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>> FOR HUNDREDS, EVEN THOUSANDS
OF YEARS, THE LAND THAT IS NOW
INDIANA HAS BEEN SHAPED BY
TRANSPORTATION.
JOURNEY WITH ANCIENT ANCESTORS,
DISCOVER HOW MODERN INVENTIONS
CHANGED CITYSCAPES IN A NEW
MEMORY CHAIN.
TRAVEL TO NICE TOWN, INDIANA,
HOME OF THE FAMOUS HOOSIERS GYM.
MEET A NEW MUSICIAN WITH AN OLD
SOUL.
STAY TUNED FOR THE STORIES THAT
WILL SHAPE YOUR OWN INDIANA
PERSPECTIVE RIGHT NOW ON "THE
"WEEKLY SPECIAL."
>> WELCOME TO THE "WEEKLY
SPECIAL."
I'M ERICA SAGON.
WALKING FAMILIAR PATHS OR
DRIVING ROUTINE ROADS, IT'S EASY
TO FORGET HOW MANY HOOSIERS HAVE
COME BEFORE US.
TRAVELING ALONG THE EXACT SAME
PATHS CENTURIES AGO.
AND AS OUR NEXT STORY PROVES,
YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT MAY LIE JUST
BENEATH YOUR OWN FEET.
>> RIGHT NOW WE'RE STARTING IN
THE LOWER LEVELS OF THE CAVERNS.
THIS IS WHERE THE WATER
CONSTANTLY FLOWS.
WHILE IT'S FLOWING ALONG DOWN
HERE IN THE UNDERGROUND RIVER IT
SLOWLY LITTLE BY LITTLE IS
DISSOLVING AWAY AT THE LIMESTONE
ENLARGING THE PASSAGE YEAR BY
YEAR.
ALTHOUGH NOT ENOUGH YOU WOULD
NOTICE IT IF YOU SAT DOWN HERE
FOR 10 YEARS.
IT IS A RIVER CAVE, SO THE
PASSAGES WE'RE FOLLOWING WERE
TOTALLY CARVED BY THE FLOWING
WATER.
GEOLOGISTS TELL US THESE
UNDERGROUND PASSAGES BEGAN
FORMING ABOUT A MILLION YEARS
AGO.
THAT'S WHEN THE FIRST TINY
TRICKLES OF WATER FLOWED THROUGH
THE CRACKS OF THE LIMESTONE
ENLARGED OVER THE LAST MILLION
YEARS AND EVENTUALLY REACHED THE
SIZE WE SEE TODAY.
IF YOU LOOK BACK IN THE HISTORY
BOOKS IN THE LATE 1800s, THEY
MENTIONED GOING INTO THE
CAVERNS, AND WE ASSUME AT THAT
TIME THEY WERE COMING IN FROM
THE RIVER WHERE THE UNDERGROUND
RIVER AND THE CAVERNS HERE
ACTUALLY JOINS THE OUTSIDE.
THE ENTRANCE WE USE TODAY OPENED
UP OVER NIGHT AFTER A HEAVY
RAIN.
THE BOTTOM DROPPED OUT OF A
SINKHOLE AND THAT'S WHEN THE
MODERN-DAY HISTORY OF THESE
CAVERNS STARTED.
>> IT TOOK THE CURIOSITY OF
LOCAL SPEA LUNKERS TO DISCOVER
THE MAP OF THE CAVERN.
>> I STARTED GOING IN THIS CAVE
IN 1961.
WE SPENT A NUMBER YEARS
EXPLORING AND CAUGHT THE BUG TO
SEE WHAT WE COULD DO AS FAR AS
MAKING IT POSSIBLE FOR THE
PUBLIC TO SEE IT.
THIS WAS THE CAVE THAT WE FIRST
EXPLORED, AND DISCOVERED LOTS
AND LOTS OF PASSAGES NO ONE HAD
SEEN BEFORE.
