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The Fort Dodge Barbershop contingency has been

busy rehearsing for their annual show, which will be

held on Saturday, April 13th at Decker Auditorium,

Iowa Central Community College. They are also cele-

brating their ‘Diamond’ Jubilee, and have been enter-

taining Fort Dodge residents for many, many years.

Read more inside, and make plans now to attend.

Featured on the cover are a couple of photos from

Iowa Central Community College’s Showcase. This

event promises to offer a wonderful array of music,

dancing, super chorus arrangements- and more; all of

the best of the best at Iowa Central. Mark April 25th

and 26th on your calendars now!

The Fort Dodge Area Symphony is proud to hold their

annual “Young Artists’ concert on Saturday, April

21st – for the last time- at Phillips Middle School

Auditorium. Five very talented young students will

entertain all who attend with their piano, violin and

voice selections. This is a historic concert, as it’s the

last to be held at Phillips Middle School. Be there or

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The Karl King Band will hold their April Concert on

Sunday, April 14th at Decker Auditorium, Iowa

Central Community College. The concert has a two-

fold purpose, as scholarships will be given in memo-

ry of special people, with the second feature coincid-

ing with Iowa Central’s ‘Focus’ series. This year the

college has chosen the Philippines for its cultural

emphasis and the music will reflect the Spanish her-

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Time for Goodbye!

ts’ the end of the school year, Iowa Central Performing Arts

has wound down to their final concert. What a journey!

What an adventure! For many students stepping out on the

stage at the annual spring concert, SHOWCASE 2013, will

mark the end of their academics at Iowa Central and the end

of their performance time with us.

Showcase 2013 will be held Thursday, April 25th at 1:00 PM

and at 7:00 PM, and on Friday, April 26th at 7:00 PM in the

Decker Auditorium on the Iowa Central campus. Doors will

open 30 minutes before show time and admission is FREE.

Iowa Central has a long tradition of providing audiences

with amazing music from the instrumental and vocal are-

nas. The ensembles have worked very hard this past semes-

ter in order to bring another great experience to the Fort

Dodge community. Showcase will bring together both the

instrumental and vocal stu-

dents in a concert that you

will not want to miss.

Our concert will open with the Iowa Central Concert Band

under the direction of Paul Bloomquist. In his sixth year as

the band director, Paul has brought such a positive and

energetic style to the concert band. He will be directing

Hymn and Celebration by Timothy Mahr, Abram’s Pursuit

by David Holsinger, and a march entitled The Spinning

Baton March by Marlan Bloomquist. Paul’s father wrote the

melody for piano and published it when he was a sopho-

more in high school back in 1962, he then arranged that

melody for band in 1974 when he was at Lytton. To date The

Spinning Baton March has only

been played five times.

Under the direction of Kathleen Schreier, accompanied by

Mary Heimbruch, the Iowa Central Concert Choir will con-

tinue your concert experience with some arrangements of

some well-known secular and sacred pieces. Starting their

set you will be able to hear the sweet soft voices in Abide

With Me. You will want to tap your foot along and raise

your arms in praise when the concert choir offers their songs

of I’m Gonna Sing ‘Til the Spirit Moves in My Heart and

Worthy to Be Praised. Two very new pieces to the choirs’

repertoire that Kathleen was excited about working on

include, Hark, I Hear the Harps Eternal and Choose

Something Like a Star.

The second half of the concert will kick off with the upbeat

music of Encore Singers as Martin Wise hits us with his best

shot on the solo in Hit Me with Your Best Shot/ One Way or

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Look Who’s ReadingCelebrating Becky Cady’s 60th Birthday!!

Standing, back row; Kathy Nash, Anne Kersten,

Julie Williams, Marti Doyle, Lori Van Kirk,

Sandy Bushman, Sue Bemrich, Laurie Hendrichs,

Melissa Viaene, Cecile Peralta, Judy De Luka,

Jo Shelly, Lori Branderhorst.

Seated: Jill Mulholland, Sue Sergeant, Keely

Gunderson. In front: Chris Dayton, Becky Cady,

Reiley Cady and Janie Brownlee

Another. Daniel Peet will be soloing in a

tune to really get people dancing in

Boogie Shoes. The Encore Singers will

divide their talents as the men take stage

for Mr. Pinstripe Suit and the women

become the survivors of the night with I

Will Survive/ Survivor. The audience will

find some love for Kaluba Namoonde and

Emily Garst as they solo in Faithfully

before we end their set with the GLEE ver-

sion of Somebody to Love, with soloists

Jefferson Fosbender and Anna

Wuldkuhler. The Encore Singers choreog-

raphy is by Dance Coach Cassidy

Vermeer and assisted by Jamie Johnston.

They will be accompanied by Mary

Heimbruch and the Encore Choir Pit.

Jazz Band will con-

clude our show with

selected tunes from

Spain arranged by

Paul Jennings, Lullaby

by Bob Curnow,

Thaditude by Steve

Weist, In Memory of

Bix arragned by Tom

Kubis, Moanin’

arranged by Sy

Johnson, and Well You

Needn’t arranged by

Dave Mills.

Throughout the night

we will weave in our

additional ensembles

to perform. Vocal Jazz will be offering

their vocal rendition of Organ Fugue

BWV578 and a sweet version of What a

Wonderful World, while the brass ensem-

ble brings a touch of Gaga to us with Bad

Romance by Lady Gaga. These are sure to

be hits with our audience members.

In 2010 the Performing Arts faculty and

staff have recognized the graduates of the

Iowa Central Performing Arts. And this

year we are excited to once again give spe-

cial recognition to the students who have

worked hard day after day for the past

year or two in order for our concerts and

shows to take place. This is our way of

saying thank you, and to give them all the

love as we say goodbye.

