{"id":11229,"date":"2019-08-13T10:00:10","date_gmt":"2019-08-13T15:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iowahighwayends.net\/blog\/?p=11229"},"modified":"2019-08-12T00:19:25","modified_gmt":"2019-08-12T05:19:25","slug":"thanks-for-giving-iowa-a-try","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/iowahighwayends.net\/blog\/2019\/08\/thanks-for-giving-iowa-a-try\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Thanks for giving Iowa a try’"},"content":{"rendered":"

I loved watching the Iowa State Fair Singers and Jazz Band. It was something we saw at the fair at the stage by the Cultural Center at least a few times, if not every year. I certainly loved it when the group came to Czech Fest on its 1989 state tour<\/a>.\u00a0I could say I aspired to make it some day, but… sing and dance<\/em>? At the same time?<\/p>\n

The thing that stuck with me was the end every year, when the singers would line up and (with jazz band accompaniment) sing a version of “Iowa Stubborn” from “The Music Man”…<\/p>\n

… and rattle off their and the band members’ hometowns.<\/p>\n

Thanks for giving Iowa, Hawkeye Iowa \u2014<\/em><\/p>\n

Anamosa! Burlington! Chariton! Denison! Eagle Grove! Fontanelle! Garnavillo! Holstein! Independence! Jefferson! Keokuk! Le Mars! Marion! Northwood! Osceola! Pomeroy! Quimby! Reinbeck! Sioux Rapids! Tama! Urbandale! Victor! Waukon! Yetter! Zearing!<\/em><\/p>\n

Thanks for giving Iowa, thanks for giving Iowa, thanks for giving Iowa<\/em>, a tryyyyyy! *trumpets* *ba-bomp*<\/em><\/p>\n

(They didn’t do it alphabetically. I’m just doing that for effect. I likely would’ve thought it even neater that way.)<\/p>\n

Simple, but effective, as a way of showing that teens from every corner of the state can come together. It would be silly to say that it might have been a little inspiration for future pursuits, right<\/a>? And yet…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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