SO IT'S KIND OF TRANSFERRED TO
[INAUDIBLE] IN 1974 WE OPENED UP
THE CAVE FOR TOURISM OF THE
PUBLIC.
AS THE MAIN PERSON INVOLVED WITH
SETTING THE WHOLE THING UP TO
BEGIN WITH, THIS IS KIND
[INAUDIBLE] SO I HAVE BEEN HERE
EVERY SINCE.
>> IT'S ONE OF FOUR DEVELOPED
LOCATIONS ON INDIANA'S CAVE
TRAIL.
>> CAVE TRAIL IS REALLY KIND OF
A PAINFUL PROCESS.
YOU CAN'T GO OUT AND HIRE A
CONTRACTOR TO COME AND DO IT.
SO ALL THE WORK THAT WAS PUT IN
IN THE TRAILS, IT'S ALL IN THE
LIGHTS -- INSTALLING THE LIGHTS,
ALL THAT WE DO OURSELVES.
TYPICALLY UNDERGROUND RIVERS
LIKE THIS CAN BE FOUND IN A LOT
OF DIFFERENT SITUATIONS BUT IT'S
RARE TO HAVE THIS MUCH
DEEPWATER.
IT'S PROBABLY THE LONGEST
NAVIGABLE UNDERGROUND RIVER IN
THE COUNTRY.
IT'S A LITTLE BIT OVER THREE
MILES OF PASSAGES YOU CAN FOLLOW
BY BOAT AND THERE ARE A BIT OVER
17 MILES OF TRIBUTARIES, STREAM
PASSAGES, THAT FEED INTO THE
MAIN RIVER JUST LIKE CREEKS
WOULD FEED INTO A RIVER ON THE
SURFACE.
>> THE CAVE HAS BEEN TRANSFORMED
INTO AN AWARD WINNING ADVENTURE
DESTINATION OFFERING BOAT TOURS
AND EVEN OVERNIGHT SPELUNKING.
>> WE HAVE BEEN DOING OUR
OVERNIGHT ADVENTURE FOR OVER 40
YEARS NOW AND THIS PROGRAM IS
UNIQUE SET UP FOR YOUTH GROUPS
AGES 9-16.
THEY COME DOWN TO THE CAVERNS.
WE TAKE THEM ON A BOAT TRIP UP
THE RIVER.
THEY GET TO DO A SPECIAL TRIP
OFF TRAIL WHERE THEY USE -- HAVE
HELMETS AND LIGHTS AND GO INTO
THE UNDEVELOPED SECTIONS OF THE
CAVE AND DO A BIT OF CRAWLING
AND CLIMBING, GET VERY DIRTY.
IT'S A WAY OF INTRODUCING THE
YOUTH TO WHAT'S GOING ON
UNDERGROUND.
EXPERIENCE THINGS YOU WON'T SEE
AND WON'T EXPERIENCE SITTING AT
HOME IN YOUR LIVING ROOM OR
WATCHING TV, WHERE YOU ACTUALLY
GET INTO THE ENVIRONMENT AND SEE
IT WITH YOUR OWN EYES.
>> IT'S NO WONDER WHY BLUE
SPRINGS HAS BECOME A FAVORITE
DESTINATION NO MATTER THE
SEASON.
>> IF YOU'D LIKE MORE
INFORMATION ON HOW YOU CAN
EXPERIENCE THE CAVERNS, VISIT
THEIR WEBSITE AT
BLUESPRINGCAVERNS.COM.
>> JUST AS ADVANCES IN TRANSPOUR
DAITION CARVED THE NATURAL
LANDSCAPE OF THE KANKAKEE RIVER,
SO, TOO, DID THEY CHANGE THE
CITYSCAPES ACROSS INDUSTRIAL
INDIANA.
>> IT MAY SEEM INCREDIBLE NOW,
CONSIDERING HOW DIFFERENTLY THEY
EACH INFLUENCED DAILY LIFE, BUT
THERE WAS A POINT IN TIME WHEN
BICYCLES AND MOTOR VEHICLES LEFT
THE STARTING LINE AT ROUGHLY THE
SAME SPEED.