Showcase 2013 marks the end of time at

Iowa Central for so many talented stu-

dents. It is our time to say goodbye to the

students that have touched our lives and

shared their many wonders with us. Join

us April 25th and 26th as we bid our stu-

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The Fort Dodge Harmony

Brigade Barbershop

Chorus is busy getting

ready for their Annual

Barbershop concert. But

this year is a little differ-

ent. “This is our 75th

Anniversary,” said Ted

Bodensteiner, who has

been part of the group for

almost 40 years. The con-

cert will be held at 2:00 pm

and 7:00 pm at Decker

Auditorium, Iowa Central

Community College.

He added that this chapter

show, The Diamond

Harmony Celebration, will

be a part of a nationwide

celebration of barbershop harmony music.

Bodensteiner said the concert will feature the full 21

member choir, three local quartets and two visiting

award-winning groups; “Progression, who are based

in St. Louis and “Round Midnight’, of New York City.

History“The Barbershop Society began in 1938 in Tulsa,

Okl.,” said Bodensteiner, “and was started by 24 guys

who wanted to preserve the unique four-part barber-

shop sound.” He said Fort Dodger, Herb Dick, who

actually was a barber, was the one that brought it

‘back’ to town in 1947.

When asked what makes the sound so different,

Bodensteiner said, “The uniqueness of barbershop is

the tenor, or the top note, which is a harmonizing note

rather than the melody.” He said the melody is sung

by the number two man, coming down the scale.

Bodensteiner explained that it’s hard to sing ‘modern’

songs, “We use a lot of the music sent out by interna-

tional.”

Some of the songs that will be

sung at the April 13th concert

include; “Hi Neighbor”, “Lida

Rose”, “Birth of the Blues”,

“What a Wonderful World”,

and “I Believe in Music”.

Bodensteiner said the show

will also feature a

Ventriloquist as MC with a

live ‘dummy’, courtesy of Ted

Huggins.

Tickets for the concert can be

bought at the Fort Dodge Hy

Vee, or you can send a check

and self-addressed stamped

envelope to Harmony Brigade

Chorus, POB 302, Fort Dodge.

Call 576-7341 for more infor-

mation.

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30th Annual Event! At the Starlite

The 30th annual St. Edmond Ball will be held on

Saturday, May 4th at the Best Western Starlite.

Once again the focus is on children, with the

theme ‘Children are God’s Celebrities”. Alumni

and friends from the Fort Dodge area- and

beyond come together for thirty years to enjoy a

fun evening- and raise money for Catholic educa-

tion in Fort Dodge.

Ball co-chairs Todd and

Amanda Baker and Dean

and Dana Oswald have

been busy getting ready for

the event, and promise an

evening of fun and enter-

tainment second to none.

The Friends of Saint

Edmond Ball has become a

tradition in Fort Dodge,

and one of the most out-

standing social events

annually. The Ball has

raised over $4.7 million dol-

lars for the school system in

its’ first 29 years of exis-

tence.

When asked, Monsignor

McCoy, Interim President of the school system,

said an event like the Ball is crucial for the

continuance of the school. “The proceeds

from the Ball help to keep the lights on.”

He said St. Edmond has been the benefici-

ary of some very substantial gifts over the

years, “and these are managed by the St.

Edmond Foundation.” He said many of

these gifts are restricted to one or another

specific items in the school budget, i.e. “to

supplement teachers’ salaries, to provide

tuition assistance for students in need,

technology and other things.” He said that

the vast majority of the Ball proceeds help

underwrite normal operational expenses

at St. Edmond. “When you consider that

St. Edmond’s annual budget is a little

beyond $4.5 million, of which approxi-

mately 50% comes from student tuition;

then Holy Trinity Parish, the school

Foundation and development efforts have

a considerable amount of funding to pro-

vide each year. So the Ball really is one very

important aspect for funding St. Edmond Catholic

schools,” he said.

This year’s entertainment for the Ball will be pro-

vided by The Mighty Nish Band, a very popular

group from the Omaha area. Doors will open at

5:00 pm, with a buffet meal served from 5:30 till

7:00. The band will begin performing at 7:00 and

will continue on and off throughout the night. As

always, there will be live and silent auction items

for bid, as well as the ‘Friends of St. Edmond Car

Raffle and Tuition Raffle.

Monsignor concluded saying, “Thirty years of

support bespeaks a loyal, enduring commitment

by St. Edmond Catholic supporters to provide a

formative learning environment where academics

and values meet. When you consider that

Catholic Education has been in Webster County

for over 150 years, I guess you might say the Ball

is still pretty young.”

Tickets for the Ball or chances on either of the raffles

can be purchased at the Saint Edmond

Development Office, located at 22240 4th Ave

North. You can go to the St. Edmond website: st-

edmond.com for more information and periodically

updated auction items.

St. Edmond Ball

““the ball is one very important

aspect for funding

St. Edmond Catholic Schools.

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he third indoor concert for the 2013 winter

season by the Karl L. King Municipal Band

of Fort Dodge will be held on Sunday after-

noon, April 14, beginning at 3:30 p.m. in the

Decker Auditorium on the campus of Iowa

Central Community College in Fort Dodge.

There is no admission charge, since these con-

certs are provided by the City of Fort Dodge

for everyone’s enjoyment. Conductor Jerrold

P. Jimmerson has once again planned an enjoy-

able program of band music. Dr. David Klee

serves as the Assistant Conductor of the band.

This April concert serves a two-fold purpose

each year. The first will be the presentation of

the Karl L. King scholarships. Several talented

students will audition during the day, and the

winners will be announced during the after-

noon concert. Winners will be recognized with

$500 scholarships to Iowa Central Community

College or a $1,000 scholarship to any 4-year

Iowa college or university. Providing the

funds for these awards are the King Band

Scholarship fund, along with Dr. Greg Olson

in memory of his parents and his wife’s par-

ents, the family of the late Steve Helmich, and

Peggy and the late Tom Dowd. All persons

who audition will be invited to join in playing

a selection with the Band during the concert,

and the major scholarship recipient will per-

form their award-winning solo.

The second feature of the concert coincides

with Iowa Central Community College’s Focus

series. This year, the college has chosen the

Philippines for its cultural emphasis, and the

selections on the program will reflect the

Spanish heritage in music from the region.

