Recap of Glenn Miller Festival activities

 Partly Cloudy and 80º here in Clarinda, IA at 7:10 pm on Monday.  Has been quite warm in the direct sunshine today.

Dennis Sprague and 

Mr. Hideomi Aoki

Past director of Glenn Miller Orchestra, Nick Hilscher on the left

The scholarships were trippled this year from
previous years.  Now $10,000, $5,000 and $3,000

Glenn Miller's nephew
with winner of Instrumental

Thursday night I opened bun packages, layed the open bun on paper plate and handed to Teresa Babcock -- she put hamburger on it and set out for the people to pick up, put catchup and mustard on it, get a bag of potato chips.  I am guessing we served betwee 200 and 300 people.  The cattlemen did the grilling of the hamburgers across the street so smoke didn't bother where we were.

Phyllis helped with the tickets, and got racks of buns and disposed of the plastic bags for me.  Leland & Bonnie Brown's daughter took the tickets.

Had some interesting requests, no bun, no meat, etc.  One lady mentioned that her daughter wasn't able to eat the hamburger--we asked her what we should serve--she said: "oh, she isn't here"!

The "local" Glenn Miller Orchestra performed a good program there on the square and in the auditorium Friday morning.

Friend Steve Hitt on the drums and Videographer/
Train Engineer Chris Gardnerfrom Wisconsin on the
upright Bass

Chris Gardner at the back of the auditorum whre
he took video of all the programs.  His wife, Cheryl
ran the video machine when Chris was in the band

The GMBSS Big Band

Saturday Night

These photos were provided by Chris Gardner while he was videoing the "Battle of the Bands"

Some more pictures from Saturday night "Battle

of the Bands.

   Saturday morning we ate pancakes at the Fire Station and listened to band from Northwest Missour State from Maryville, MO

Don't know if it is just age - 82 & 83, but we slept in Sunday morning until had breakfast at 11 am.

Again this morning, the same thing.  Hope to recover soon.  We were at the high school or on the square from 7:30 am each morning to 10:00 pm each evening...................Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

Later, Lynn