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Four masked students played at socially distanced pianos one evening in February at the Surf Ballroom Music Enrichment Center in Clear Lake.
The students, between 7 and 11 years old, were participating in Karen Millerâs piano lessons that prior to COVID-19 were held in her home.
Karen Miller works with Victor Rasmussen, 7, at piano lessons at the Surf Ballroom Music Enrichment Center in Clear Lake. The center offers musical outreach programming for children and adults. Ashley Stewart
âThis space has been awesome,â she said, noting her living room wouldnât have allowed the students to distance as much as needed.
The Music Enrichment Center at 509 Buddy Holly Place has been a beacon for the North Iowa Cultural Center & Museum, the nonprofit that operates the historic Surf Ballroom & Museum.
âAn Evening of Musicalsâ is coming to Clear Lake this weekend.
The Clear Lake High School Drama Department will present the musical â or musicals, rather â at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday at the E.B. Stillman Auditorium, 1601 Third Ave. N.
The Clear Lake High School Drama Department cast of An Evening of Musicals rehearses Monday afternoon at E.B. Stillman Auditorium in Clear Lake. Performances are at 7 p.m. on Friday and Saturday. Ashley Stewart
The musical features songs from the Broadway shows âCabaret,â âGuys and Dolls,â âYouâre a Good Man, Charlie Brown,â âPhantom of the Opera,â âLes Miserables,â âOklahoma,â âSouth Pacific,â âLittle Shop of Horrors,â âWicked,â and âAnnie Get Your Gun.â
A longtime music tradition that showcases local and regional musicians will return to downtown Mason City this year.
The 82nd annual North Iowa Band Festival will take place Memorial Day weekend on May 27-31 after the Mason City Park and Recreation Board approved the eventâs facility request, among others, during a special meeting Friday evening.
A marching band participating in the annual North Iowa Band Festival parade. The 82nd iteration of the Memorial Day weekend will return to downtown Mason City after it was canceled in 2020 due to COVID-19. LISA GROUETTE, Globe Gazette
âAt this point, weâre planning to have everything and figuring out ways to do it safely,â said Robin Anderson, Mason City Area Chamber of Commerce president and CEO. âHopefully people will continue to get vaccinated and wear masks, among other things, so that we can have a band festival that everybody can feel good about.â