>> WELCOME TO "IN WISCONSIN."
I'M PATTY LOEW.
THIS WEEK, JOHN MUIR'S FAMILY
FARM.
>> I HAVE A LOVE AFFAIR WITH
THIS PLACE.
>> MEET THE MAN WHO NOW WALKS IN
MUIR'S FOOT STEPS.
THIS BOOK CONTAINS MOTHER
NATURE'S SECRETS.
>> I THINK SOMEWHERE IN OUR
EVOLUTIONARY MEMORY WE'RE STILL
WANTING TO BE IN TOUCH WITH THE
REST OF NATURE.
>> FIND OUT WHY IT'S IMPORTANT
TO UPHOLD ALDO LEOPOLD'S LEGACY.
AND STRIKE UP THE BAND, THE UW
BAND.
NEXT ON "IN WISCONSIN."
>> MAJOR FUNDING FOR "IN
WISCONSIN" IS PROVIDED BY THE
PEOPLE OF ALLIANT ENERGY, WHO
BRING SAFE, RELIABLE AND
ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY ENERGY
TO KEEP HOMES, NEIGHBORHOODS AND
LIFE IN WISCONSIN RUNNING
SMOOTHLY.
ALLIANT ENERGY.
WE'RE ON FOR YOU.
AND ANIMAL DENTISTRY AND ORAL
SURGERY SPECIALISTS OF
MILWAUKEE, OSHKOSH, AND
MINNEAPOLIS, A VETERINARY TEAM
WORKING WITH PET OWNERS AND
FAMILY VETERINARIANS, PROVIDING
CARE FOR ORAL DISEASE AND DENTAL
PROBLEMS OF SMALL COMPANION
ANIMALS.
>> I REALLY WANT WISCONSIN AS A
STATE AND THE CITIZENS WITHIN IT
AND OF COURSE THE NATION AS A
WHOLE TO RECOGNIZE JUST HOW
IMPORTANT FOUNTAIN LAKE FARM IS
TO OUR CULTURAL HISTORY.
>> PERHAPS THE BEST WAY TO
UNDERSTAND THE FATHER OF OUR
NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM IS BY
TRAVELING TO THE PLACE WHERE HE
FIRST EXPLORED THE OUTDOORS HERE
IN WISCONSIN.
NEXT MONDAY, THERE'S A NEW
"AMERICAN MASTERS" SPECIAL ON
PBS.
FIRST WE WANT TO TAKE YOU TO HIS
BOYHOOD HOME.
IT'S ABOUT 150 YEARS SINCE
PRESERVATIONIST JOHN MUIR LIVED
HERE.
TODAY, ANOTHER MAN IS FOLLOWING
IN HIS FOOTSTEPS IN BUFFALO
TOWNSHIP.
THIS IS THE PLACE IN THE MID
1800s WHERE A YOUNG BOY FROM
SCOTLAND FIRST EXPERIENCED THE
AMERICAN LANDSCAPE.
HERE, HE COULD WATCH GEESE FILL
THE SKY, EXPERIENCE THE CALL OF
SANDHILL CRANES AND WATCH A DEER
MEANDER IN THE MEADOW.
A SANCTUARY FOR WILD FLOWERS AND
A LAKE NEARBYPIRED THE
11-YEAR-OLD JOHN MUIR.
>> IT DEFINITELY FUELED MUIR'S
FIRE IN TERMS OF HIS
RELATIONSHIP WITH NATURE.
>> THE LEGACY MUIR IS ALSO
THEYST THAT FUELS CURRENT
LANDOWNER ERIK BRYNILDSON.
>> I HAVE A LOVE A WITH
THIS PLACE.
>> BY COINCIDENCE OR FATE, HE
FOUND HIMSELF WALKING IN MUIR'S
FOOTSTEPS LITERALLY.
>> I LIVED HERE FULL-TIME FOR 23
YEARS.
EVERYTHING NOW IS ABOUT THE
LANDSCAPE AND RESTORING IACK
TO ITS PRISTINE, PRESETTLEMENT
CONDITION AS BEST WE CAN.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
HIS GOAL, RESTORING THE LAND TO
WHAT IT WOULD HAVE LOOKED LIKE
WHEN THE MUIRS FIRST WALKED ON
THIS SANDY STRETCH OF PRAIRIE IN
1849.
