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1 1 SENATE RESOLUTION NO. ___
1 2 BY HOUSER
1 3 A Resolution recognizing the 100th anniversary of
1 4 Glenn Miller's birthday.
1 5 WHEREAS, Alton Glenn Miller was born in Clarinda,
1 6 Iowa, on March 1, 1904, in the family home located at
1 7 601 S. 16th Street, now Glenn Miller Avenue; and
1 8 WHEREAS, Glenn Miller organized an orchestra in
1 9 1938, performing with an acclaimed style of big band
1 10 swing music that quickly set new records in attendance
1 11 and recording sales and continued to do so until the
1 12 orchestra was disbanded in 1942 at the height of its
1 13 popularity; and
1 14 WHEREAS, Glenn Miller and His Orchestra were the
1 15 first musicians to be recognized with a gold record
1 16 and this recognition has continued with an
1 17 accumulation of 29 gold records, so far; and
1 18 WHEREAS, Glenn Miller showed his patriotism by
1 19 volunteering at the age of 38 to join the U.S. Army
1 20 Air Force "to bring our music to the servicemen here
1 21 and abroad"; and
1 22 WHEREAS, he was commissioned as a captain and
1 23 assembled a military band of top-notch musicians that
1 24 was ordered to England in the spring of 1944, bringing
1 25 a new swinging sound to military music; and
1 26 WHEREAS, despite experiencing a shattering loss
1 27 with the death of Glenn Miller halfway through the
1 28 band's European mission, the band spent 13 months in
1 29 the European theater of operations while performing
1 30 nearly 1,000 times, making musical history while world
2 1 history was being made; and
2 2 WHEREAS, in 1976, Clarinda began honoring its
2 3 famous son by hosting an annual music festival
2 4 featuring performers from all over the world and the
2 5 100th anniversary of Glenn Miller's birthday will be
2 6 specially recognized during this year's five-day
2 7 festival held June 9-13, 2004; and
2 8 WHEREAS, membership in Clarinda's Glenn Miller
2 9 Birthplace Society has grown to 1,500 members
2 10 representing 48 states and 24 nations, indicating the
2 11 continuing popularity of the Glenn Miller style of
2 12 music; and
2 13 WHEREAS, music helps bridge differences, as shown
2 14 by the example of Tamana Girls High School Band of
2 15 Kumamoto, Japan, which made its first appearance at
2 16 the festival in 1990, leading to establishment of a
2 17 Sister City and Sister School relationship with
2 18 Clarinda, a degree of cultural exchange unmatched by
2 19 other cities the size of Clarinda; NOW THEREFORE,
2 20 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, That the Senate
2 21 salutes Glenn Miller's legacy on the occasion of the
2 22 100th anniversary of his birthday and joins people
2 23 everywhere in recognizing through Glenn Miller's
2 24 influence that when music is shared over the
2 25 generations and around the world, good things happen.
2 26 LSB 6646SS 80
2 27 jp/pj/5
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