IN 1885 THE CHAIN-DRIVEN SAFETY
BICYCLE WAS INTRODUCED.
JUST A COUPLE MONTHS AND A FEW
HUNDRED MILES FROM AN EARLY
PROTOTYPE OF AN AUTOMOBILE WITH
A GASOLINE-FUELED INTERNAL
COMBUSTION ENGINE.
INITIALLY THE TOP SPEED OF TWO
WHEELS POWERED BY LEGS AND FOUR
WHEELS POWERED BY PISTONS WAS
ROUGHLY THE SAME.
IT WAS A THRESHOLD THAT STILL
ALLOWED RIDERS AND DRIVERS TO
NOTICE AND EXPERIENCE THEIR
SURROUNDINGS.
FOR A COUPLE DECADES AT LEAST IT
WASN'T HOW FAST ONE COULD GO OR
HOW QUICKLY ONE COULD GET THERE,
BUT, RATHER, ALL THAT HAPPENED
ALONG THE WAY.
ONE DAY IN MAY A GROUP OF
CYCLISTS CAME TOGETHER IN TERRE
HAUTE, INDIANA, A VERY DIVERSE
GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS, SOME WITH
THEIR ARMS AND HANDLEBARS
ENTWINED.
WE'RE AT 1922, A TIME WHEN THE
LEGS OF HUMANS AND HORSES WERE
STILL RELIED UPON FOR MUCH OF
THE DAILY TRANSPORTATION AROUND
AMERICA.
AT THE BEGINNING OF THE DECADE,
IN FACT, THERE WERE TWICE AS
MANY HORSES AS MOTOR VEHICLES IN
INDIANA.
WITHIN 10 YEARS, THOSE
PROPORTIONS WOULD BE REVERSED
WITH NO LOOKING BACK.
IN 1922 THIS GROUP COULD FIND
ENCOURAGEMENT FROM A DEVELOPMENT
BEING PLANNED FOR THEIR
HOMETOWN.
THE NATIONALLY RENOWNED
ARCHITECT GEORGE KESSLER HAD
PROPOSED A 30-MILE-LONG BRFD
THAT WOULD ENCIRCLE THEIR
RAPIDLY GROWING CITY.
THIS IS THE ONLY REMAINING
SKETCH OF HIS VISION, A GRAND
PAVED THOROUGHFARE WITH A CANOPY
OF BROAD, LEAFY TREES R EVERY
FEW MILES PARK LANDS AND NATURAL
VISTAS SUITABLE FOR PICNICKING,
OR PAINTING.
FOREST PARK.
FAIRBANKS PARK.
HIGHLAND LAWN CEMETERY.
THE WATERWORKS.
AND THE BANKS OF THE WABASH NOT
SO FAR AWAY.
IDEAL FOR AN OUTING YOU WILL
COULD TAKE BY BICYCLE ON A
LOVELY SPRING DAY, EXACTLY WHAT
THIS GROUP WAS PLANNING WHEN
THEY POSED FOR THIS PHOTOGRAPH
ON THAT SATURDAY IN MAY.
GEORGE KESSLER'S VISION WAS
NEVER REALIZED, IN PART BECAUSE
OF WHAT KESSLER HIMSELF WAS
UNABLE TO SEE.
THE RATIO OF TRAFFIC ALONG HIS
PROPOSED BOULEVARD ENVISIONED
FOUR CARS, FOUR PEDESTRIANS AND
TWO HORSES.
THE LEGS OUTNUMBERED THE ENGINES
FOUR TO ONE.
NO BICYCLES PICTURED, BUT NO
WORRIES HERE.
ANYONE IN THIS GROUP WOULD HAVE
TOLD YOU, "I LIKE THOSE ODDS
JUST FINE."
