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Mr. Toot is the mascot not only of the North Iowa Band Festival, but also for Mason City as a whole. His image has appeared on everything from T-Shirts to business cards to city light poles. Now his image also appears on the geocaching map just south of Mason City Iowa. Each of these puzzles will include a fact or story in theme with the art series. Some may also include a question or two for you to answer correctly to find the coordinates.
Meredith Willson
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Iowa -song by Meredith Willson
During World War II Meredith Willson was an Army major who lead the music division of the American Armed Forces Radio (AFR). In its half-hour show, AFR would on occasion pay tribute to troops who hailed from a particular state. A song or two suitable to the state would be performed by some of the country's leading entertainers of the day.
When it came time to honor Iowa's troops, AFR found no song to use. Willson wrote Iowa especially for the show.
On January 12th of 1944, Bing Crosby introduced and performed Willson's song "Iowa" on the Armed Forces Radio broadcast called Mail Call in a salute to the fighting men from the great state of Iowa.
The Santa Anita OTC Band conducted by Skinnay Ennis backed up Crosby. The sheet music can be found in a book entitled "Meredith Willson - the Music and the Man" published by Hal Leonard.
To Listen to the 1944 AFR broadcast with dialogue between Willson and Crosby, and then the song sung by Bing Crosby "click here."
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