>> IT'S A LIT PINE.
>> REMOVING INVASIVE PLANTS BY
HAND.
AND REGULAR BURNS WILL HELP
ACHIEVE A PRESETTLEMENT NATIVE
PRAIRIE.
>> OFTENTIMES IT'S TWO STEPS
FORWARD AND THREE BACKWARDS.
>> HE'S BEEN AT IT ON MOUNTAIN
LAKE FARM NEARLY A QUARTER OF A
CENTURY AND WISCONSIN PUBLIC
TELEVISION WAS THERE IN 1988 IN
THE EARLY YEARS OF HIS QUEST.
>> I THINK THAT FOUNTAIN LAKE
FARM AND THE ADJOINING ENVIRONS
REPRESENT THE PLACE MOST
FUNDAMENTAL TO THELUTION OF
THE FATHER OF OUR NATIONAL
PARKS, JOHN MUIR.
>> TODAY, RESTORATION OF THIS
PANORAMIC VIEW CLOSELY MIMICS A
SKETCH JOHN MUIR DRAFTED 150
YEARS AGO FROM THE RIDGETOP
OVERLOOKING THE LAKE.
ALL THESE LATER, THE
PREVAILING WINDS CARRY THAT SAME
SPIRIT.
>> I THINK MUIR IS ALIVE AND
WELL HERE.
I THINK THE SPIRIT OF MUIR IS
VERY STRONG YET.
>> BOTH MEN ATTENDED THE
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN, BUT
MUIR LEFT THE UNIVERSITY AFTER
TWO YEARS FOR WHAT HE CALLED THE
UNIVERSITY OF THE WILDERNESS.
AS A GRADUATE STUDENT, BRIN
BRYNILDSON WAS MESMERIZED BY THE
WILDERNESS.
>> I THOUGHT HIS HOME HAD NOT
BEEN ADEQUATELY STUDIED.
I CHANGED MY GRADUATE WORK TO
THAT.
IT WAS JUST A SPECIAL INTEREST I
HAD THAT ORIGINALLY IT WAS A
PROJECT THAT BECAME A LIFE.
>> A LIFE THAT INCLUDED BUILDING
A PRIVATE RESIDENCE ON THE EXACT
DATION OF THE MUIRS'
FARMHOUSE.
>> I WAS ABLE TO DOCUMENT THAT
THE HOUSE INDEED SAT ON THIS
SITE AND ALSO THE C
THE HOUSE BEHIND ME IESIGN
THAT I CAMP WITH AND IT
MIMICS RUS ARCHITECTURE OF
THE ARTS AND CRAFTS PERIOD.
>> NONE OF THE ORIGINAL MUIR
BUILDINGS EXIST TODAY, BUT IF
YOU KNOW WHERE TO LOOK, YOU CAN
STILL SEE TRACEF THEIR TIME
ON THIS LAND.
>> WE DETERMINED THAT SILVER
MAPLES WERE INDEED DELIBERATELY
SET OUT IN THE YARDHADE
TREES.
TWO STILL BOOM HERE THAT MUIR'S
SISTER PLANTED.
>> BEFORE THE CALIFORNIA
REDWOODS AND YOSEMITE VALLEY,
THIS WOULD BE THE LANDSCAPE HE
SOUGHT TO PREE.
>> IT WAS BEYOND JUST MAJESTIC
PEAKS, THAT A SEDGE MEADOW AS
THIS ONE WAS JUST AS IMPORTANT
IN TERMS OF LANDSCAPE DIVERSITY.
>> JUST LIKE JOHN MUIR FOU TO
PRESERVE THE MOST EXPANSIVE
PIECES OF AMERICAN WILDERNESS,
BRYNILDSON THOUGHT TO GIVE THIS
SMALL PROPERTY LANDMARK STATUS.
MUIR'S WISCONSIN FRONTIER
EXPERIENCE IS OFTEN OVERSHADOWED
BY HIS GRANDIOSE ACHIEVEMENTS IN
THE WEST.
