*
( Band playing "On, Wisconsin" )
*
( Band playing "Hot Time" )
( cheers and applause )
>> Thank you!
Can you hear us okay, Lady?
( laughter )
This is the University
of Wisconsin Band!
( cheers and applause )
This is the band that started
the season in Las Vegas!
( cheers )
We're lucky
we've still got instruments.
( laughter )
Then they made a big sacrifice
for you, Wisconsin fans.
In the middle of December,
20 degrees, ten inches
of snow on the ground,
they went to Tampa Bay.
( laughter and cheers )
We're going to celebrate a lot.
We're celebrating
an undefeated home football
season last fall,
beating Michigan the last game!
( cheers and applause )
Women were in the WNIT!
The men's hockey team
was one goal away
from being in the Frozen Four.
( applause )
And the basketball team,
31 wins, Big Ten Champions!
( cheers and applause )
Frankly, I was almost late
getting to the Kohl Center
tonight.
You know, it's spring, and all
the creatures come out.
You know, it's kind of
a nice time of year.
And parked in my driveway
were a family of gophers.
( band hisses )
I had to go back three times
to make sure
I'd run 'em all over.
( cheers )
*
We're going to start
with a tune done by The Who.
This is the theme
from the rock opera, "Tommy."
This is the theme
of the "Pinball Wizard."
>> Band: Hey, up!
*
( cheers and applause )
>> We like to liven things up
early on, too, with a tune
that we've done at almost
every concert.
It's a tune where you jump up
and holler, "Hey!"
You remember that?
Remember doing that tune?
Let's give it a try.
One, two, three...
*
Hey!
>> This guy's got it.
Aren't you guys ashamed?
We're going to try it
for everybody.
I want everybody up
and everybody swaying.
It's a tune called
"Rock & Roll 2."
One, two, three...
*
( Band playing "Rock & Roll 2" )
*
Hey!
*
Hey!
*
Hey!
( cheers and applause )
>> One of the things
this concert allows us to do
is to bring people
to your attention
that you might have missed,
or might not have known about.
And we've had some wonderful
people go through
the School of Music.
This next young man
was a student here
at the School of Music, and
went on to some great things.
But while he was here,
he formed all sorts of groups.
And one of the groups,
that I think everybody remembers
is a group called "Youngblood."
Nat wrote a tune
that "Youngblood" has played,
and we're going to play.
It's a fun tune to play.
This is a tune called,
"Brooklyn."
*
( applause )
( cheers and applause )
Nat McIntosh,
ladies and gentlemen!
We're proud and pleased
to have him on stage.
( cheers and applause )
*
* Hey, you
* Get off of my cloud
* Hey, you
* Get off of my cloud
* Hey, you
* Get off of my cloud
*
( cheers and applause )
>> A few years ago, we had
a soloist on our program,
and I vowed I would
never have him back, because
he completely stole the show.
But we did have him back.
And you've seen him nightly
on the "Conan O'Brien Show"
where he appears with
the Max Weinberg Seven.
He's been on that show
since it began.
He appears with
Bruce Springsteen
when he's on tour.
He's recorded with Bon Jovi,
Joe Crocker,
all sorts of people.
He's one of our favorites,
'cause he's such
a great friend of the band.
Ladies and gentlemen,
Mr. Mark Pender.
>> Band: Boom... ah!
( band whistles )
Pender!
>> One, two, three...!
*
* My baby's kisses, ooh wee
* They sure are sweet
* My baby's kisses, ooh wee
* They sure are sweet
* They rattle my brains
* They knock me off my feet
* When I get lonely
* I call my baby's name
* When I get lonely
* I call my baby's name
* I gotta go out
* It seems like I'm insane
* Help me out here, now!
* Baby
* Baby, baby, baby
* I love you
*
* Sometimes, baby
* She's evil as she can be
* Sometimes, baby
* She's evil as she can be
* It's the little bit of evil
* That brings out
* The man in me
* I say baby
* What's on your weary mind
* Baby
* What's on your weary mind
* You get me in trouble
* And worried all the time
* I say baby
* Baby
* Baby, baby, baby, baby
* Baby, baby, baby
* Baby
*
* Baby
* Baby, baby, baby, baby
* Baby, baby, baby
* Baby, baby
* Baby
* Baby, baby, baby
* I love you
( cheers and applause )
>> That's Mark Pender!
Mark Pender.
( applause continues )
Mark Pender!
He'll be back later.
