Mike Leckrone is legendary as the unbound band director at the University of Wisconsin. In the band’s annual spring concerts, which draw rock-star levels of crowds, Leckrone, director for 39 of his 72 years, has dropped onto the stage on a bungee cord, rode a bicycle down a wire, slid down a firefighter pole, drove in on a motorcycle, rode in on a wedge of cheese, and flew in on a cow that flipped in midair. Discuss
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“I tell the kids it’s supposed to be fun, but not fun at the expense of other people,” Leckrone said.
Last week, the unbound director demarcated that boundary. Upon receiving credible allegations of hazing involving alcohol and inappropriate sexual behavior, he took the unprecedented act of suspending the marching band, starting with a nationally televised home game against Ohio State.