>> WISCONSIN IS DEFINITELY
UNSUNG, THOSE YEARS THAT
SPENT HERE, THAT I WOULD ARGUE
WERE PROBABLY THE MOST RTANT
YEARS OF HIS LIFE.
ALL ONE HAS TO DO IS READ HIS
AUTO BIOGRAPHY.
HE FULLY CREDITS FOUNTAIN LAKE
FARM AS BEING THE PLACE HE
CONCEIVED THE NOTION OF SAVING
WILD S.
>> AND FOR ALL HIS SPECTACULAR
ACHIEVEMENTS, IT'S THIS PIECE
THAT ELUDED HIS INTENTION.
>> WE PROBABLY CAN'T FIND A
PERSON SINGLE-HANDEDLY
RESPONSIBLE FOR MORE ACRES OF
WILDERNESS RESERVES AND,
AND YET MUIR'S EARLY ATTEMPTS TO
SAVE THIS SIMPLE LITTLE GARDEN
MEADOW, HE CALLED IT, WERE NEVER
SUCCESSFUL.
SO THE IRONY IN THAT IS PRETTY
AMAZING.
>> BUT JOHN MUIR'S FAILURE
TURNED INTO ERIK BRYNILDSON'S
SUCCESS.
>> I FEEL VERY PRIVILEGED TO BE
A PART OF THAT STORY AND NOW
WE'RE FINALLY ACCOMPLISHING AND
MAKING THAT DREAM COME TRUE.
* *
>> ERIK BRYNILDSON'S HOME AND
THE 17 ACRES AROUND IT ARE
PRIVATE PROPERTY AND ARE NOT
PART OF THE ADJOINING MUIR
MEMORIAL COUNTY PARK.
THE UNSUNG STORY OF MUIR'S
BOYHOOD HOME WILL GATHER
NATIONAL ATTENTION ON PBS.
WE WERE THERE MORE THAN A YEAR
AGO FOR A LOOK BEHIND-THE-SCENES
WHEN THE FILM CREW WAS HERE IN
WISCONSIN.
>> WHAT DO YOU THINK HE LEARNED
FROM NATURE IN PARTICULAR?
>> A FREELANCE PRODUCER WITH
WISCONSIN TIES.
HER PRODUCTION CREW IS ON
LOCATION IN MARQUETTE COUNTY.
>> I WAS A STUDENT AT LAWRENCE
UNIVERSITY HERE IN WISCONSIN AND
I HAD NO I THAT FOUNTAIN LAKE
EXISTED AND THIS IS A PLACE THAT
IS A MAGICAL PLACE.
>> SHE'S PRODUCING A JOHN MUIR
DOCUMENTARY FOR THE PBS SERIES
AMERICAN MASTERS.
>> I HOPET THE THIS WILL
MAKE US MUCH MORE APPRECIATIVE
OF WHAT WE HAVE.
I'VE LIVED MY LIFEOAD.
MYER LIFE.
AND I HAVE TO SAY THIS IS AN
EXTRAORDINARY COUNTRY WITH
ENORMOUS POSSIBILITIES.
AND TO SEE WHAT JOHN MUIR WAS
TRYING TO DO IS -- I THINK
THAT'S THE MESSAGE THAT I WOULD
LIKE THE FILM TO HAVE.
>> MUIR LOOKED TO THE WILDERNESS
SURROUNDING THE FAMILY FARM AS A
PLACE TO ESCAPE FROM HIS STERN
FATHER.
* *
>> BAPTISM IN NATURE'S WARM
HEART.
EVERY WILD LESSON A LOVE LESSON,
NOT WHIPPED, BUT CHARMED INTO
US.
OH, THAT GLORIOUS WISCONSIN
WILDERNESS.
>> I THINK MUIR WAS LITERALLY A
NATURAL, I MEAN A NATURAL
NATURALIST.
HE HAD THAT KIND OF CURIOSITY
ANDRIT FROM DAY ONE.
HE STARTED TO BE BEFRIENDED BY
NATURE.
HE IDENTIFIED WITH IT.
>> OTHER THAN A FEW MONTHS
ATTENDANCE AT SCHOOL, JOHN MUIR
HAD NO FORMAL EDUCATION IN
AMERICA.
HE STAYED HOME TO WORK THE
FIELDS.
