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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.
Band Fest
Among those attending the 50th festival was Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad, Willson's widow, Rosemary, and Ken Kew, now a former mayor. This would be Kew’s last hurrah as master of ceremonies for the Band Festival Queen competition. He passed of cancer a month later.
In 1989, the illustrious event began its "Second 50 Years" by keeping with an old tradition of great music and starting an exciting new tradition- the awarding of four $500 music scholarships to high school musicians who performed before judges to earn the scholarships.