Selections by the band’s namesake, Karl L.

King, will include his march, “Manila Bay”,

the “Eclipse Galop”, and a fantasia, “Sunny

Spain”. Other selections on the program will

include the exciting march, “Amparito Roca”

by Jaime Texidor, “The U.S. Field Artillery

March” by John Philip Sousa, the beautiful

waltz “La Golondrina” (The Swallow), and

“La Roquina” March by former conductor

W.B. Green.

Popular selections on the concert will include

the “Guadalcanal March” by Richard Rodgers

from the television series Victory At Sea, high-

lights from the popular Broadway musical

“South Pacific”, and the exciting paso doble,

“El Relicario.”

Soloist for this concert will be Tim Miller on

Trumpet. Tim is the band director in the

Humboldt Middle School, and a long-time

member of the King Band. He also plays with

the popular area Brass Quintet, Jive For Five.

He will be featured on “La Oreja de Oro” by

Mariano San Miguel.

The concert will conclude in the usual way

with the playing of our National Anthem, “The

Star-Spangled Banner”.

LOOKING AHEAD: The next performance by theband will be at the traditional Memorial Day cer-emonies on Monday, May 27 in North LawnCemetery. The summer series of concerts willagain be held each Sunday evening during Juneand July, beginning on June 9, at the Karl L. KingBand Shell in beautiful Oleson Park.

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Des Moines Performing Arts is pleased to wel-

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AT THE TEMPLE concert series, Monday,

April 8 at 7:30 p.m.

It’s been more than 15 years since he first burst

onto the jazz music scene, but bassist/compos-

er Kyle Eastwood, eldest son of actor/director

Clint Eastwood, doesn’t appear to be slowing

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peers, Eastwood has proven that hard work

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ences with a dynamic sound that’s full of

swing, great rhythms and memorable

melodies. Their latest release, “The View From

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greats Lee Morgan and Freddie Hubbard,

among others.

Now in its fifth year, the Prairie Meadows

Temple Theater LIVE AT THE TEMPLE series

offers audiences a unique concert-going expe-

rience with a diverse lineup of bold perform-

ing artists and songwriters, like Eastwood,

ranging from folk to jazz to world-music.

Organizers call this series of concerts an

“amazing music experience” for music lovers

because of the excellent acoustics in the

Temple Theater and its intimate and relaxed

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concert series includes artists: Susan Werner,

Vusi Mahlasela, Arlo Guthrie, the Kyle

Eastwood Band and the Hector Del Curto

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The Fort Dodge Area Symphony will present the

Young Artists Concert on Sunday, April 21st at 3:00

pm at Phillips Middle School Auditorium. The con-

cert has been an annual event since first beginning

in 1966. More than 130 Young Artists have per-

formed at this Concert.

Five soloists were chosen at auditions in late

January, and include two pianists, a violinist,

and two vocalists. All winners will receive music

scholarships from the Symphony established by

a program set up by the Eva Paterson Estate. The

artists are Andrew Burgess, pianist; Daniel

Burgess, pianist; Anna Wolle, violinist;

Thaddeus Ennen, baritone and Eric Ferring,

tenor.

Prior to the Concert, outstanding students from

the Youth Honors Recital will be selected to per-

form, starting at 2:30 pm.

Young Artists

Andrew Burgess, 11 years old, studies piano with

Professor Rene Lecuona and violin with profes-

sor Allen Ohmes. He will perform the Mozart

Piano Concerto in D Minor, K466, 3rd move-

ment. In 2008 Andrew was named Champion in

the Sprout Division at the Bill Riley Talent Search

at the Iowa State Fair and also performed with

Garrison Keillor’s Prairie Home Companion

show at the grandstand. In 2010 Andrew won

first prize in the Starr International Piano

Competition at the University of Arkansas. He

enjoys soccer, skiing, snowboarding, swimming,

music composition, guitar, percussion, and writ-

ing.

Daniel Burgess, age 13, studies piano with

Professor Rene Lecuona and violin with

Professor Allen Ohmes. He will perform the

Beethoven Piano Concerto Po.37, third move-

ment. In 2006 he was named Champion in the

Sprout Division in the Bill Riley Talent Search at

the Iowa State Fair, and in 2010, he won First

Prize in the Junior Division. That same year,

Daniel was awarded a Merit Scholarship to

attend the Indiana University Summer String

Academy. He loves science, music composition,

guitar, percussion, soccer, horseback riding, fic-

tion wirting, rock climbing, surging and the out-

doors.

Anna Wolle is 16 years old and a junior at Cedar

Rapids Washington High School. She will per-

form Vierxtemps’ Violin Concerto #4 in D minor,

Op 31, first movement. Anna began studying

violin at the age of four, and her current teacher

is Doris Preucil, at the Preucil School of Music in

Iowa City. Anna participates in the Preucil

School String Orchestra and in the School’s

advanced violin group, Espressivo Strings. She

was the 2012 winner of the Muscatine Symphony

Orchestra’s young artist competition and per-

formed the final movement from Mendelssohn’s

violin concerto in E minor. Recently, Anna was

selected as concert master of the Northeast Iowa

String Teacher Association honor orchestra and

also the Cedar Rapids Metropolitan Orchestra.

She has participated in the Iowa All-State

Orchestra for the past three years.

Thaddeus Ennen is a baritone, and a senior at

Simpson College. He is a vocal performance

major, earning a Bachelor of Music degree. He

will be performing O! Dumein holder

Abendstern/Non piu andrai by Wagner and Le

Nozze di Figaro from the Tannhauser Opera by

Mozart. His opera droles have included Pandolfe

inCendrillon, Mr. Peachum in the Beggar’s

Opera, Leoporello in Don Giovanni, Dr. Falke in

Die Fledermaus, Sid in Albert Herring and

Papgenno in The Magic Flute. In 2012 he was a

young artist in the Bay View Music Festival, first

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place in the NATS Iowa State Competition and 3rd place

in 2010. He was a young artist for the Bay View Music

Festival in 2012.

