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2018 North Iowa Band Festival Membership

Klempnauer Award - Robert Fisher Renewals
T he Klempnauer Award was named for Dan Klempnauer, Congratulations to the Chamber

members celebrating membership
a long-time volunteer and festival supporter, and is
intended to honor an unsung hero who volunteers
for the festival in a behind–the-scenes role. This anniversaries in April!
year’s honoree is Robert Fisher, who has volunteered in many Fifty Plus Years
capacities over the years to help make the North Iowa Band Fred T. Fenchel Entertainment
Agency (58)
Festival a success. Blazek Electric, Inc. (53)
Fisher has served on the North Iowa Band Festival Committee Forty Plus Years
for as long as he can remember. He was one of the lucky Casey's General Store (44)
students who marched 5 times in the parade during his high
Thirty Plus Years
school band career! As an outstanding, three-time All-State
musician he has been a long-time member of the Mason City Robert Fisher North Iowa Community Credit Union
(31)
Municipal Band, which performs on the plaza at Band Festival. For a SKYBLUE by CL Tel (31)
time, he helped to assemble and lead the Trombone Fanfare which begins the parade in Fullerton Funeral Home (31)
playing 76 trombones from The Music Man.
Twenty Plus Years
As the News Director for Alpha Media USA (KGLO-AM, KRIB-AM, KLSS-FM, KIAI-FM, Heritage Care & Rehabilitation
Center (27)
KYTC-FM), Fisher has been able to broadcast the Band Festival parade live to listeners. He
also seves as a gracious emcee for many of the performances that take place throughout Heartland Asphalt, Inc. (26)
Brick Furniture (25)
the weekend. Bob has won many awards for his broadcasting talents. Bob plays an
Moorman Clothiers (25)
‘instrumental’ role in the Performing Arts Pavilion Committee to bring the Federal Avenue D & D Printing & Custom Signs (23)
Plaza a new indoor/outdoor stage. Child & Adult Care Food Program
(23)
Fisher is humbled by the honor of receiving the Klempnauer Award and gives many thanks Mason City All Risk Insurance, Inc.
to the North Iowa Band Festival community. (23)
Green Canopy, Inc. (22)
Slumberland Furniture (22)
Basic Birder (21)
Es-Marc Investments (20)
Band Master Award - Mike McEniry Fifteen Plus Years
Point Builders North, Inc. (19)
World Wide College of
Auctioneering (16)
The Band Master Award was first awarded in 1990 to honor a Comprehensive Systems, Inc. (15)
retiring band master in recognition of outstanding work in the Main Street Mason City (15)
field of music. This year, the North Iowa Band Festival honors
Mr. Michael McEniry for a successful 38-year career teaching Ten Plus Years
Pritchard Family Auto Stores (13)
instrumental music (32 of those years with Mason City High Audibel Hearing Center of N. IA. (10)
School). Absolute Waste (8)
Kellar Construction Inc. (8)
McEniry grew up in Mason City and moved back to the area Bisbee Income Tax & Accounting
in 1968. As a band instructor at Mason City High School he Service (7)
taught marching band students the traditions of the North Turning Leaf Counseling (7)
Iowa Band Festival and guided them along the parade route. True Travels, LLC (6)
Masterson Staffing Solutions (6)
McEniry also conducted the MCHS jazz band performances and Sweet Tooth (5)
still participates in the Municipal Band. In 2008, to honor the 50th Mike McEniry
anniversary of the Broadway premiere of The Music Man, McEniry co- Five Plus Years
organized a large group of trombones and trumpets to lead the Band Festival parade in the Hoover's Hatchery (4)
popular song, “76 Trombones”. Mason City Evening Lions (4)
Ag Ventures Alliance (4)
Butcher's Steakhouse (3)
Even though retired he still has a passion for music. McEniry wishes to instill that musical
light in youth by teaching private lessons, judging contests and performing with musical Child & Adolescent Integrated
Health (3)
groups. This will be McEniry's 39th year participating in the Band Festival parade. Diamond Oak, LLC dba Diamond Oak
Events (3)
Congratulations to Michael McEniry, this year’s Band Master Award recipient! Farm Bureau Financial Services -
Trent Adams (3)

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