BUT HE TAUGHT HIMSELF, WITH THE
ENCOURAGEMENT OF HIS MOTHER, WHO
HELPED HIM SEE THE WORLD BEYOND
THE FARM.
>> THE SUBJECT OF JOHN MUIR IS
REALLY TIMELY BECAUSE I THINK
THAT RIGHT NOW WITH ALL THE
DISCUSSION ABOUT SAVING THE
ENVIRONMENT AND ALL THAT, I
THINK PEOPLE REALLY NEED TO KNOW
MORE ABOUT MUIR AND HIS WRITINGS
WRITINGS.
IT'S THROUGH HIS WRITINGS THAT
YOU GET A REAL UNDERSTANDING AS
TO WHY, WHAT'S THE URGENCY, AND
WHY WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF THIS
LAND AND TAKE CARE OF OUR
ENVIRONMENT.
>> THE AMERICAN MASTERS'
DOCUMENTARY CALLED "JOHN MUIR IN
THE NEW WORLD" IS SCHEDULED TO
PREMIERE THIS COMING MONDAY
NIGHT, APRIL 18, AT 8:00.
IT EXPLORES THE LIFE AND LEGACY
OF THE REVERED NATURALIST,
AUTHOR AND SCIENTIST.
IN ADDITION TO DIRECTOR/PRODUCER
CATHERINE TATGE'S TIES TO
LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY IN APPLETON,
GARTH NEUSTADTER COMPOSED THE
DOCUMENTARY SCORE, PERFORMED BY
LAWRENCE CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC
STUDENTS.
ALSO, WATCH FOR PROFESSOR OF
ANTHROPOLOGY PETER PEREGRINE.
HE PORTRAYS MUIR'S STERN FATHER.
LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY SENIOR MARK
HIRSCH PLAYS MUIR DURING HIS
EARLY YEARS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF
WISCONSIN.
ANOTHER ONE OF WISCONSIN'S
LEGENDARY CONSERVATIONISTS ALSO
TRIED TO SAVE THE MUIR PROPERTY.
ALDO LEOPOLD IN THE LAST WEEK OF
HIS LIFE ATTEMPTED TO PRESERVE
FOUNTAIN LAKE FARM, BUT THE
EFFORT ENDED WHEN HE DIED ON
JOHN MUIR'S BIRTHDAY.
AFTER HIS DEATH, LEOPOLD ALSO
LEFT BEHIND A LEGACY OF HIS OWN.
"IN WISCONSIN" REPORTER JO
GARRETT SHOWS YOU HOW LEOPOLD'S
STUDY OF PHENOLOGY IS THE
SCIENCE OF NEW BEGINNINGS.
* *
>> IN THE DEAD OF WINTER, IT'S
EASY TO FORGET THAT THE NATURAL
WORLD IS ALL ABOUT CHANGE.
THATENDAR OF CHANGE IN THE
NATURAL WORLD WHEN A PARTICULAR
POND MELTS, WHEN A CERTAIN
SPECIES OF FOREST FLOWER FIRST
PEEKS OUT IN PLACE, WHEN A
MIGRANT BIRD W BACK THROUGH
OUR STATE.
THAT CALENDAR, THAT CATALOG OF
YEAR'S FIRST TIMES IS A BRANCH
OF SCIENCE CALLED PHENOLOGY.
IT'S CURRENT TOSSIONS
ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE AND AS OLD
AS THE BIEBLG.
BIEBLG -- BIBLE.
THE WINTER IS PAST.
THE RAIN IS OVER AND GONE.
THE FLOWERS APPEAR ON THE EARTH.
THE TIME OF THE SINGING OF THE
BIRDS IS COME.
KATHY IS A WOMAN WHO SPENDS A
GOOD PART OF HER WORK TIME ON
THE LOOKOUT FOR THESE CHANGES.
>> THIS IS ITS TIME, EARLY TO
MID-APRIL.
THIS IS A LITTLE BIT EARLY.
>> SHE IS A NATURALIST, ON
STAFF OF THE UNIVERSITY OF
WISCONSIN ARBORETUM.
THIS 1,268 ACRE TRACT IS AS WILD
AS CAN BE IN THE MIDDLE OF
MADISON.
