Category Archives: History

Revolutionary Kind – Germantown Band

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  Revolutionary Kind aka The Kind Added by Michael R. Reilly, June 10, 2016 Updated 06/22/2016 Jody Tocco Probst – Absolutely I remember them. Loved them!!! They were from Germantown. I think Dennis Pokorny and John Kannenburg were members. I don’t remember the other guy’s names. June 8, 2016 at 11:15am Jill Schmidt – The others were, Tim Poremba, John… Read more »

Split Decision – Germantown band

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  Split Decision Added by Michael R. Reilly, June 13, 2016 Updated 06/13/2016 Dan Burg, June 12, 2016 – Contact Al Spitza or Tracy Spitza on FB regarding this Germantown Band from the 70-80’s “SPLIT DECISION”

Badger History Magazines, Reference Material in the Museum

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Badger History magazine series Reference magazines in Sussex-Lisbon Area Museum Contain many relevant story titles suitable for late grad school thru middle school, good information for adults! Donated by Michael R. Reilly Wisconsin Historic Sites, Vol. 25, November No. 2, 1971 Dairying in Wisconsin, Vol. 24, January, No. 3, 1971 [2] Tracing Your Roots, Vol. 33, November, No. 2, 1977… Read more »

Sigmund Snopek III Collection

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Sigmund Snopek III Collection Albums: Roy Rogers meets Albert Einstein Snopek Thinking out loud Bloomsbury People Snopek First Band on the Moon Sigmund Snopek III Trinity Seas, Seize, Sees Sigmund Snopek III Nobody to Dream 45s: Bloomsbury People “Madeline” and “Have you seen them cry” CD: Laketones Legends land Sigmund Snopek III “The Baby Symphony” Posters: Bloomsbury People Oct. 3… Read more »

Wisconsin Music Archives and the Polka Hall of Fame

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Wisconsin Music Archives Swiss Jodel Club, Monroe, Wisconsin (ca. 1930) The Wisconsin Music Archives contains collections representing all Wisconsin musical traditions and encompassing the period from the 1850s to the present. Strengths of the collection include published sheet music, folk and ethnic music, scores by contemporary Wisconsin composers, recordings issued by Wisconsin labels, and of performers associated with Wisconsin. To search… Read more »

Ghosts of Holy Hill

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Ghosts of Holy Hill by Scott Hughes, August 18, 2017    When the winds began blowing cooler and the leaves changed color, jackets and flannels were once again donned and thoughts of Halloween and especially ghosts, began to form in our minds. We’d sit in class discussing previous trips to Holy Hill in search of the monster that was rumored… Read more »

Sensation Band

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Sensation Band John F Rickinger – August 9, 2017: Okay a few more memories moving into the HHS reunion weekend. In 1975 I teamed up with Don Fisher, Jeff Turnbull, Jeff Engle to form SENSATION. Don & Jeff E where doing a two some. By 1978 we changed a couple guys and where playing everywhere. Joe Salamone out of Denver,… Read more »

Batter up at Monches

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Batter up at Monches by Fr. Lincoln F. Whelan transcribed by Michael R. Reilly, July 24, 2017 A conjunction of the baseball stars (and lesser satellites) made 1972 a real diamond jubilee for the old ball game at Monches. Their championship in the Land O’ Lakes league was the frosting and foam on the celebration cake and fixings. Here the… Read more »

North Lake Sports and the Reign of the Stapletons

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North Lake Sports and the Reign of the Stapletons by Martin Weber and Joe Daley, 1960 Transcribed by Michael R. Reilly, July 24, 2017 with notes added In the late twenties and thirties, the line-ups for baseball and basketball were jam-packed with the Stapletons. For many years the basketball team was made up entirely of Stapletons. The first time that… Read more »

Wisconsin Bands

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.357 String Band, raucous bluegrass-infused rock and roll A-G-2-A-Ke, an early Brew City hip-hop group Ernie Adams, jazz drummer Adekola Adedapo, jazz singer Bad Boy, ’70s rockers The Barnburners, Richard LaValliere’s short-lived, post-Haskels band The Baroques, psychedelic group signed to Chess Records Black Elephant, defunkt (de-trunked?) hip-hop group The Blackholes, Mark Shurilla’s punk-era combo Eric Blowtorch, long-time punk, reggae rocker… Read more »