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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
The Band Festival Committee was busy planning for even more root beer floats at the 1993 festival when the unthinkable happened again: it rained 23 days in May, saturating East Park. On the Wednesday before the festival (June 2) the decision was made to move the festival back downtown to drier grounds. In order to accomplish this, city council approval was needed for all the necessary street closings and the law required 24- hours’ notice before a council meeting!
Mayor Bill Schickel convened the city council at 4PM on Thursday, June 3. The council adjourned at 4:10PM, having approved everything necessary to move the Band Festival. At 4:30PM, an alternative stage was being constructed downtown and a little more than 24 hours later, thousands of North Iowans were rocking to the music of the Backstage Band and Soft Thunder as the 55th Band Festival. By Sunday night, 4,200 root beer floats had been sold.
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