IT'S A GREAT PLACE TO WATCH
THINGS COME AND GO.
>> THIS IS ONE OF A GROUP OF
PLANTS CALLED THE SPRING
EPHEMERALS, WHICH ARE AUP OF
EARLY SPRING WILD FLOWERS THAT
LIVE OUT THEIR WHOLE LIFE CYCLE
IN A SIX-WEEK PERIOD BETWEEN
WHEN THE GROUND THAWS AND BEFORE
THE TREES LEAF OUT.
PHENOLOGY IS THE ART AND SCIENCE
OF NOTICING THINGS.
THE PHEN PART COMES
APPEARANCES, AS NEW THINGS
APPEAR IN NATURE.
>> THE ARBORETUM HAS A
PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT PHENOLOGY
HISTORY.
IT'S A PLACE FOUNDED BY THIS
MAN, ALDO LEOPOLD, THE WISCONSIN
CONSERVATIONIST WHO
REVOLUTIONIZED CONSERVATION
THROUGH HIS BOOK A SAND COUNTY
ALMANAC.
HE WAS ALSO INTO PHENOLOGY.
HE KEPT COPIOUS NOTES BOTH AT
HIS SHACK AND HERE IN THE
ARBORETUM.
>> ALDO LEOPOLD AND ONE OF HIS
GRADUATE STUDENTS KEPT TRACK OF
DATA HERE FROM 1935 TO I BELIEVE
1945.
IT WAS AT LEAST A DECADE.
AND WE HAVE THOSE RECORDS AND WE
ARE TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH THEM,
TO KEEP FAITH WITH THEM AND KEEP
MAKING THE SAME OBSERVATIONS AND
SEE HOW THINGSE CHANGED OR
MAYBE HAVEN'T SINCE THEN AND SEE
WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE NATURAL
YEAR.
>> IN 1939, THEY FIRST OBSERVED
PUSSYWILLOWS IN POLLEN ON
APRIL 6.
BLOODROOT IN BLOOM ON THE 20TH.
CANADA GEESE ON MARCH 21.
THIS LIST OF FIRST TIMES IN A
PLACE CAN LEAD TO PATTERNS.
LEOPOLD WROTE THIS ABOUT
PHENOLOGY.
A YEAR-TOR RECORD OF THIS
ORDER IS A RECORD OF THE RATES
AT WHICH SOLAR ENERGY FLOWS TO
AND THROUGH LIVING THINGS.
THEY ARE THE ARTERIES OF THE
LAND.
BY TRACING THEIR RESPONSES TO
THE SUN, PHENOLOGY MAY
EVENTUALLY SHED SOME LIGHT ON
THAT ULTIMATE IN ANYTHING MA,
THE LAND'S INNER WORKINGS.
>> THESE ARE VIRGINIA BLUEBELLS.
THEY'RE PINK, BUT WHEN THE
FLOWER OPENS IT WILL BE THIS
LOVELY SKY BLUE COLOR.
IT'S ONLY BLUE FOR A SHORT TIME.
I JUST READ IN AN ARTICLE BY A
HORTICULTURE EXPERT THAT THE
COLOR PINK AND RED ARE ALMOST
INVISIBLE TO BEES.
THEY SEE IN A WHOLE DIFFERENT
COLOR SPECT THAN WE DO.
THAT FLOWER BEING BLUE RIGHT AT
THAT TIME WHEN IT'S RECEPTIVE TO
THE BEE, IT'S ONE OF THOSE
EXAMPLES OF PERFECT TIMING.
>> IF THE TIMING IS OFF FOR THE
BLUEBELLS OR THE BEES --
>> THE BLUEBELLS MIGHT OPEN AND
BLOOM A LITTLE TOO EARLY,
EARLIER THAN THE INSECTS ARE
HERE, AND YOU'D HAVE A GAP
BETWEEN THE TIME OF POLLEN BEING
RIPE IN THE FLOWER AND THE TIME
THAT THE AGENT WOULD BE AROUND
TO MOVE IT FROM FLOWER TO
FLOWER.
>> LONG-TERM, VERY STRUCTURED
ENOLOGYDIES ARE CRITICAL.STRUCTUREDPH
>> I STARTED KEEPING IN BOOK IN
1999.
