jacques' post without adding anything. Occasionally, when there is line noise, the Merrimack mail system sees fit to kick me off and mail off a copy of my incompleted message. I meant to state that as far as I know there is no such policy banning visiting bands from all HE rinks, but there is not as much band tradition in HE as there is in, say, the ECAC. So, it is not that surprising that visiting bands don't tend to travel. Also, two HE schools don't even have bands on a consistent basis - Merrimack has no band (just got an organ player, though), and Lowell only occasionally has a band show up. --- Mike Machnik [log in to unmask] Color Voice of the Merrimack Warriors (Any opinions expressed above are strictly those of the poster.) *HMN*