Senate Resolution 29 - Introduced

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  1  1                SENATE RESOLUTION NO.    
  1  2         BY  RAGAN, GASKILL, CONNOLLY, and BEALL
  1  3 A Resolution declaring the trombone Iowa's premier
  1  4    musical instrument.
  1  5    WHEREAS, the trombone is certainly the most
  1  6 recognizable of the brass instruments, being the only
  1  7 one with a true slide section, having been in
  1  8 existence for over five centuries, and remaining
  1  9 relatively unchanged; and
  1 10    WHEREAS, the trombone holds a unique place in
  1 11 Iowa's musical heritage; and
  1 12    WHEREAS, four of Iowa's favorite sons, Meredith
  1 13 Willson, Glenn Miller, Karl L. King, and Jack Jenney,
  1 14 have made the trombone a centerpiece of their careers;
  1 15 and
  1 16    WHEREAS, the trombone was made famous by Mason City
  1 17 native Meredith Willson in that rousing song "76
  1 18 Trombones," which was part of his Broadway hit and
  1 19 Hollywood movie "The Music Man"; and
  1 20    WHEREAS, Clarinda native Glenn Miller made dynamic
  1 21 use of the trombone in his big band hits "In the
  1 22 Mood," "Moonlight Serenade," "Chattanooga Choo Choo,"
  1 23 "Pennsylvania 6=5000," and "A String of Pearls"; and
  1 24    WHEREAS, the "March King," Karl L. King from Fort
  1 25 Dodge, was a band director and composer of brass band
  1 26 marches and songs, and one of his popular compositions
  1 27 is "Mournful Maggie" featuring the trombone smear; and
  1 28    WHEREAS, Dubuque's own Jack Jenney, a contemporary
  1 29 of Tommy Dorsey, was one of the most highly rated jazz
  1 30 musicians in the country, and is considered by jazz
  2  1 scholars as the "father" of the modern jazz trombone;
  2  2 and
  2  3    WHEREAS, the trombone is a mainstay of every
  2  4 marching band and jazz band in Iowa and in the nation;
  2  5 NOW THEREFORE,
  2  6    BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, That the Senate,
  2  7 honoring the lives and music of those great Iowans,
  2  8 Meredith Willson, Glenn Miller, Karl L. King, and Jack
  2  9 Jenney, declares the trombone Iowa's premier musical
  2 10 instrument.
  2 11 LSB 2881SS 82
  2 12 jr:rj/es/88.1