I saw a movie this summer
I really liked a lot.
I think one of the reasons
I liked it is because
there was a guy in there
that looked just like me,
everybody said, Zac Efron.
( laughter )
The movie was filled
with a lot of fun dancing,
a lot of fun singing.
We thought it would be fun
for us to play it tonight.
This is music,
well, you can't go wrong
with a movie that's got
John Travolta in a dress, right?
This is music
from "Hairspray."
*
* I can hear the bells
* My head is spinning
* I can hear the bells
* Something's beginning
* Everybody says
* That a girl
* Who looks like me
* Can't win his love
* Well, just wait and see
* 'Cause
* I can hear the bells
* Just hear them chiming
* I can hear the bells
* My temperature's climbing
* I can't contain my joy
* 'Cause I finally
* Found the boy
* I've been missin'
* Listen!
* I can hear the bells
*
* Styles keepa changin'
* The worlds rearrangin'
* But somehow
* You're timeless to me
* Hemlines get shorter
* Once cokes were a quarter
* But time cannot take
* What is free
* Your like
* A stinky old cheese, babe
* You just get riper with age
* You're like
* A fatal disease, babe
* But there's no cure
* So let this fever rage
* Some folks cant stand it
* Say time is a bandit
* But I take
* A different view
* 'Cause when I need a lift
* I get a gift
* Another day with you
* A twist or a waltz
* It's all the same schmaltz
* With just a change
* In the scenery
* You'll never be old hat
* That's that!
* You're timeless to me
( applause )
*
( cheers and applause )
*
( Band plays "Space Badgers" )
*
( cheers and applause )
>> Let's not forget
who's band this is!
( laughter )
I was reading this past summer
that this is the year that
baby boomers start to qualify
for Social Security.
The man here
is very happy about that.
I suppose that's something
I'll have to think about
in 15 or 20 years.
( laughter )
I didn't like that laugh!
Anyhow, the baby boomers
came around at a time,
the music they had
was pretty interesting.
It's basically music
of the '70s.
It was music of people
like Elton John
and Stevie Wonder,
Earth, Wind and Fire.
And there was a lot of wonderful
music that was sometimes
inspiring.
It was sometimes
socially significant.
Sometimes, it was
just kind of silly.
Now, I have to admit,
I was here,
working at the university
in the '70s.
( light applause )
No, no.
I just want to take a moment
to pay tribute to
the University of Wisconsin
for the foresight
to put the band department
in the hands
of a 13-year-old kid.
( laughter )
Anyhow, this is music
of the '70s.
We simply call it,
"The '70s Show."
>> Band: Hey, up!
*
* Ah, ah, ah
* Da do ron-ron-ron
* Da do ron-ron
* Ah, ah, ah
* Da do ron-ron-ron
* Da do ron-ron
* Yeah, heart stood still
* Yeah, name was Bill
* Yeah, walked her home
* Da do ron-ron-ron
* Da do ron-ron
*
( cheers and applause )
>> Drumline!
What is your profession?
( Drumline yells response )
*
( drumline percussion )
( rhythmic beat continues )
*
( drumline percussion )
( rhythmic beat continues )
*
( drumline percussion )
( cheers and applause )
>> Our percussion section!
That was conceived and prepared
by Ernest Jennings
and Pat Coughlin.
Our percussion section.
( applause continues )
Now, how about a little
Fifth Quarter to follow that?
You want a little Fifth Quarter?
How about "Tequila"?
( cheers )
One, two, three, four...
*
( Band plays "Tequila" )
Tequila!
>> Okay, everybody up.
Everybody up.
You can't do the Fifth Quarter
without the "Chicken Dance."
( cheers )
*
( Band plays "Chicken Dance" )
( cheers )
Wait a minute.
What we normally do
is try to set a record.
Tonight, it's especially
important to set a record.
The old record for
the "Chicken Dance"
is 23.1 seconds.
Just recently, the writer
of the "Chicken Dance,"
Bob Kames, passed away.
In his honor, we are going
to try to break the record
tonight.
Are you with me?
Here we go!
This is for you, Bob!
One, two...
*
( Band plays "Chicken Dance" )
Twenty-two point nine!
Amazing!
( loud cheers and applause )
( Band plays
"You've Said it All" )
* When you say, Wisconsin
* you've said it all!