>> IT'S INCREDIBLE TO IMAGINE
WHAT THE CITY MIGHT HAVE LOOKED
LIKE TODAY, BUT FASTER TRANSIT
HAS CERTAINLY MADE IT EASIER TO
EXPLORE YOUR NEIGHBORING
COMMUNITIES AND JESSICA IS HERE
TO SHARE A SUGGESTION.
>> JUST OVER 2,000 CALLED
KNIGHTS TOWN, INDIANA HOME.
IT MAKES A NICE DAY TRIP KIND OF
DESTINATION ALL ON ITS OWN, BUT
IT IS A 1986 MOVIE, HOOSIERS,
THAT MADE IT FAMOUS.
THIS WAS THE GYM ALSO LOCATED
DOWNTOWN THAT SEPTEMBER THE
SCENE FOR THE FILM.
THE GYM HAS BEEN MOSTLY
UNTOUCHED SINCE THE 1950s.
WELL TAKEN CARE OF, IT IS A
COMMUNITY CENTER AND A POPULAR
EVENT VENUE.
THROUGHOUT THE MOVIE MEMORABILIA
AND THE LOCKER ROOM WHERE MANY
MOVIE SCENES WERE FILMED.
BACK IN 1921 THE COMMUNITY
RAISED FUNDS TO BUILD A GYM IN
ORDER TO HELP PAY FOR THE COST
ASSOCIATED WITH HAVING A LARGE
SPACE THEY HAD PROFESSIONAL
BASKETBALL TEAMS AND COLLEGE
PLAYERS TO FORM THEIR OWN LOCAL
TEAM.
IN 1932, FUNDS FROM THE WPA, THE
FEDERAL WORKS PROGRESS
ADMINISTRATION, WERE USED FOR
ADDITION, INCLUDING THE BASEMENT
LOCKER ROOM.
IN 1966 THE GYM WAS CLOSED.
THE GYM SAT UNTIL SOMETHING
WONDERFUL HAPPENED.
THE 1985 FILMING OF THE MOVIE
"HOOSIERS."
RELEASED IN 1986, IT BROUGHT THE
GYM BACK INTO THE LIMELIGHT.
TO SEE THE GYM REALLY HOPPING,
POP IN DURING THE ANNUAL
HOOSIERS REUNION ALL-STAR
CLASSIC, A DOUBLE-HEADER
COMPOSED OF THE TOP INDIANA HIGH
SCHOOL SENIORS.
BUT IF SHOPPING IS MORE YOUR
SPEED, TAKE A LOOK GLATS-COVERED
ANTIQUES.
THERE ARE 5,000 SQUARE FEET OF
VENDOR BOOTHS TO SORT THROUGH.
IT IS EASY TO NAVIGATE, WHICH IS
NO EASESY FEAT WITH ALL THE
NOOKS AND CRANNIES.
IT ISN'T THE ONLY GREAT PLACE TO
BROWSE.
YOU CAN FIND GIFT ITEMS AND
FRESH FLOWERS AT THE IVY LEAGUE
FLORAL AND GIFTS.
DURING OUR VISIT, A MAGICIAN WAS
THERE SHOPPING.
I GUESS MAYBE EVERYONE FINDS IT
A BIT MAGICAL.
DON'T MISS THE HOMEMADE FOOD AT
KNIGHTS TOWN T DINER.
NOT ONLY DO THEY HAVE SOME OF
THE BEST HOMEMADE FRIES IN THE
ENTIRE STATE, AND I SHOULD KNOW,
BUT THEY SERVE UP A PERFECT PORK
TENDERLOIN SANDWICH.
PORTIONS ARE BIG, BUT TRY TO
SAVE SOME ROOM.
THAT DESSERT CASE IS ALWAYS FULL
OF FRESHLY PREPARED TREATS.
WE SAW FOUR KINDS OF PIES ON OUR
VISIT IN ADDITION TO OTHER SWEET
OFFERINGS.
YOU WILL NOT LEAVE HUNGRY.
