Firemen Inflamed at False Alarm, Offer Band Nero Role

According to the Boston Fireman's Band, marathoner Yun Bok Su wasn't the only foreigner to steal the local spotlight at Boston's Patriots Day celebrations. Traditional parade performers, the fireman's band smouldered with rage when the University music-makers got George Curley's bid.

News of the switch never reached eight stalwart firefighters, who showed up at City Hall Saturday morning complete, with uniforms and instruments, and fumed at the crimson-coated replacements. "We'll let them fill our boots at the next Harvard fire, too," flamed a disgruntled chief. "They can take their Sousa and souse it."