When Mike Leckrone retired as director of bands at the University of Wisconsin in 2019, he had served in that role for an astonishing fifty years. A brilliant showman, he became known for aerial entries and sequined outfits. This book is the next best thing to sitting down with this master storyteller.
When Mike Leckrone retired as director of bands at the University of Wisconsin in 2019, he had served in that role for an astonishing fifty years. A brilliant showman, he became known for aerial entries and sequined outfits. This book is the next best thing to sitting down with this master storyteller.
Mike Leckrone’s myriad civic, music, and academic recognitions include Outstanding Educator of America by the Outstanding Americans Foundation, Citation of Excellence by the National Band Association, John Bascom Professorship by the University of Wisconsin–Madison, Hometown Hero Award by the Wisconsin State Assembly, and induction into the Wisconsin Hockey Hall of Fame and the Wisconsin Football Hall of Fame. Doug Moe is one of Wisconsin’s best-known journalists and nonfiction authors. A former editor of Madison Magazine, he wrote a daily newspaper column in Madison for two decades and has published more than a dozen books, including Tommy: My Journey of a Lifetime (a collaboration with Tommy G. Thompson) and The Right Thing to Do: Kit Saunders-Nordeen and the Rise of Women’s Intercollegiate Athletics at the University of Wisconsin and Beyond.
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Foreword by Pat Richter 1 Roses 2 Beginnings and Butler 3 Wisconsin 4 New Ventures 5 Giving Back 6 Football Fizzles but the Band Plays On 7 If You Want to Be a Badger 8 Momentum and Loss 9 Riding High 10 Milestones and Missteps 11 Matters of the Heart 12 Stepping Away 13 Moments of Happiness Acknowledgments
Foreword by Pat Richter 1 Roses 2 Beginnings and Butler 3 Wisconsin 4 New Ventures 5 Giving Back 6 Football Fizzles but the Band Plays On 7 If You Want to Be a Badger 8 Momentum and Loss 9 Riding High 10 Milestones and Missteps 11 Matters of the Heart 12 Stepping Away 13 Moments of Happiness Acknowledgments
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