>> WHAT GREAT PLACE TO SPEND THE
DAY.
READ MORE ABOUT KNIGHTS TOWN,
INDIANA AT
WWW.LITTLEINDIANA.COM.
SMALL TOWNS, DESTINATIONS, NOT
DRIVE-THROUGHS.
>> WHAT A PERFECT TIME TO VISIT
AT THE START OF BASKETBALL
SEASON ACROSS THE STATE.
AND KNIGHTS TOWN IS NOT THE ONLY
INDIANA CITY WITH A SURPRISING
BASKETBALL CONNECTION.
THE DETROIT PISTONS ARE, IN
FACT, HOOSIERS AT HEART.
JOHN GRAHAM MAY JUST BE THE
WORLD'S BIGGEST PISTON FAN.
>> I WAS ALWAYS A SPORTS FAN,
ALWAYS A NUT FOR SPORTS.
>> YOU'RE PROBABLY PICTURING
PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL RIGHT
NOW, AND YOU WOULD BE CORRECT,
BUT IF YOU'RE PICTURING DETROIT,
YOU'RE LOOKING A LITTLE TOO FAR
NORTH.
THE DETROIT PISTONS ACTUALLY
BEGAN LIFE IN FT. WAYNE,
INDIANA, AS THE GOLMER PISTONS,
NAMED AFTER THE INDUSTRIALIST
WHO MADE HIS FORTUNE MAKING
PISTONS.
>> WE HAD A PHILCO RADIO IN THE
LIVING ROOM AND NOBODY ELSE
SEEMED TO BE ALL THAT INTERESTED
BUT I WOULD LISTEN TO THEM ON
THE RADIO WHEN I COULD.
>> AND THE PISTONS HAD SOME
LEGENDARY GAMES, INCLUDING ONE
RECORD-SETTING WIN AGAINST THE
LAKERS.
>> BACK THEN THE INDIANAPOLIS
LAKERS WAS THE POWERHOUSE OF THE
LEAGUE.
SOARSO FT. WAYNE FIGURED ONE WAY
THEY COULD BEAT THEM AND STALLED
IT.
IN THE FINAL PERIOD THEY WERE A
POINT BEHIND, 18-17.
A PLAYER TOOK AN INBOUND PASS, A
25-FOOT SHOT, BANKED IT OFF THE
BACKBOARD, IT WENT IN.
PISTONS WON.
AND IT'S GONE DOWN IN HISTORY AS
THE LOWEST SCORING GAME EVER AND
STILL IS.
>> FOR YEARS THEY PLAYED AT THE
TIME NORTH SIDE HIGH SCHOOL GYM
WHICH HOUSED ABOUT 3,000 PEOPLE.
>> IT WAS SO COMPACT, THE STANDS
AND FANS WERE SITTING ALMOST
DOWN ON THE FLOOR.
>> NOT THAT THAT WAS A BAD
THING.
>> WHEN YOU GOT TO THE COLISEUM,
IT WAS KIND OF WIDE-OPEN, YOU'RE
SITTING WAY BACK.
IT TOOK SOMETHING AWAY FROM IT.
I DON'T KNOW.
IT WAS BUILT MOSTLY BECAUSE OF
THE PISTONS AND TO MOVE THE
PISTONS INTO A BIGGER ARENA AND
DRAW BIGGER CROWDS.
AS IT TURNED OUT IT DIDN'T DRAW
BIGGER CROWDS.
THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS FRED
MOVED THE TEAM TO DETROIT.
>> AND AFTER THE MOVE TO
DETROIT, SOME FT. WAYNE
RESIDENTS FORGOT ABOUT THE THEIR
NBA PAST BUT NOT DON.
SO ABOUT 25 YEARS AGO HE BEGAN
COLLECTING ALL THINGS PISTONS.
>> I DON'T KNOW WHICH WAS THE
FIRST PIECE I BOUGHT.
IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN A PROGRAM.
