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The Day the Music Died 62 years ago- February 3, 1959 Buddy Holly Photo Courtesy: Larry Matti Ritchie Valens at Devine’s Million Ballroom 1959 Photo Courtesy: Donna Fisher Doffing and Sevan Garabedian Photo Courtesy: Sevan Garabedian Sixty-two years ago today on February 3, 1959, Buddy Holly, J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson, and Ritchie Valens, died tragically in a plane crash in Clear Lake, Iowa while on their Winter Dance Party Tour. Buddy Holly was 22-years-old, The Big Bopper 28-years-old, and Ritchie Valens only 17-years-old. “When the plane crashed and people call it the day th...

Radio IowaJanuary 27, 2021Last Updated: January 27, 2021 Clear Lake, IA – The executive director of the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake says she is thrilled with the announcement late last week that the facility has been designated as a National Historic Landmark. The ballroom is best known for hosting the last concert of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson in February 1959 before their fatal plane crash north of Clear Lake. Laurie Lietz says she and the nonprofit North Iowa Cultural Center and Museum which operated the ballroom were confident the U-S Departmen...

Radio Iowa You are here: Home Historic Landmark designation for Surf Ballroom could help with future renovation Interior of the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake. The executive director of the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake says she is thrilled with the announcement late last week that the facility has been designated as a National Historic Landmark. The ballroom is best known for hosting the last concert of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson in February 1959 before their fatal plane crash north of Clear Lake. Laurie Lietz says she and the nonprofit North Iowa Cultur...

Terry Manning is best known as a producer and master of the mixing board, having been the first house engineer for Ardent Studios in the...

New contemporary dance works by Gaspard Louis will premiere online The School of Dance announces the online premiere of "The Space Between" and "Space Between, Within, Without," two new contemporary dance works choreographed by former Pilobolus dancer Gaspard Louis in collaboration with senior contemporary dance students. The works explore the dynamics of physical space and relationships in the COVID-19 era while providing practical experience with pandemic-adapted creative processes co...