WHEN SHIRLEY Robinson was attending UW-Madison half a century ago, she was one of only eight women in the concert band. But what she really longed to do was play with the marching band, and that, in the early 1950s, was not possible.
….As bad as Robinson felt then, she felt elated Thursday, a little before noon, still flush after playing the tambourine with the UW Varsity Band and being introduced to a cheering crowd at the Overture Center by band leader Mike Leckrone.