BUT I GOT STARTED, AND IT'S
LIKE, ONCE YOU GET STARTED, IT'S
CATEY BAR THE DOOR, BECAUSE
YOU'RE JUST NOT GOING TO STAR.
I'VE GONE TO A LOT OF AUCTIONS,
BEEN TO A LOT OF ANTIQUE SHOPS
LOOKING FOR THIS STUFF.
PROBABLY AT LEAST THREE QUARTERS
OF THE STUFF THAT EVER EXISTED
IS GONE.
IT'S UNBELIEVABLE.
BUT IT'S ALSO AMAZING HOW MUCH
STUFF IS STILL OUT THERE.
>> HE'S COLLECTED PROGRAMS,
TICKET STUBS AND LOTS OF PHOTOS.
ALL NEATLY ORGANIZED IN
THREE-RING BINDERS.
EVENTUALLY WORD OF DON'S
COLLECTION MADE IT TO THE FOLKS
AT THE ALLEN COUNTY LIBRARY.
NOW EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY DON
SITS AT HIS COMPUTER SCANNING
AND CATALOGING, PRESERVING
HISTORY AND DEVELOPING A FAN
BASE OF HIS OWN.
>> DON IS MY IDOL.
I MEAN, DON IS LUCKY ENOUGH TO
HAVE HAD A LIFETIME HOBBY THAT
HE HAS BEEN ABLE TO DO MORE WITH
AFTER HE RETIRED.
IT'S GOING TO BE A TREMENDOUS
GIFT TO THE COMMUNITY WHAT ETION
DOING, AND HE LOVES IT.
I JUST ABSOLUTELY LOVES IT.
>> SOON DON'S GIFT WILL BE
AVAILABLE FOR ALL TO ENJOY,
ELECTRONICALLY AND IN BEAUTIFUL
HARD-BOUND VOLUMES THAT WILL BE
STORED AT THE LIBRARY.
BUT FOR DON GRAHAM IT'S SIMPLY
HIS HOBBY AND A TRUE LABOR OF
LOVE.
>> I DON'T HAVE A CLUE WHAT I'VE
GOT WRAPPED UP IN IT AND IT
DOESN'T MATTER.
NONE OF IT IS FOR SALE.
IT BELONGS IN FOREWAYNE.
IT'S PART OF FT. WAYNE'S SPORTS
HISTORY, SO IT BELONGS IN
FT. WAYNE.
>> TO READ MORE ABOUT THE
FT. WAYNE PISTONS OR TO DISCOVER
OTHER HOOSIER CONNECTIONS TO
FAMOUS TEAMS VISIT
SPORTSTEAMHISTORY.COM.
OUR NEXT MUSICAL GUEST IS MAKING
HISTORY IN HER OWN RIGHT AS JUST
15 YEARS OLD.
LILLY IS GAINING RECOGNITION FOR
HER INSIGHTFUL LYRICS AND
COMPOSITIONS.
>> I WAS STUDYING WHEN I ASKED
TO PLAY THE GUITAR, AND THEN I
STARTED SINGING WHEN I WAS 10.
THAT ENDED UP BECOMING MY
PASSION.
A LOT OF TIME GOES INTO MY
MUSIC.
TWO HOURS A DAY WRITING.
A LOT OF MY MUSIC IS A LITTLE
DEEPER AND SAD.
I REALIZE THAT IT'S EASY TO
WRITE ABOUT SAD STUFF BECAUSE
THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO GET OUT.
SITUATIONS THAT I'M FEELING DOWN
ABOUT, NOT BEING GOOD ENOUGH, OR
ME NOT KNOWING EXACTLY WHAT I
WANT TO DO OR WHAT I'M DOING AT
THE MOMENT.
I LIKE PLAYING BECAUSE IT'S LIKE
MY THERAPY.
I CAN ALWAYS GO TO MUSIC AND IT
DOESN'T JUDGE AND IT'S ALWAYS
THERE FOR ME.
