Boone Municipal Band - Dave Richardson

     Jo and I had the pleasure of attending the annual Fourth of July band concert at the Herman Park Pavilion last night. The concert is staged each year by the Boone Municipal Band, which is in its 100th year of existence.
     When I, the Kornerman, was an employee of the Iowa High School Athletic Association, we always attended our national meeting, which was always scheduled over the Fourth of July.  As a result, over a 30 year period, our personal Fourth of July celebrations were held in places like Las Vegas, Denver, Kansas City, Minneapolis, near Detroit, San Antonio, Nashville, Florida (three or four different sites) and other places I've since forgotten.
     Back home, in recent years, we've had the opportunity to attend our Boone Fourth of July concert and our much biased observation is that that none of those nationwide have been any better.
     Much credit goes to director Dave Richardson, who is retiring after this summer's concerts and ending his 39 year dedication to the municipal band. This may be new news to, at least, you out-of-state Korner viewers.
     There surely are many Korner "regular's" who, perhaps, had Dave as their Boone High School band director or, maybe even as a member of the municipal band. I know one of his earliest BHS years was 1979......maybe even a year or two before that and he's been retired now from BHS for several years but has still continued his directing skills via the municipal band.
     May we suggest that you drop a note of congratulations or thanks to Dave at 922 Union Street, Boone, Iowa 50036, for his long dedication to the municipal band. And since we no longer have a BOONE newspaper, please mention in the note that you learned of this by viewing Kelley's Korner. Thank you.
     P.S. Dave announced at the concert that his replacement will be the current Boone High School band director, Chris Truckenmiller, himself, a BHS graduate, 2005.
     This was interesting. A list of longtime municipal band players was distributed and some of them have very long tenures.  For example, Jo Howell (47 years); Dave Howell, 45; Linda Younger, 39; Tom Mowen, 38; Judy Howard, 37; Dalene O'Brien and Brenda Babbitt, 34; Kara Swenson and Larry Moeller, 31; Julie Thompson and Mark Astelford, 29; Lowell Davis and Deidre Malmquist, 28; Steve Weigel, 25; Dave Swenson, 24; Bill Martin, 22; and Dan Sprengeler, 20. Anybody there you know?
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     In the last edition, we wrote of the very hot weather that had besieged our nation recently. In reply, we heard from Dick Young, BHS-57. Dick wrote, "I read about the heat down here in the southwest. Yes, it gets pretty toasty in these parts (Phoenix - Sun City/AZ) around this time of year. We had an 11 day stretch that was 110 degrees + every day. On June 20, it reached 121.3 degrees. We also have MANY days of 100 degrees plus. But our winters are the best time of the year with temps in the 70's and 80's. Keep cool."
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     BOONE CONNECTED DEATHS: Marcene Doerder, 95, Boone. BHS-38. She and her husband, Francis, farmed in Boone County for over 40 years. Boone area survivor is a son, Daryl, of Boone. Two other sons and a daughter survive..........Marvin Aurand, 76, Boone........Gwendolyn Capps, 87, Boone........Val Cushman, 69, Ogden. A Navy vet. Was a railroad employee as a conductor. Boone area survivor is a son, Jason, of Ogden. Two other sons survive..........Audrey Richardson, 81, Boone........Services for Dr. Enfred Linder, formerly of Ogden, who passed away in December, will be held Saturday, July 8, in Twin Lakes, IA.
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