>> LEOPOLD HIMSELF WROTE THAT
PHENOLOGY IS A VERY PERSONAL
SORT OF SCIENCE.
MINER KEEPS A PERSONALNOLOGY
JOURNAL, WHAT SHE SAW WHEN.
>> SO 2010 STARTED WITH THE
STARLING.
THE FIRST ROBIN FOR ME THIS YEAR
WAS ON MARCH 7.
THEN I GO ON TO SANDHILL C
>> PHENOLOGY EMBRACES NOT JUST
SIGHTS, BUT SOUND.
AMERICAN TOADS MAKIN RUCKUS.
AS LEOPOLD WROTE, KEEPING
RECORDS ENHANCES THE PLEASURE OF
THE SEARCH.
>> THIS IS A DEFINITE SIGN OF
SPRING.
WHEN THE OVER-WINTERING BUDS ON
THE WILLOW HAVE EXPANDED.
>> LOOKING FOR SIGNS OF SPRING.
IT'S A TOUR IN THE ARBORETUM LED
BY LEVI WOOD, ANOTHER ARBORETUM
NATURALIST.
>> SPRING PLANTS COMING UP.
JUST THE LEAVES.
IT WILL BE ANOTHER THREE WEEKS
PROBABLY, MAYBE A MONTH, BEFORE
WE GET THE FLOWERS UP.
SO SPRING IS COMING.
>> THEY'RE LOOKING FOR THOSE
FIRSTS, EMERGING FLOWERS, A
HUNGRY HAWK THAT'S JUST MIGRATED
BACK IN.
>> HE'S AFTER A SNAKE ON THE
GROUND.
>> OH, YEAH.
LOOK AT THE SNAKE.
>> YEAH.
>> OH, WOW.
> RED TAIL HAWK.
>> THEY SEE EXAMPLES OF A
PREVIOUS PEOPLE TIED TO NATURE,
AN INDIAN MOUND.
>> THEY WERE HERE BETWEEN 800 TO
1200 YEARS AGO.
THERE ARE MOUNDS ALL OVER THE
FOUR LAKES AREA OF MADISON.
ONE OF THE THINGS I LIKE ABOUT
THISND, COME SPRIME THIS
HAS ONE OF THE BEST AREAS OF
SPRING BEAUTIES.
I WAGER IF THIS IS LST
YEARS, IF I COME BACK HERE
SOMETIME MID TO END OF APRIL, I
CAN IDENTIFY IT BY THE FACT THAT
THE SOIL IS DIFFERENT AND IT'S
COVERED WITH SPRING BEAUTIES.
>> WE LIVED OUTDOORS BEFORE WE
LIVED INDOORS, SO I THINK
SOMEWHERE IN OUR EVOLUTIONARY
MEMORY WE'RE STILL WANTING TO BE
IN TOUCH WITH THE REST OF
NATURE.
* *
>> ALDO LEOPOLD'S DAUGHTER NINA
CONTINUES HER DAD'S STUDIES IN
SAUK COUNTY.
YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE ABOUT WHAT
THAT STUDY REVEALED AND HOW TO
ADD YOUR OWN OBSERVATIONS TO
NATIONAL PHENOLOGY RESEARCH.
JUST GO TO wpt.org/inwisconsin
WPT.ORG/INWISCONSIN.
>> SPRING IS IN THE AIR AND IT'S
TIME TO STRIKE UP THE BAND.
THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN'S
VARSITY BAND SPRING CONCERT IS
ON THE WAY.
THE BADGER BAND IS CELEBRATING
IT'S 125THIVERSARY.
TO HONOR THIS MILESTONE,
VIDEOGRAPHER CHUCK FRANCE
CAPTURES THE HISTORY OF THE UW
FIGHT SONG IN MADISON.
>> EXACTLY 100 YEARS AGO TODAY,
IN A RED GYM JUST DOWN THE
STREET, THE UNIVERSITY GLEE CLUB
PERFORMED FOR THE FIRST TIME THE
SONG THAT'S BEEN CALLED THE
GREATEST COLLEGE MARCHING SONG
EVER WRITTEN.
