OF WORK WITH DEEP ANDREW AT HIS DESK MUCH.
HE LOVES HIS JOB, AFTER ALL, HE IS THE ONLY ONE IN MASSACHUSETTS WHO HOLDS IT.
ALL STATES DO HAVE STATE AGENCIES OR THE OFFICIAL WILDLIFE AGENCY.
>> THE AGENCY IS THE DIVISION OF FISHERMAN’S AND WILDLIFE HEADQUARTERED IN WESTBOROUGH AND WERE ANDREW MIXES HIS JOB AND HIS PASSION SINCE COLLEGE.
>> IT WAS A STUDY ABROAD PROGRAM IN SOUTH AMERICA.
THOMAS NEW OVERNIGHT THAT IT WAS IT FOR ME.
THAT WAS MY CAREER.
>> THAT CAREER BROUGHT INTO THE BAYSTATE FIBERS AGO, PLESSIS SAYS -- FIVE YEARS AGO, PLESSIS SAYS THAT IS RICH IN BIRD LIFE.
>> THERE ARE SO MANY DIFFERENT HABITATS IN.
THESE ARE COATING.
>> MUCH OF HIS EFFORTS ARE AIMED AT CONSERVATION AND PRESERVATION, TRACKING BIRDS TO AID IN THOSE EFFORTS.
EVEN IN WINTER, HE TRUDGES OUT TO THE BOXES TO MAKE SURE THEIR SPRING AND SUMMER LODGINGS ARE PREPARED FOR THEIR RETURN.
>> THEY COME BACK SOMETIMES MADE MAY -- MID-APRIL OR MAY.
HARD WORK, LONG HOURS, LISTENING TO THE BIRDS.
I LOVE THAT ASPECT.
>> THE SNOWS OF LATE WINTER TAKE A TOLL ON TREES ALL OVER.
ONE BRIGHT SPOT?
DIXON THIS MAN, SOME OF THEM WILL LIVE ON.
WELL, SOME OF THE WOOD.
>> I GET WOOD AROUND THE CITY.
PEOPLE BRING ME ONE.
I WILL TAKE THAT MATERIAL THAT WILL OTHERWISE BE FIREWOOD.
>> TOMMY IS A WOULD TURNER.
TO DROP IN TO THE SMALL SHOP IS TO OBSERVE TRUE ARTISTIC MASTERY OVER AND UNFORGIVING EDM.
>> WOOD TURNING AS A SPECIAL FORM OF MEDIUM.
>> THE CREATION SO MOST OF THE ATTACHED GALLERY HERE.
I’LL MAKE FROM FOUND WOULD THAT -- WOOD THAT OTHERWISE WOULD HAVE BEEN DESTROYED.
ALL LOCALLY SOURCED.
>> THIS IS SYCAMORE FROM MARBLEHEAD.
>> ALTHOUGH SOMETIMES THE WOOD COMES TO HIM.
>> SOMEONE CAME IN WITH TWO LARGE MAPLE BOROUGHS THAT HE COMMISSIONED ME TO MAKE BALLS FOR HIM TO MAKE -- TO GIVE TO HIS KIDS.
THE TREE GREW AND HIS YARD AND THEY USED TO PLAY ON IT AS CHILDREN.
AS ADULTS, HE WANTED TO GIVE THEM A PIECE OF THE TREE BACK.
>> INDEED, IT CAN BE HARD TO BELIEVE WHAT HIS WOOD TURNING TURNS WOOD INTO.
THIS IS WHAT IT WAS LIKE WHEN YOU STARTED?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> A LOT OF SANDING.
>> ANYTHING WORTH IT TAKES A WHILE.
>> THAT IS CERTAINLY THE CASE IN MELROSE, MASSACHUSETTS, WHERE THE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA IS CELEBRATING ITS 100TH SEASON, MAKING IT THE OLDEST CONTINUOUSLY PERFORMING
VOLUNTEER ORCHESTRA IN AMERICA.
>> SOMETIMES YOU HEAR CLASSICAL MUSIC IS DYING OR WE DO NOT HAVE AUDIENCES AND WE DO NOT HAVE THAT PROBLEM.
>> IS A SPECIAL SEASON FOR YOU T
UDIGAWA, WITH ELEVATING 20 YEARS.
>> WOMAN VOLUNTEER ORCHESTRA’S UNIQUE IS THAT PEOPLE WANT TO BE THERE.
THEY WANT TO BE AT REHEARSAL, THEY WANT TO DO THE JOB.
THEY LOVE MUSIC.
NOT SUGGESTING PEOPLE WHO CLAIM PROFESSIONAL ORCHESTRAS DO NOT WANT TO BE THERE EITHER.
>> MUSICIANS LIKE PRINCIPAL BASSIST, A 25 YEAR VETERAN.
>> I HAVE BEEN IN ANOTHER ORCHESTRA BUT I LIKE THE FEELING OF THIS PARTICULAR ORCHESTRA BECAUSE I’M STILL AIMING HIGH WITH THE MUSIC.
IT IS STILL VERY FRIENDLY.
>> LAST CALL, THEY PLAYED A CONCERT WITH THE CITY, A WAY OF SAYING THANK YOU FOR A CENTURY OF SUPPORT.
>> THIS IS A TRIBUTE TO THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY HAS SUPPORTED THIS ORCHESTRA FOR 100 YEARS.
>> IN THE SAME CROWD BUILDING AND NOW THROUGH MULTIPLE GENERATIONS.
IF THE VIOLINIST DOES NOT LOOK OLD ENOUGH TO HAVE BEEN A MEMBER FOR 28 YEARS, THAT MAY BE CUT SHE MADE HER DEBUT AT 12, THE SAME AGE AS HER DAUGHTER WHO HOPES TO FOLLOW IN HER MOM’S
FOOTSTEPS.
COULD YOU BE PLAYING ALONGSIDE YOUR DAUGHTER?
>> YES.
I’M EXCITED ABOUT THAT AND I HOPE IT BECOMES A REALITY.
>> AS THE SAYING GOES, THE FAMILY AND COMMUNITY THAT PLAYS TOGETHER, CONTINUING TO MAKE BEAUTIFUL MUSIC IN MELROSE.
♪ UDIGAUWA ONLY THE EIGHTH CONDUCTOR.
>> THEY HAD SOLOISTS AND FAMOUS CONDUCTORS JOINING THEM INCLUDING, MARINA O’HARA AND GARY BURTON.
THE 100TH SEASON FINALE IS ON MAY 5.
>> WHERE OTHERS SEE TRASH, RYAN SEES POSSIBILITIES IN PALLETS.
>> LEAVE IT OUTSIDE FOR A MONTH.
>> BEAUTIFUL.