Bill Text: IA HR133 | 2011-2012 | 84th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A resolution to honor Music Circuit Presentations for four decades of service to Iowa's live music scene.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-2)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-03-30 - Resolution adopted. H.J. 709. [HR133 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2011-HR133-Introduced.html
House
Resolution
133
-
Introduced
HOUSE
RESOLUTION
NO.
133
BY
HALL
,
R.
OLSON
,
GAINES
,
ABDUL-SAMAD
,
M.
SMITH
,
HUNTER
,
COWNIE
,
KOESTER
,
WENTHE
,
OLDSON
,
and
PETERSEN
A
Resolution
to
honor
Music
Circuit
Presentations
for
1
four
decades
of
service
to
Iowa’s
live
music
scene.
2
WHEREAS,
In
1972,
Richard
Nixon
was
reelected
3
President
of
the
United
States,
the
TV
series
“MASH”
4
premiered
on
CBS
TV,
the
Dallas
Cowboys
crushed
5
Miami
24
to
3
in
Super
Bowl
VI,
“Grease”
opened
on
6
Broadway,
White
House
“plumbers”
broke
into
Democratic
7
headquarters
at
Watergate,
and
Steve
White
created
a
8
new
concert
promotions
company,
named
Music
Circuit
9
Presentations;
and
10
WHEREAS,
Music
Circuit
Presentations
had
its
roots
11
in
a
small
record
store
that
Steve
White
opened
the
12
previous
year
in
Des
Moines,
near
Drake
University;
and
13
WHEREAS,
in
that
first
year,
Music
Circuit
14
Presentations
booked
a
show
for
the
Surf
Ballroom
15
featuring
REO
Speedwagon
and
Enoch
Smoky,
and
in
1973
16
Music
Circuit
Presentations
brought
the
Grateful
Dead
17
to
Des
Moines;
and
18
WHEREAS,
in
1974,
Music
Circuit
Presentations
19
introduced
the
Iowa
Jam
festival,
hosting
over
the
20
years
during
that
Memorial
Day
weekend
event
such
21
performers
as
ZZ
Top,
the
J.
Geils
Band,
the
Eagles,
22
Santana,
Fleetwood
Mac,
Bob
Seger,
and
Ted
Nugent;
and
23
WHEREAS,
for
more
than
40
years
Music
Circuit
24
Presentations
has
promoted
over
1,200
shows
throughout
25
the
Midwest,
and
in
2008,
Music
Circuit
Presentations
26
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was
inducted
into
the
Iowa
Rock’n
Roll
Music
1
Association
Hall
of
Fame;
NOW
THEREFORE,
2
BE
IT
RESOLVED
BY
THE
HOUSE
OF
REPRESENTATIVES,
3
That
on
the
occasion
of
his
retirement,
the
House
of
4
Representatives
honors
Steve
White
and
all
those
who
5
were
a
part
of
Music
Circuit
Presentations,
for
their
6
contributions
to
the
arts
and
for
their
work
in
making
7
Iowa
a
prime
venue
for
live
music.
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