AND I THINK YOU ALL AGREE WITH
THAT, DON'T YOU?
I CERTAINLY DO.
[APPLAUSE]
>> ON WISCONSIN, IT'S SUCH A
GREAT LITTLE FOUR-NOTE FRAGMENT.
>> MAYBE IT'S MORE THAN A MARCH
SONG AND A TWO-STEP.
>> ONE OF THE THINGS WE LIKE TO
DO IS SHOW THE VERSATILITY OF ON
WISCONSIN.
WE PLAY IT IN ALL DIFFERENT
ES.PS OFKINDS OFMOD
WE PLAYED IT AS A 18TH CENTURY
CHAMBER GROUP MIGHT HAVE PLAYED
IT.
AND WE PLAYED IT AS A RUSSIAN
COMPOSURE MIGHT HAVE WRITTEN IT.
* *
>> WE PLAYED IT AS IF A LATIN
AMERICAN COMPOSER WOULD HAVE
WRITTEN, OR AN ASIAN COMPOSER
WOULD HAVE WRITTEN IT.
YOU'LL FIND ON WISCONSIN -- IF I
WROTE THE ARRANGEMENT, YOU MAY
HAVE TO LOOK FOR IT, BUT IT'S
GOING TO BE THERE.
* *
>> THE VERY FIRST VERSION WAS
WRITTEN AND ARRANGED BY WILLIAM
T. PURDY FOR A CONTEST, BUT NOT
FOR WISCONSIN.
THE CONTEST OFFERED A $100 PRIZE
FOR A NEW UNIVERSITY OF
MINNESOTA FOOTBALL SONG.
THE MELODY WAS OVERHEARD, A
VERSES WERE PENNED AND ON
WISCONSIN WAS ON ITS WAY TO 100.
>> IT HAD AN IMMEDIATE
ACCEPTANCE AND SO FROM THAT
POINT ON EVERYRTING EVENT
YOU COULD THINK OF, IT WAS A
PART OF IT.
>> IT'S HARD TO GUESS HOW MANY
TIMES ON WISCONSIN HAS BEEN
PERFORMED.
>> I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF I WANT
TO KNOW THE ANSWER BECAUSE IT'S
SUCH A STAGGERING AMOUNT.
WE COULD PLAY ITERE FROM
50 TO 70 TIMES ON A GIVEN
SATURDAY.
THEN YOU MULTIPLY THAT TIMES
SEVEN OR EIGHT GAMES A SEASON
TIMES 40.
>> HE'S REFERRING TO HIS 30
YEARS AT THE HELM OF THE UW
MARCHING BAND, BUT THERE WERE
OTHER BAND DIRECTORS WHO PLAYED
ON WISCONSIN GOING ALL THE WAY
BACK TO THE FIRST REGIMENT BAND.
>> A LOOSELY KNIT GROUP OF
PEOPLE UNDER THE MILITARY.
>> IT'S PROBABLY FAIR TO SAY
THAT BACK THEN PURDY HAD NO IDEA
HOW MUCH TIMES THEIR SONG WOULD
BE PERFORMED.
BECK LIVED LONG ENOUGH TO BE
HONORED AT THE 50-YEAR
ANNIVERSARY OFSCONSIN IN
1959.
>> NOW IT'S IT'S ALL HAIL
WISCONSIN.
>> WISCONSIN WIN ITS FIRST
UNDEFEATED TITLE IN 47 YEARS AS
THEY BATTLE.
>> ALSO IN 1959, ON WISCONSIN
BECAME THE OFFICIAL STATE SONG.
>> YOU KNOW, GREAT SONGS LIKE
THAT ARE REALLY TIMELESS.
TODAY'S STUDENTS GET JUST AS
MUCH ENJOYMENT OUT OF SINGING
AND PERFORMING IT AS THEY DID
BACK IN 1909.
>> AS PART OF THE CENTENNIAL
CELEBRATION FOR ON WISCONSIN,
THE GREATEST COL FIGHT SONG
SHOWS ITS FLEXIBILITY AGAIN IN
THE HANDS OF STUDENTS, MUSICIANS
AND FILMMAKERS WHO ARE ENTERING
A VIDEO CONTEST.
ONE YOUTUBE ENTRY CAME FROM
UWHIP-HOP.COM.
