Nebraska Stories
New Ears for Ancient Music and More
S9 • E4 Feb 1, 2018
New Ears for Ancient Music - Gregorian chanting is a part of everyday life at Our Lady of Guadalupe Seminary near Denton. In 2017, several seminary graduates recorded the chants for a CD titled Requiem which topped the classical music charts for 13 weeks following its release. Learn more about these unique artists and about this ancient form of prayer. New Frontier, New Athlete - Midland University is among the first colleges to pioneer a new frontier in athletics with an eSports collegiate athletic program. Now gamers playing onscreen competitive team sports can compete at varsity-level and earn scholarships. Unadilla Bill - Unadilla's annual Groundhog Day Celebration doubles the town's population as folks gather to see if the town's celebrated resident groundhog sees his shadow, predicting six more weeks of winter.... or whether spring is around the corner. Betty's One Room School - What motivates a woman to impulsively buy a one room school? For Betty Stukenholtz it was an overwhelming desire to preserve the one hundred year old country school that educated her and many other Otoe County children. Crazy Horse Camp - While autumn leaves fall at Ponca State Park, Lakota writer Joseph Marshall shows young natives how easy it looks, but how hard it really is to hit a target with arrows shot from a traditional handmade bow.