Eric Ferring is a tenor and a junior vocal performance

major and musical theatre minor at Drake University. He

will be performing O wie angstlich by Mozart and la fleur

que tu mavais jetee by Biset. He has been a private student

with Leanne Free-Miller at Drake University since 2010.

This year Eric won his third state NATS competition,

received Alternate at the Iowa District of the Music

Teacher’s National Association Young Artist Voice

Competition, won the Drake Concerto Competition and

the Central Iowa Symphony Competition. He was one of

thirty-two singers selected nationwide to attend Seagle

Music Colony in 2011 and 2012 and will be returning the

summer of 2013. He was a Young Artist at the Cedar

Rapids Opera this past January for the second year. He

has also been accepted into programs at the International

Lyric Academy and La Musica Lirica in Italy.

The orchestra will close the program with Copland’s

Rodeo, a real crowd pleaser. Shortly after the ballet, Rodeo

opened in 1942, Copland adapted a concert suite of four

dances from his ballet score. The first, Buckaroo Holiday,

uses two authentic folk melodies. “If He Be a Buckaroo by

his Trade” (an old cowboy song that Copland introduces

by way of a trombone solo) and “Sis Joe”.

The ensuing Corral Nocturne is A TENDER INTERLUDE.

This music conveys the sense of loneliness felt by the bal-

let’s young heroine. Saturday Night Waltz, the third

movement, hints at the sound of country fiddlers tuning

up, as well as at the cowboy tune “Old Paint.” The fourth

and final dance, Hoe-Down, has long been the most pop-

ular portion of Rodeo. Here Copland quotes two square-

dance tunes, ‘Bonypart” and ‘McLeod’s Reel,” to help

impart a lively rural atmosphere.

Symphony Board President Hope Brown said that all stu-

dents will be able to attend this final concert of the year for

free, with a student I.D. “We are also encouraging parents

to bring their younger children, who will also be admitted

free, if accompanied by an adult,” said Brown. She added

that this is also the last concert the Symphony will hold at

Phillips Middle School. “This auditorium has been our

‘home’ for many, many years- and we find it very special

that this will be our last concert there.”

““this auditorium has been our home for many years,

and we find it special that this will be our last

concert at Phillips Middle School.

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virtuosos representing four different coun-

tries (Japan, Canada, Belgium, and US).

Together, they fuse more than 40 years of

combined performing experience into one

unique six-by-six-string ensemble. They

will explore compelling new arrangements

of classical, jazz, progressive rock and

world music as well as intricate original

compositions. In a pleasantly surprising

way, California Guitar Trio’s steel-stringed

guitars blend naturally with Montreal

Guitar Trio′s nylon-stringed guitars in a

night that promises eclectic, energetic

music.

Paul Richards of Salt Lake City, Bert Lams

of Belgium and Hideyo Moriya of Tokyo

founded the California Guitar Trio in 1991.

Their music has been featured during past

Olympic Games, on CBS and ESPN pro-

grams and as part of the Grammy-nominat-

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Pieces of the Sun.

The Montreal Guitar Trio, comprised of

Sébastien Dufour, Marc Morin and Glenn

Lévesque, has been described as “the

hottest guitar ensemble in Canada.” They

won the 2011 Opus Prize for concert of the

year in the Jazz / World Music category

and have given hundreds of concerts in

prestigious venues around the globe.

Inspired in 2010 by an impromptu com-

bined studio session in Montreal, the

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Trio released a live recording in 2011. They

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y 1970, the times were changin’ on the Midwest ballroom circuit. The

bands with the matching uniforms/suits were about gone, the high num-

ber of horn bands had dropped drastically, and there was not as much danc-

ing going on, just sitting down on the dance floor, with listening and watch-

ing the bands.

These were trying times for the old

school ballroom operators, that were

born and raised on the dance culture.

So many, that had begun to like that

rock and roll music, now were strug-

gling again, with the new heavier

psychedelic sound and shows.

It must have been an interesting

show in June of 1970, when Frijid

Pink played the Star Ballroom, in

Dakota City, IA.

Frijid Pink called Detroit, MI. Home.

The band started in 1967. They were

considered a blues rock group, but

their sound fit under the new rock

category, as “heavy” with a touch of

psychedelica. The group consisted of

Richard Stevers-drums, Gary

Thompson-guitar, Tom Harris-bass,

and lead singer- Tom Beaudry (aka

Kelly Green). From time to time, they

would also use keyboard player,

Larry Zelanka, depending on the

show.

They spent the better parts of 1967

and 1968 touring and performing in the greater Detroit area, At best, they were

a regional garage band.

Their big break came in 1969 when they were signed to Parrot Records, a divi-

sion of London Records.

This signing, took them right into the studio, with their first Parrot release

being “Tell Me Why/Cryin’ Shame” (Parrot Records #334), followed by

“Drivin’ Blues/God Gave Me You” (Parrot 340). While neither release did

much on the charts, the big one was about to happen.

In late 69' they re-entered the studio and recorded “House Of The Rising

Sun/Drivin’ Blues” (Parrot 341)

It was an odd choice for a record, as just about everyone had recorded or

released “House Of The Rising Sun”. But Pink’s version was quite different, it

was that new heavier sound that the kids were looking for and enjoying. It

was a hit!!

The record reached all the way to #7 on Billboard’s Hot 100. In total, it sold

over 1 million copies and gained gold record status. It went to #1 in Germany,

#3 in Canada, and #4 in England. The Frijid Pink LP, titled “Frijid Pink” (Parrot

#71033), become one of the hottest selling LP’s of 1970 reaching #11 on the U S

charts. Another million seller and gold record. Not bad for a Detroit area

garage band.

They were so popular in their home

Detroit, that in 1970 at Detroit’s

Grande Ballroom, Led Zeppelin

OPENED for Frijid Pink.

They followed “House Of The

Rising Sun” with another tried and

true cover song, “Heartbreak

Hotel/Bye Bye Blues” (Parrot 352).

The song could only rise to #72 on

Billboard’s Hot 100. They followed

that release up with another LP,

titled “Defrosted” (Parrot 71041).

