Harting selected for 2008 Celebration Iowa Singers and Jazz Band Cast members announced at Luther College

DECORAH, Iowa—Ben Harting, son of Dan and Karen Weltzin of Jesup, has been selected to play alto saxophone with the Celebration Iowa Singers and Jazz Band, a select high school touring ensemble that will perform more than 30 shows across the state of Iowa this summer.

Harting, a student at Jesup High School, was selected from a pool of Iowa high school music students who auditioned at four locations across the state this spring.

Now in its 26th season, Celebration Iowa showcases the quality of Iowa high school music programs through its educational and service-oriented summer performance opportunity.
Together with a talented staff of teachers and professionals, students in Celebration Iowa present an action-packed two-hour production that includes song, dance and jazz band favorites for audiences of all ages to enjoy.

Celebration Iowa’s 2008 show opens with an exciting Broadway Review, featuring selections such as “There’s No Business Like Show Business,” “Oklahoma,” and “On Broadway.” The opening set is followed by How Does Your Garden Grow, a children’s musical featuring “Planting Seeds,” “Weeds Rule,” and “Garden Hoedown.” The show concludes with a memorable The Beatles and More set that includes “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club,” “Can’t Buy Me Love” and “Bridge Over Troubled Water.”

The Celebration Iowa Jazz Band will perform many great selections throughout the performance representing various jazz styles. Over the course of the summer, Celebration Iowa cast members have the opportunity to perform more than 30 shows in all corners of the state while learning from Iowa’s finest teachers.

Celebration Iowa, a project of Luther College in Decorah, Iowa is also funded by the R.J. McElroy Trust, the Fred Maytag Family Foundation, HyVee, Inc., and the Celebration Iowa Alumni and Parent Fund. Each cast member also secures local sponsorships to defray personal costs.

The ensemble rehearses on the Luther campus June 7-26 and tours statewide June 27 - August 6. Questions regarding Celebration Iowa should be directed to Mary Weis, administrative assistant, at 563-387-1009 or celebrationiowa@luther.edu.

Waring family to hold fundraising performance for Jesup’s 150th birthday

The Waring Family will hold a benefit performance on the Pavilion Stage in the Land O’Corn Park on July 19, 2008, the weekend after Farmers Day.

The performance will be held to help finance all the special events that will take place in 2010 for Jesup’s Sesquicentennial celebration.

If your group or organization would like to host a fundraiser to help fund the Sesquicentennial in 2010, call Farmers Day president Alan Wright.

“Good Things Are Coming” to Jesup! Be sure to be included.

Farmers Day 2007 T-Shirts for Sale

A new Jesup history book will be published in the near future for Jesup’s Sesquicentennial (150th) celebration in 2010. The book will be titled “A Community Tapestry Continues.”

If you did not submit a family history for the first history book in 1985, “A Community Tapestry,” now is your chance to do so.

If you would like to update the family history for our new history book, you can also do that. Simply begin where your previous history left off. The new book will reference the previous book for updated family histories.

Everyone who feels Jesup is their home is eligible to have their family history in the book.

This includes children who grew up in Jesup, but who have moved away and live with their families in other towns, states or countries.

Family pictures may also be submitted. Bring them or send them to the Citizen Herald to be scanned. If you do not have a family portrait, call Reflections at 319-827-1128 and ask for the Sesquicentennial Special to receive a free portrait session.

What to include

Your family history may include historical information, such as birth dates and places, marriage dates and places, education, employment or business information. Also children’s names, birth years, education, employment, where they live and their families can be listed. Please include Jesup-related facts: phrases like “All my children were Jesup High School graduates” are appropriate.

Be sure to include contact information such as your name and address, a telephone number and e-mail address.

You can submit online

Family histories can be dropped at the Citizen Herald office at 930 6th Street, mailed to the Citizen Herald at P.O. Box 545, Jesup, IA 50648, or submitted online.

Get your electronic copy of Jesup’s history book, "A Drama in Progress" from 1860-1960 at City Hall, BankIowa or the Citizen Herald for just $10.