IT STARTS WITH A SCRATCHY
RECORDING OF ON WISCONSIN.
* *
>> THE CATCHY HIP-HOP VERSION
COULD BECOME A FAN FAVORITE JUST
LIKE HOUSE OF PAIN JUMP AROUND.
* *
>> IT'S GOING TO STICK AROUND
FOR A LONG, LONG TIME, EASILY
ANOTHER 100 YEARS.
* *
[ BAND PLAYING "ON WISCONSIN" ]
>> THAT ENTRY COULD GO ON TO WIN
THE CONTEST.
MICHAEL JACKSON'S ESTATE OWNS
THE INTERNATIONAL RIGHTS TO ON
WISCONSIN.
YOU CAN BET IT WILL BE PLAYED AT
THIS YEAR'S UW VARSITY BAND
CONCERT CALLED "RETURN TO THE
ROSES."
IT'S AN EVENING OF ROSE BOWL
MEMORIES AND TRIBUTES TO GLEE
AND MOTOWN.
YOU CAN WATCH IT ON SATURDAY,
APRIL 30, AT 8:00.
NOW, FOR A LOOK AT THE REPORTS
WE'RE WORKING ON FOR THE NEXT
EDITION OF "IN WISCONSIN."
>> LAMBEAU FIELD IS A SHRINE TO
FOOTBALL FIELDS.
>> WE'LL TAKE YOU UP THE ROAD TO
A DIFFERENT KIND OF SHRINE
THAT'S NOW KNOWN WORLDWIDE.
>> NOW WE NEED TO SHARE IT WITH
EVERYBODY.
>> ROCK ISLAND MIGHT BE ONE OF
WISCONSIN'S BEST KEPT SECRETS.
>> COME ALONG FOR AN OVERNIGHT
STAY INSIDE THE STATE'S OLDEST
LIGHTHOUSE ON ROCK ISLAND.
>> WISCONSIN REALLY DOES HAVE A
RICH MARITIME HISTORYND THIS
IS PART OF IT.
>> AND S POETRY IN MOTION AS
WE LISTEN TO A SWEET POETIC
TREAT.
>> THEY RISE TO MIX AND ROLL
MARCH, LEGIONS JOIN THE BAKING
ROLL WITH THE PRECISION OF A
PERCUSSION EBLE.
>> WE'LL VISIT ONE OF
MILWAUKEE'S FAMILY BAKERIES.
THOSE "IN WISCONSIN" REPORTS
NEXT THURSDAY AT 7:30 R HERE
ON WISCONSIN PUBLIC TELEVISION.
FINALLY THIS WEEK, WE WANT TO
TAKE YOU BACK TO THE WILDERNESS
A YOUNG JOHN MUIR FIRST EXPLO
IN MARQUETTE COUNTY.
"IN WISCONSIN" VIDEOGRAPHER
WENDY WOODARD PAYS TRIBUTE TO
MUIR'S SCOTTISH HERITAGE W
CLOSER LOOK AT THE NATURALAS
AT JOHN MUIR MEMORIAL PARK.
HAVE A GREAT WEEK IN WISCONSIN.
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>> THE SUDDEN FLASH INTO PURE
WILDNESS, BAPTISM IN NATURE'S
WARM HEART, HOW UTTERLY HAPPY IT
MADE US.
* *
>> MAJOR FUNDING FOR "IN
WISCONSIN" IS PROVIDED BY THE
PEOPLE OF ALLIANT ENERGY, WHO
BRING SAFE, RELIABLE AND
ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY ENERGY
TO KEEP HOMES, NEIGHBORHOODS AND
LIFE IN WISCONSIN RUNNING
SMOOTHLY.
ALLIANT ENERGY.
WE'RE ON FOR YOU.
AND ANIMAL DENTISTRY AND ORAL
SURGERY SPECIALISTS OF
MILWAUKEE, OSHKOSH, AND
MINNEAPOLIS, A VETERINARY TEAM
WORKING WITH PET OWNERS AND
FAMILY VETERINARIANS, PROVIDING
CARE FOR ORAL DISEASE AND DENTAL
PROBLEMS OF SMALL COMPANION
ANIMALS.