For the most part, by the end of

1971, the hits were done and the

band started a nonstop run of line-

up changes. They would reform

again in 1981 and are still playing

around the Detroit area under the

leadership of drummer, Rich

Stevers.

Just think, what a big deal it must

have been when Frijid Pink pulled

up and unloaded at Dakota City’s

tiny Star Ballroom. It surly was rock

and roll nirvana.

Until Next MonthTake Care &

Remember The Music

HOUSE OF THE RISING SUNA Look Back( )By Tom Tourville

A LOOK BACK BY TOM

TOURVILLE

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kay, I confess, of the 1,000+ books in my home,

it’s probable that 500 of them are animal related.

That being said, I’ve picked my favorites to recom-

mend to Twist and Shout readers. I verified with the

Fort Dodge Public Library they have all the below

titles except for The Dog Who Couldn’t Stop Loving

by Jeffry Moussaieff (#4). Enjoy!

The Art of Racing in the

Rain by Garth Stein I read

this book several years

ago, on the recommenda-

tion from Editor Anne

Kersten. While the rest of

these “must-read books”

are not in any particular

order, I must say The Art

of Racing is one of the best

books, animal-related or otherwise, I’ve ever had

the pleasure of reading. Told from the viewpoint of

Enzo, the beloved yellow lab mix of Denny Swift

(yes, it sounds odd but only take a page to get used

to a canine narrator), The Art of Racing in the Rain

truly shows the touching depth of animals’ ability to

love and comprehend with compassion.

Throughout the book, metaphors are made between

navigating this thing called life, and navigating a

race track. It’s a tear-jerker.

Oogy: The Dog Only a

Family Could Love by

Larry Levin is the story of

Oogy; formerly abused

bait-dog rescued from a

dog-fighting ring. The

story illustrates the deter-

mination of a family to res-

cue Oogy from his situa-

tion and rehabilitate him.

Personally, I love this book

because it sends a message that oftentimes the dogs

with the most love to give aren’t necessarily the

cutest, or the ones with the most facial symmetry or

champion bloodlines.

I highly recommend

Dewey: The Small-Town

Library Cat Who Touched

the World by Vicki Myron

and Bret Wittner as it is

about the recently-passed

resident cat at the Spencer

Public Library in Spencer,

Iowa! This non-fiction

book beautifully illustrat-

ed how the tiny kitten who was dumped in the

book-return bin on a freezing cold night, became a

healthy cat who touched the hearts of hundreds of

people. Most moving is Dewey’s special relationship

with real-life caretaker Vicki Myron.

The Dog Who Couldn’t

Stop Loving: How Dogs

Have Captured Our

Hearts for Thousands of

Years by Jeffrey

Moussaieff Masson looks

at how humans and dogs

have evolved together

over time. Part history les-

son, partly scientific theo-

ry, Jeffrey Moussaieff took

at the undying love he felt for his dog Benjy one step

further through research and education. Moussaieff

looks at the evolution of dogs from wolves, their

domestication and ultimately, how they’ve changed

our lives (for the better).

Mark Doty’s memoir

Dog Years has been

called poetic and intense

in reviews. The underly-

ing theme of the book is

mortality; Mark lives

through the tragedy of

watching his partner die

suffer from and ulti-

mately die of AIDS, con-

templating suicide and grasping for his meaning in

life knowing he will also outlive his two canine com-

panions; Arden and Beau. Other than calling this a

coming-of-age masterpiece wrapped around a dog-

love story, anything else I would say just wouldn’t

do this memoir justice so please, just read it!

Stella’s Stories( )

By Sarah Estlundwith Stella & Max

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Stella’s Stories FIVE MUST-READ BOOKS FOR ANIMAL-LOVERS

Editor’s note:Twist & Shout loved “The Art of Racing in

the Rain” and gives it our highest recom-

mendation.

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( )By Katie Averill

PAY IT FORWARDActs of Kindnesshere’s a movement happening in Fort Dodge,

Iowa. Can you feel it?

It’s not a new idea. The Pay It Forward concept

has been around for years. Pay It Forward was a

movie released in 2000 based on the novel of the

same name by Catherine Ryan Hyde. It starred

Haley Joel Osment as a boy who launches a

good-will movement, Helen Hunt as his single

mother, and Kevin Spacey

as his social-studies

teacher. The general con-

cept is a young man begins

this idea of doing an act of

kindness and asking in

return that the receiver

passes it on in the form of

another act of kindness.

There is also a Pay ItForward Foundation

(www.payitforward.org).

Charley Johnson, the

President who began the

foundation, actually quit

his job to further the Pay It

Forward mission. There

are many resources and

ideas on his website. Their

mission statement is to inspire people to Pay It

Forward with acts of kindness and create the

world’s largest ripple effect of good deeds and

make kindness a part of everyday living. Their

goal is to have worldwide engagement of the

pay-it-forward philosophy and movement

through Billions of individuals and to re-estab-

lish the Human Connection in an all digital

world.

One young man in Fort Dodge stumbled on to a

You Tube video about Pay It Forward. He loved

the idea and brought it to his school and asked

to share the message with his fellow students.

Casey McEvoy, a junior at St Edmond High

School, instigated a movement at St Eds and was

able to get 800 PIF bracelets that show the mes-

sage; they are white rubber and read PAY IT

FORWARD in purple letters. The idea behind

the bracelet is to get rid of them! A person is

asked to wear the band and when they perform

an act of kindness, they are to give this person

the bracelet. This person is to do the same

thing…keeping the bracelet moving with every

act of kindness.

A co-worker and friend of mine saw the article

in the Messenger about Casey and what he is

doing at St Eds and asked if our company,

Citizens Community Credit Union could do the

same.” Of course! Brilliant”, I answered.

Citizens ordered 75 bracelets and passed them

out at a staff meeting in February, explaining the

concept. We have offices all over Northwest

Iowa in 8 different communities.

The seed of a good

idea keeps fruitful!

