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IT IS A CLASSIC SUMMER RITUAL, THE TANGLEWOOD PICNIC.
>> WE SPENT FRIDAY NIGHT OR SATURDAY NIGHT EVERY WEEKEND.
WE LOVE IT.
>> WE’VE BEEN COMING TO TANGLEWOOD SINCE THE 1980’S.
>> I THINK THE ULTIMATE TANGLEWOOD PICNIC IS SOMETHING HOMEMADE.
GORGEOUS, FRESH FLOWERS.
MORE IMPORTANT IS THE PEOPLE YOU ARE PICNICKING WITH.
>> THIS WORLD-FAMOUS LAWN AT THE SUMMER HOME OF THE BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA SITS IN THE HEART OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS, IN THE TOWNS OF LENOX AND HALF BRIDGE.
THE REGION’S GILDED AGE ROOTS REMAIN EVENING GOWNS, NOT SO MUCH.
>> THE BERKSHIRES HAS ALWAYS BEEN A PLACE ABOUT NATURAL BEAUTY AND POETRY.
>> CELEBRATING 90 YEARS IS THE BROOKSHIRE THEATER FESTIVAL.
IT BEGAN LIFE AS A CASINO.
>> NOT IN THE WAY WE THINK OF CASINOS NOW.
IT WAS A PLACE YOU COULD LISTEN TO MUSIC, PLAY CARD GAMES.
VERY ELEGANT.
>> UNTIL IT FELL INTO DISREPAIR.
>> THE GRAND DAME OF STOCK RIDGE DID NOT WANTED THERE SO SHE SOLD IT TO THREE GENTLEMEN.
WALTER CLARK, DANIEL CHESTER FRENCH, AND OSCAR BREAKS.
THEY PULLED IT BY HORSES AND PUT IT TOGETHER AGAIN.
MELON BARN, WHERE WE BUILD ALL OF OUR SETS AND COSTUMES, THAT WAS GIVEN TO THE THREE GENTLEMEN.
>> THE GREAT JUDITH ANDERSON.
CYNTHIA NIXON, WHO IS RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR NOW.
JUDD HIRSCH WAS THERE ON A PRODUCTION.
HE SAID, THAT’S WHY I’M HERE, EVERYONE HAS TO ACT ON THE STAGE OF THE PLAYHOUSE.
>> NATURE AS THE LEADING ROLE HERE AT PLEASANT VALLEY WILDLIFE SANCTUAY.
>> IF YOU SIT FOR A MINUTE OR TWO, YOU CAN HEAR MANY SPECIES OF BIRDS.
>> BIRDS, FROGS, CATFISH.
>> OUR TRAILS ARE OPEN DESK TO DAWN EVERY DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, ALL YEAR ROUND.
DUSK AND DAWN ARE THE TERRIFIC TIMES TO SEE THE BEAVER.
WE OFFER BEAVER PROGRAMS.
>> AND A CAMP PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN AS YOUNG AS AGE THREE.
IT IS NEVER TOO EARLY TO LEARN THE WONDERS OF NATURE.
KEN AND JANE WERE BOTH CAMPERS.
BOTH WENT ON TO CAREERS IN ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT.
>> IT ALL GOES BACK TO MY TIME THERE AND WANTING TO PROTECT NATURE.
>> PEOPLE ARE COMING INTO TANGLEWOOD AND WANT TO TAKE A HIKE OR A WALK AND SEE SOME WILDLIFE.
>> I GREW UP HEAVILY INFLUENCED BY MY GRANDPARENTS WHO WERE BOTH BIOLOGISTS AND NATURALISTS.
EVERY SUMMER, I WAS SORT OF SHIPPED OFF TO CAPE COD.
I LOVE THE BEACH AND THE MOUNTAINS.
>> COMING OUT HERE TO THE BERKSHIRES, WILDER THAN MANY PARTS OF THE STATE AREA YOU FEEL SO TUCKED AWAY HERE.
IT IS A CHANCE TO UNPLUG AND GET OUT INTO NATURE.
>> PLEASANT VALLEY WILDLIFE SANCTUARY TURNS 90 THIS YEAR.
THERE’S A TRAIL FOR PEOPLE OF ALL ABILITIES AND AN AUDIO GUIDE TO USE ALONG THE WAY.
IT IS A MASS AUDUBON PROPERTY.
THEY OFFER NATURE WALKS AT TANGLEWOOD AS WELL AFTER WHICH