IT'S DIFFICULT BECAUSE I'M STILL
YOUNG.
MY PARENTS AND ALL MY FAMILY
LISTEN TO MY MUSIC.
WHEN IT'S DARK AND PERSONAL THEY
WORRY ABOUT ME SOMETIMES BECAUSE
THEY CARE.
IT'S HARD SOMETIMES TO PERFORM
STUFF AND YOU'RE TELLING THE
WORLD YOUR PROBLEMS AND ISSUES.
OVER THE SUMMER I PLAYED AT AN
OPEN MIC NIGHT IN A BAR IN
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE.
I FINISHED MY FIRST SONG AND THE
OWNER CAME IN AND ASKED ME TO
PLAY MORE SONGS AND ASKED IF I
COULD PLAY ORIGINAL MUSIC.
WELL, THIS IS NASHVILLE.
PEOPLE WANT TO HEAR COUNTRY.
BUT PEOPLE IN THE CROWD WANTED
TO HEAR MY ORIGINAL STUFF.
AFTER I PLAYED HE TOLD ME HE WAS
INTERESTED IN HOOKING ME UP WITH
A SONGWRITER AND HAVING HIM HELP
ME WITH MY OWN SONGS.
HIS NAME IS DON GOODMAN, AND
HE'S A SONGWRITER FROM NASHVILLE
WHO HAS WRITTEN WITH DOLLY PART
UN, BLAKE SHELTON.
HE HAD A LOT OF AT VICE FOR ME
AS FAR ATZ WRITING GOES.
HE INSPIRED ME TO WRITE MORE
THAN I ALREADY WAS.
HE WANTED TO PUSH ME HARDER AND
TO INSPIRE ME TO KEEP WRITING
AND BE MYSELF.
I FEEL LIKE THE BIGGEST
CHALLENGE AS A MUSICIAN HAS BEEN
THAT PEOPLE UNDERESTIMATE ME.
I WOULD SUGGEST TO OTHER YOUNG
MUSICIANS TO NOT UNDERESTIMATE
THEMSELVES AND NOT LET YOUR AGE
STOP YOU FROM DOING ANYTHING AND
THAT YOU [INAUDIBLE] MY GOALS AS
AN ARTIST WOULD BE TO AFFECT
PEOPLE WITH MY MUSIC AND TO HELP
PEOPLE WHO MIGHT BE HAVING
PROBLEMS BECAUSE I TURN TO MUSE
WHIK I NEED HELP, AND I WOULD
HOPE PEOPLE MIGHT EVENTUALLY
TURN MOO MY MUSIC FOR HELP.
I WOULDN'T SAY IT HAS MADE ME
GROW UP FASTER.
I FEEL LIKE IF ANYTHING IT'S
MADE ME APPRECIATE GROWING UP
AND CHANGING AND EVOLVING AND
JUST [INAUDIBLE] SO IT'S COOL.
TO LOOK BACK A COUPLE YEARS AGO
AND SEE WHAT I WAS WRITING
ABOUT.
I FEEL LIKE I NEED IT MORE THAN
WANT IT.
I KNOW I WILL ALWAYS BE ABLE TO
GO TO MUSIC AND THAT IT WILL
ALWAYS BE THERE FOR ME.
IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT I
THOROUGHLY ENJOY AND IT DOESN'T
EVER REALLY FEEL LIKE SOMETHING
THAT I EVER WANT TO LEAVE.
>> AND NOW, LILLYMEISTER.
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>> TO HEAR MORE OF LILLY'S
ORIGINAL COMPOSITIONS OR TO GET
THE LATEST LISTING OF UPCOMING
PERFORMANCES, VISIT...
>>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
JOINING US TONIGHT AND WE SURE
HOPE YOU HAVE ENJOYED HEARING
THESE FANTASTIC HOOSIER STORIES.
ONE MORE TIME BEFORE WE GO,
LILLY MEISTER.
GOOD NIGHT.
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