Our branch manager

at our Algona office

took the idea and

moved it forward

again! She and her

staff have ordered 100

bracelets. They plan to

deliver plates of cook-

ies to local civic

offices, like the fire sta-

tion, police station or

Algona businesses

along with several

bracelets. They, in

turn, are asked to do

the same for other

business and organi-

zations as well. Pretty soon the entire communi-

ty of Algona will be eating cookies and paying it

forward.

Im sure this is not the end of the story. I hope I

will be able to tell you more ways in

which this idea has branched out in

Fort Dodge and other Iowa

communities. In the wise

words of Amelia Earhart: No

kind action ever stops with

itself. One kind action leads to

another. Good example is fol-

lowed. A single act of kindness

throws out roots in all direc-

tions, and the roots spring up and

make new trees. The greatest work that

kindness does to others is that it makes them

kind themselves.

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hen country music legend George Strait announced his `retirement’ last

fall I took notice for a couple of reasons. First, he’s my age, and secondly I

remember purchasing his very first album (in 1981) and thinking he might

wind up being a solid pro if he could resist what would surely be attempts to

water down his smooth Texas country with hints of western swing.

Somehow George managed to weave his way through a 30-year career without

compromising either his style or his look. He’s cranked out record numbers of

number one records all the while maintaining his western shirt, tailored jeans,

and cowboy hat image. And by the way, George Strait isn’t retiring altogether.

He’s retiring from heavy touring, but he’s promised to keep pumping out best-

selling records and to continue collecting accolades each time there is a coun-

try music awards show on TV which seems like it must be monthly.

I digress for a moment. Country music, for some reason, showers itself with

more awards than any other brand of music. This continual act of self-promo-

tion probably sells records and sells out concert halls, but is otherwise of limit-

ed significance. George Strait, however, is one of the legitimately decorated

country music stars. And it could be the hat.

Marty Stuart, one of George Strait’s contemporaries, used to take notice of all

the different country singers and whether or not they were wearing cowboy

hats. Does wearing a hat make you more of a country singer? Marty Stuart

never wore a hat. Neither did George Jones. Hank Williams did, so did Hank

Williams, Jr. Bob Wills always did, Johnny Cash didn’t and Willie Nelson

rarely does. I don’t know that wearing a cowboy hat makes you more country,

but apparently it makes you look more country.

Many of today’s biggest male country stars—Alan Jackson, Tim McGraw,

Kenny Chesney, Brad Paisley, Jason Aldean and more—routinely wear cow-

boy hats, at least when they are performing or posing for photos. The market

for country-western-looking gear has never been greater. People who have

never ridden a horse dress like they just competed in the Calgary Stampede.

There’s nothing wrong with that, it’s just funny how country music markets its

stars. Most of the women in today’s country music don’t dress like Dale Evans,

but most of the guys, it seems, still prefer the Roy Rogers look. Happy Trails…..

Manner of dress has always been a big issue in all phases of music. It should-

n’t equate to star power, but obviously it does. The message you send when

you take the stage speaks volumes. Country music has long taken great care to

perpetuate the image even though it is far more urban now than ever before.

Most of the male stars of the Grand Ole Opry’s vintage years would no more

have taken the stage without a hat than they would sans pants.

It’s easy to pick on country music because no other form of music has so tight-

ly held to traditional fashion statements, but seemingly only from the male per-

spective. Women in country music these days, don’t dress much different from

women in pop/rock music. Women in country music are acutely aware of the

sales aspect of visuals, so it makes a lot more sense for them to dress like Faith

Hill or Miranda Lambert than Kitty Wells or Minnie Pearl did in their heydays.

Yet today’s male country stars don’t dress much different than Cowboy Copas

or Ernest Tubb did in the 50s and 60s.

All the guys need are jeans, a pair of high-end Justin or Tony Lama boots,

maybe a pearl-buttoned shirt with some western threadwork to go with that

big Stetson or Resistol hat and the statement has been made. That brings us to

hair. Country music has long been conflicted with hair issues. Is it cool for male

stars to have long hair? Should they be well-groomed underneath that hat in

order to sell records to what is still a substantially social conservative fan base?

David Allan Coe, maybe country music’s most notorious vagabond, once

famously wrote in a song, ``my long hair just can’t cover up my red neck.’’

Long hair on men has long been a visible sign of rebellion. Against what, not

sure anymore, but in the Golden Era of rock music (1963-75) it meant squaring

off with conservative establishment types. Rock and roll was a defiant brand of

music requiring a defiant look. Country music was a socially conservative

brand of music requiring a conformist look. Yet many of country music’s great

stars of the 40s, 50s, and 60s wore some of the most outlandish cowboy suits

we’ve ever seen. Hank Williams was often photographed in his famous black

and while musical notes suit. Lefty Frizzell wore fringe jackets. Hank Snow,

Porter Waggoner, Webb Pierce, Bill Anderson, Glen Campbell and others wore

gaudy rhinestone tailored suits created by Ukranian-born designer Nudie

Cohn and known as Nudie Suits.

Cohn, who was 82 when he died in 1984, has his own place in American music

history. He famously designed the controversial suit worn by Gram Parsons

for the cover of the Gilded Palace of Sin album in 1969. He designed clothes for

dozens of stars from John Wayne to John Lennon and if you ever wondered

how singing cowboys Gene Autry and Roy Rogers could dress so nicely while

rounding up bad guys, it was of course, thanks to Nudie Cohn.

We’ve discussed before in this space, how rock music attitude clashed with

country music morals during the Golden Era of rock music, but who was first

responsible for rock and rollers beginning to dress like country musicians?

Parsons was one of the first when he dressed all of the Flying Burrito Brothers

in Nudie Suits for the Gilded Palace photo shoot in the Joshua Tree desert of

Southern California in 1969. Parsons led the Byrds on an improbable appear-

ance at the Ryman Auditorium in 1968, and they were promptly booted out of

the Opry for singing songs not assigned to them. Still, they were the first rock

band ever to take the stage at the Grand Ole Opry, where at the time, drums

were still banned.

Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh, in his 2005 book `Searching for the Sound: My

Life with the Grateful Dead’, talks about the transformation of the San

Francisco rock pioneers from Haight-Ashbury hippies to something sounding

and looking more country around 1970. ``Having left my bell-bottoms and

paisley period behind, I’m now dressed like an American cowboy—boots,

jeans, checkered shirt, Levis jacket—everything but the hat,’’ Lesh writes.

As we learned later, many of the rock and roll super groups of the Golden Era,

had been heavily influenced by country music stars, and when it was finally

deemed `safe’ for rockers to begin playing country music, they often felt

obliged to take on the `look’ too. This was the group that combined paisley

with cowboy hats to form a group of hybrid hipsters who had fun while it last-

ed but it didn’t last long.

A Boomer’s Story( )ALL HAT NO CATTLE By Bill McIntyre

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These days the line between pop rock and country is hard to define. Zac

Brown is a country music star, but he wears a stocking cap and sounds

like Jimmy Buffett. Luke Bryan wears no hat and neither do Blake Shelton

or Keith Urban and they are about as hot as anybody right now. The hat-

less members of Rascal Flatts reached mega stardom by effectively blur-

ring the line between pop and country. If they had formed 40 years ago

they would have been the Eagles, who were the first of that genre to learn

that the quickest way to broader appeal is to make your music as bland as

possible.

Some artists prefer hats as a means of expression. Others think they get in

the way. One thing they don’t do, is define the music.

theater( )

Iowa State Center PresentsSEUSSICAL!!

April 15th • 12:30 pm

“Oh, the thinks you can think”

When Dr. Seuss’s best loved stories collide

and cavort in an unforgettable musical caper!”

The Cat in the Hat is the host and emcee (and all around mischief

maker in this romp through the Seuss classics. Just imagine a world

where anything is possible- an elephant in a tree, a person too tiny to

see, a heroic child and dreams running wild! Think of a magical,

musical world where helping a friend, never giving up and keeping

a promise come alive in this amazing compilation of Dr. Seuss’ best-

loved stories. The Cat in the Hat, Horton the Elephant Gertrude

McFuzz, Lazy Mayzie La Bird, and all the Whos down in Whoville

are intertwined in an incredible crazy-quilt adventure in a witty,

wild, whimsical world.

For tickets call, 1-877-THE-CENTER (1-877-843-2368).

Iowa State Center Performing Arts Series!

2nd Annual Hy-Vee Half & 5K for JDRF

April 21, 2013

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10 Best Hats (Cowboy or otherwise)Richard Petty: Together with those shades, King Richard wears the Best Hat ever.

Stevie Ray Vaughan: The black leather suede Wyatt Earp hat is classic.

Hoss Cartwright: His big Baron crown bowling is TV’s greatest hat.

Bear Bryant: The Alabama Houndstooth Fedora. Awesome.

Humphrey Bogart: Poster boy for the Fedora Hall of Fame.

J.R. Ewing: His Stetson is in the Smithsonian, so there.

Charlie Daniels: That big stovepipe buckaroo block has its own area code.

Dwight Yoakam: Neatly tailored round crown Stetson or Resistol with a serious front

brim crease.

John Hartford: Wore that black bowler hat long after it was out of fashion. Maybe

John knew the bowler (or derby), not the cowboy hat, was the most popular hat in the

Old West.

Marlon Brando: The brown and black Baron Rebel or motorcycle cap from The Wild

Ones.

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ormally when I recommend books for the month I try to include asmany as can, but this time I’m putting the spotlight on only onebecause I love it so much. A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki is

already my favorite book of the year, which says a lot since its onlyMarch!

A Tale for the Time Being focuses on twopeople separated by an ocean and circum-stances that connect them, even thoughthey may never meet. A quote at the partof Part II sums up the sentiment exactly:

“In reality, every reader, while he is read-ing, is the reader of his own self. Thewriter’s work is merely a kind of opticalinstrument, which he offers to the reader topermit him to discern what, without thebook, he would perhaps never have seen inhimself. The reader’s recognition in hisown self of what the book says is proof ofits truth.” Marcel Proust, Le temps retrove.

Nao, (pronounced Now,) is a troubledyoung girl in Japan writing in her journal about her suicidal father, bullyclassmates, her 104-year-old great-grandmother Jiko, who is a ZenBuddhist priest and her great uncle Haruki, a pacifist and poet who wasa Kamikaze pilot during WWII.

The reader of Nao’s diary, Ruth, is a writer living on the Pacific coast ofBritish Columbia on a sheltered island with her husband Oliver. Ruthfinds Nao’s journal along with some letters concealed in a Hello Kittylunchbox that washes up on the shore after Japan’s 2011 earthquake andtsunami. What begins as idle curiosity blossoms into obsession as Ruthdelves further into Nao’s writings about her dismal life and the fasci-nating stories of Jiko and Haruki.

As Jiko educates Nao in Zen Buddhist teachings, Ruth learns as well andalso you and me… the other reader of Nao’s diary. In addition to thestories of Jiko, the last part of the book focuses on Haruki’s secret armydiary and Nao’s desire to “drop out of time,” as well as her father’s. Theculmination of the book is a poignant lesson on what it means to be a“time being.”

One of our most popular services at the library is NEIBORS. NEIBORSstands for North Eastern Iowa Bridge to Online Resources Sharing andis a consortium of over 100 libraries that pay to license eBooks andaudiobooks so our patrons can check them out. NEIBORS works onmany popular devices including but not limited to iPad, Kindle devices,NOOKs and devices running certain versions of Android. Just like aregular library, there are limited copies of each item. If an item ischecked out it will be unavailable until the loan period ends or the itemis returned early.

