Welcome to the January/February issue of MusicArtLife! The year's young, but it's been eventful already, in the classic rock music world, with losses including David Bowie, founding Eagles member Glenn Frey, and Jefferson Airplane's Paul Kantner. In North Iowa, we commemorate similar losses of the past, but celebrate the lives, with the Winter Dance Party, centered at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake. Other activities, displays and live music happen around the area including at the Clear Lake Arts Center, the Best Western, EB Stillman auditorium, the Anchor Inn, all in Clear Lake, and the Charles H. MacNider Art Museum in Mason City, among others. Links appear on our Facebook page and website at www.musicart.life.
Our
music columnist, Bruce Wasenius, was there pretty much from the beginning of
the revival of the Winter Dance Party in the seventies, and shares his memories
in this issue. Sounds like it was fun!
In
other news of fun things, MusicArtLife is proud to be a sponsor of the Humane
Society of North Iowa's annual Chocolate and Romance fundraiser at the National
Guard Armory in Mason City. This event grew quickly into a popular one, and
this year it's at 2:00 pm on Valentine's
Day. Do something good for our local humane society and put a little romance in
your life, all in one fell swoop! (Gentlemen, this is a no-lose situation for
you.) Tickets are only $15, and include the fashion show (human and canine),
wine-tasting and chocolate buffet with chocolate fountain (courtesy of Mason
City Hy-Vees), silent auction, and much more. See you there!
