Rockin' Into Romance

<p><strong>The Clash of Cultures - Mozart Meets Heavy Metal!</strong></p><p> </p><p>Arianna Stefanoff--concert violinist: rock music sounds like pots and pans banging together</p><p>Reid Lavelle--rock star extraordinaire: doesn't know an oboe from a piccolo...</p><p>So how did this unlikely pair wind up on a weekend date in New York City?</p><p> </p><p>Mozart Beethoven Liszt Rachmaninoff Handel. Arianna Stefanoff is familiar with the works of all these and more. Growing up in a musical family she has an intimate knowledge of classical composers. On the other hand her knowledge of the latest rock stars and their current hits borders on zilch.</p><p> </p><p>Being steeped in classical music blended well while the Stefanoffs lived in the culturally-heavy city of Boston. But once her symphony-conductor father accepted the conductor position for the St. Louis Symphony Arianna is suddenly catapulted out of her comfort zone.</p><p> </p><p>Her new set of friends have scant appreciation for her flavor of music. She doesn't think much of theirs either. Then her friend Kara persuades her to enter a contest a contest in which the winner is treated to a weekend date in New York City with rock star Reid Lavelle.</p><p> </p><p>Explosions ensue when against all the odds Arianna wins. The girls at her school are not only jealous but furious knowing she's not even a fan of Reid's. Reid's ego is mangled when he learns his date knows nothing about his music. All signs point to disaster.</p><p> </p><p>Is Arianna destined to be ostracized forever just because of a dumb contest? And could it possibly be that her own narrow-mindedness regarding Reid is aiding in her misery? </p>