Two questions we get all the time is “Why don’t you have more eBooks?” or“Why don’t you have so and so’s newest book?” In most cases it’s becausewe simply can’t. The majority of the public is unaware of the ongoingbattle between libraries and publishers when it comes to eBooks. (Atthis point, feel free to picture us all in medieval suits of armor or in somekind of Rambo scenario)

Libraries can’t just buy eBooks from places like Amazon and Barnes &Noble and lend them out to patrons. Because the eBooks are made avail-able to the public, each copy requires digital rights management, a tech-nology that prevents the copyrighted material from piracy. So we haveto purchase something a little extra, that doesn’t explain why we can’tget the latest James Patterson on eBook. Please, read on my friend.

In college football you have the “Big 12”, in the book world we have the“Big 6”. Macmillan Publishing, Penguin Group, Simon and Schuster,HarperCollins, Random House and Hachette Book Group are the sixmajor publishing houses. For the most part, these are the providers forthe best sellers and the majority of items you find on our shelves. Out ofthese six, four of them, along with a major audiobook publisher, refuseto sell or license eBooks to libraries, which means there are a lot ofauthors whose books are completely unavailable to us digitally. The fol-lowing list shows these publishers and some of the authors they pub-lish:Macmillan Publishing*Authors: Dana Stabenow, Kristin Hannah, Carola Dunn, Joan Hess, JaneGreen and many morePenguin GroupAuthors: Harlan Coben, Lauren Willig, Karen White, Lisa Gardner,Stewart O’Nan, Eric Carle, Jan Brett and many moreSimon & SchusterAuthors: Steve Berry, Vince Flynn, J.A. Jance, Bethenny Frankel, RachelRenee Russell, Sabrina Jeffries, Johanna Lindsey and many moreBrilliance AudioMost of the bestseller audioHachette Book GroupAuthors: David Baldacci, James Patterson, Nicholas Sparks, AnitaShreve, Karen Kingsbury and many more-List provided by Urbandale Public Library’s website

*Recently Macmillan has agreed to sell eBooks to libraries but not to library consortiums,

which is what NEIBORS is.

Why do we need a consortium? Why don’t you buy eBooks for just yourpatrons? The first thing you need to know is there is no consistencyamong publishers in regards to what they can charge for aneBook/eBook license and since only two of the “Big 6” will sell tolibraries they are able to take advantage of this. Keeping that in mind,here are the guidelines set by our two “Big 6 allies”:HarperCollins: Sells to libraries but each license can only be checked out26 times before deleted.

Cost: Same as what a retail customer pays

Random House: Sells to libraries, license is indefinite. Cost: The price of each eBook goes up about three times what a printcopy would cost, averaging around $85 per eBook.

In order to do our best in supplying the public with this wonderful alter-native that is eBook lending, all the libraries in our consortium chip inso we are able to provide as much as we can to the readers. Another lit-tle known fact is unlike some libraries, we receive zero funding from thecity for our book/materials budget. When you come into the libraryevery book, magazine and audiobook you see is purchased with moneyfrom public donations & memorials, The Fort Dodge Public LibraryFoundation, The Catherine Vincent Deardorf Charitable Foundation,The Ann Smeltzer Charitable Trust and The FRIENDS of the Fort DodgePublic Library. We are lucky to have the generous community we do, asthis support is what makes it possible to provide so much to ourpatrons.

I try my best to explain all of this to our patrons when I am asked thesesimple questions but as you can see the answer is not an easy one to con-vey. In closing, we are trying our hardest to give the people what theywant, more eBooks. If you’d like to write the publishers and let themknow what you think, stop by the library or visit our website athttp://www.fortdodgeiowa.org/library to get a list of their addressesand a sample letter.

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THE CALLMovie Review( )By Angela Trevino

ot another award-winning movie here, but it certainly

does its job entertaining us as a suspenseful thriller. The

Call, starring Halle Berry, is very simple in regards to the

plot. Barry plays Jordan, a 911 operator that works the

phones in the Los Angeles

Police Department Call

Center, otherwise known as

the high-tech beehive. We see

how demanding the job can

be, calls ranging from a man

looking just to have conversa-

tions with the operators to

full blown murders taking

place.

Jordan is a calm, sweet opera-

tor that does her best to not let

the job get to her. But as we

quickly see, one event

changes everything. The call

comes in as a young girl is

home alone and watching an

intruder break into her house.

Jordan tells her what actions

to take, guiding her through

the steps and telling her to

remain calm and talking her

through everything.

However, she may be a little

late. Suddenly the madman

comes onto the line and

Jordan tells him, “You don’t

have to do this”, his reply

“It’s already done”.

This horrific crime haunts

Jordan and her failure to stop

the crime brings her to the

decision to step off the

phones and train new applicants joining the 911 call team.

But while giving a tour of the center, the madman is back at

work and Jordan is pulled back onto the phone. She is

speaking to another blond female, Casey (Abigail Breslin)

who has found herself locked in the truck of the creep’s car.

The viewer is able to see the phone conversation - and who

the madman is, (played by Michael Eklund). He’s a raving

lunatic who has no qualms about taking Casey and doing

the unthinkable. The great part about this movie is the back

and forth scenes between Jordan and Casey as they do

everything they can to show her whereabouts, without a

GPS tracker. She’s in the trunk of the car but where is the

car headed? Jordan is creative and smart in finding ways to

give the police, helicopters and every other driver out there

a sign she’s been kidnapped. Some of the best scenes come

when the driver must stop for gas or confront others while

Casey struggles to

make her presence

known. However, the

movie loses its

momentum when the

killer arrives at his

destination. While

you’d think theis is

where the most excit-

ing parts transpire,

this is where it slows

down and Berry steps

out of her job and goes

out by herself to try

and find Casey and

the killer.

The movie falls flat

here (but all is not

lost.) Berry gives a

focused and earnest

run at a woman who

takes her profession to

heart. She shows us

what these people go

through on a daily

basis and the amount

of stress it can bring.

Breslin is almost

unrecognizable as she

must scream, kick and

plead while locked in

the truck of a car, not

a fun assignment.

This movie is an edge-of-your seat thriller with a few ridicu-

lous moves on the part of director Brad Anderson. But if

you are like me and go to the movies just to get away from

life, eat some popcorn, and want to be entertained, then The

Call will do just fine.

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