Planted by Martini Man on December 12, 2011
Location: ??, Walworth County, Wisconsin
Clue updated 24-MAY-16
In another salute to advancing years we present yet one more musical extravaganza based on an artist from the nineteen-sixties. The artist is female and actively performing. The midi file is, to date, her signature song.
Time to complete: 60-90 minutes.
Distance: ~3.5 miles
Terrain: Open field at first with some marshy areas. Area may be mucky in spring. Hunting allowed in this area as well.
Step 1 – Listen to the music to determine the name of the song and her stage name and you will have a huge hint on where to begin your hunt for the box.
Step 2 – Now use your search engine of choice and figure out the town where she was born. That is the key you need to decode the following:
AEEXWKMVAIPVLFAXEZOCLGRBBGIFKITHRQTLKJAUTGYRGPMONGJSHEKXEYCBTRTNFLNBZGSION
FOBSNTLXRNBAYCHYZAGUSLERWOLRQBBBWFKNOXBGVBKWCUEEAQOZKCOFELRJWKWGSRAXSV
SIWHDRAEGUWPPWZRLWLBIJTYALZYEJOVMCWYTRRBTQKSAFLWLBIBGHAEELRGFBXGWSEIENPFM
CBNEVHQUBRCQYWGBZSQHOBBCOFGOVLHNNTKUGOKWQKAEMAHSLGRKJYANERQHKWEOXURAX
KGDBYGRLCRUCPGZQBHHVHISVWPFJWKZDWFEXURSXLHOVOIBSHEXAWEDLGEOSXFOVYKCNGQP
SPYLRQFOKWSRRYXHNZIRQNBDWVAULOSNNNYYISOMBKJJSHNFBHBPUPRBEHELWZRZJGUSJTFO
UHMGUOOBRCRWMARHLMVAAZVGUCCRCQPZRGVBRXCJCLWGGVBFONFSEAQOEBZHGZXURGLNH
DJPWGJWIEQKZPMAGCZESWEPVIVSTXJAAEYNYZVRCQEHEYXKFEZXETRTLCRMCPUPWUBFBLCBG
SIYNYBGOIROESGSOHINSPEGHFBWONGTWGUSOXHWXPEFVRBIOPUESGUSIXTPGZESRBZXZEAPJB
YZLPHDRQIAPSIBBAGZEPBIMESKSXMQFWWXRBNWPRAZLZGKHCLBZODXHKGSIFVLQBSOVDLVQRB
GWJFTHRGVBLAWYWIEBTQASHBRWBAQBRCQNCIFGOJISZVYWVZDIRFAGCEPRMLNFOGPTFOOZDH
KLZYEPOO
Please re-hide carefully and let me know how she is doing if you pay her a visit.