( cheers and applause )
*
* The Jets
* Are gonna have their day
* Tonight
* The Sharks
* Are gonna have their way
* Tonight
* Puerto Ricans grumble
* "Fair fight"
* But if they start a rumble
* We'll rumble 'em right
* We're gonna
* Hand 'em a surprise
* Tonight
* We're gonna
* Cut 'em down to size
* Tonight
* We said, "Okay, no rumpus
* No tricks."
* But just in case
* they jump us
* We're ready to mix
* Tonight
* We're gonna rock it tonight
* We're gonna jazz it up
* And have us a ball
* They're gonna get it tonight
* The more they turn it on
* The harder they'll fall
* Well, they began it!
* And we're the ones
* To stop 'em
* Once and for all
* Tonight!
* Anita's
* Gonna get her kicks
* Tonight
* We'll have
* Our private little mix
* Tonight
* He'll walk in hot and tired
* So what?
* Don't matter if he's tired
* As long as he's hot
* Tonight
* Tonight, tonight
* Won't be just any night
* Tonight there will be
* No morning star
* Tonight, tonight
* I'll see my love tonight
* And for us, stars will stop
* Where they are
* Today
* The minutes seem like hours
* The hours go so slowly
* And still the sky is light
* Oh moon, grow bright
* And make this endless day
* Endless night
*
* I'm counting on you
* To be there
* Tonight
* When Diesel wins it
* Fair and square
* Tonight
* That Puerto Rican punk'll
* Go down
* And when he's hollered
* "Uncle"
* We'll tear up the town
* Tonight, tonight
* Won't be just any night
* Tonight, there will be
* No morning star...
* I'll see you there
* About 8:00...
* Tonight, tonight...
* We're gonna rock it
* tonight...
* I'll see my love tonight...
* We're gonna
* jazz it tonight...
* Endless day
* Endless night...
* We're gonna
* make it tonight...
*
( all singing at once )
* The hours go so slowly
* And still
* The sky is light...
* To stop them
* Once and for all...
* The Jets
* are gonna have their way
* The Jets
* are gonna have their day...
* And tonight...
* We're gonna rock it
* tonight...
*
( all singing at once )
* Tonight...
( applause )
*
* Make of our lives
* One life
* Day after day
* One life
* Now it begins
* Now we start
* One hand
* One heart
* Even death
* Won't part us now
( gunshot )
* Hold my hand
* And we're halfway there
* Hold my hand
* And I'll take you there
* Somehow
* Some day
( sobbing )
*
( sobbing )
*
( trumpet solo )
*
( applause )
>> Thank you so much.
We close,
as we close every concert,
with a medley
of Wisconsin songs.
If you're an alumnus,
please join us.
If you're not an alumnus,
just eat your heart out.
These are "Songs to Thee,
Wisconsin."
*
* Songs to thee, Wisconsin
* Ever let us sing
* Praise to alma mater
* Ever let us bring
* Queen of all the west
* College we love best
* Queen of all the west
* College we love best
*
( Band sings and plays
"If You Want To Be A Badger" )
*
( tubas play "Varsity" )
* Varsity
* U rah rah
* Wisconsin
* Praise to thee we sing
* Praise to thee
* Our alma mater
* U rah rah
* Wisconsin
*
Sing!
* Varsity
* U rah rah
* Wisconsin
* Praise to thee we sing
* Praise to thee
* Our alma mater
* U rah rah
* Wisconsin
* U rah rah
* Wisconsin
* U rah rah
* Wisconsin
* U rah rah
* Wisconsin
>> Thank you for coming.
What a wonderful way for us
to end our season.
And I hope it was a great way
for us to celebrate
ten years here in this building.
It's been fun for us.
Thank you so much for being
a part of it.
*
( Band plays "On, Wisconsin" )
We never say good-bye.
But tonight, in a way we say
good-bye to some people
who've been with us
for several seasons.
I'd like for you to meet
our seniors.
Seniors, would you please stand?
( cheers and applause )
But we really never
say good-bye!
Because we know we're going
to see you and them,
maybe out at Camp Randall
next fall.
We're going to have
a great football team.
Or, maybe back here for
all those events I mentioned.
Or, maybe April 16, 17 and 18
next year, when we're in
this building to celebrate
our 35th anniversary.
I'd love to see you all
one more time in Pasadena.
But wherever it is,
we'll see you real soon,
and "On, Wisconsin!"
*
( cheers and applause )
*
( Band plays "1812 Overture" )
*
( Band plays "On, Wisconsin" )
( cheers and applause )
*
( Band plays
"You've Said It All" )
* When you say Wisconsin,
* you've said it all!