El Kahir Band and Chanters Palm Sunday Concert Plans
The 49th annual El Kahir Shrine Band and Chanters concert will be March 19 at 3 p.m. in the Paramount Theatre. The program, financed by the Divan of El Kahir Temple, features William Stusak directing the band and Bruce Western directing the Chanters with Todd Van Beck as accompanist. The program includes marches, hymns, and sacred songs with soloists and various arrangements, concluding with a star spangled spectacular.
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el Kahir Shrine
Paramount Theatre
el Kahir Temple
William Stusak
Dillon Holcomb
Bruce Western
Shrine Chanters
Todd van Beck
Thomas Hastings
Robert Pearson
Pan
Jean Baptiste Faure
R. Nathaniel Dett
Marshall Bartholomew
Will James
El Kahir Shrine Band marks 49th Palm Sunday concert
The El Kahir Shrine Band and Chanters will perform their 49th annual Palm Sunday concert on March 19 at the Paramount Theater. Veteran clarinetist Ben Mokrejs of Cedar Rapids will make his 49th appearance with the band for the special occasion. He is the sole remaining member who played in the inaugural 1929 Shrine Band concert.
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el Kahir Shrine
Paramount Theater
Ben Mokrejs
Cedar Rapids
Mokrejs
Shrine
YMCA Service Club Olympics Highlights Barbershoppers and Liars Contest
The annual YMCA Service Club Olympics feature a Liars Contest and barbershop quartet event Tuesday at Central Y. Prelims today include checkers cribbage handball racquetball and more with finals Tuesday evening led by volleyball and various skill events. Defending champ is Thursday Noon Optimist Club with Rotary and West Side Sertoma Club in contention and ten clubs overall including Canopus Jaycees and Lions groups.
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YMCA
Central Y
Mott Room
Larry Bush
West Gymnasium
Rotary
West Side
Sertoma
Canopus
Jaycees
Foreign students to experience Czech culture in Iowa visit
About 30 foreign students living with families in central and Eastern Iowa join Linn-Mar High School hosts for an AFS Weekend in Czech Village on March 18. They will tour Czech shops, taste meats and pastries, hear Czech music, and enjoy a Czech meal, as St. Joseph's Day is celebrated the next day.
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Grinnell
Czech Village
Iowa
Linn-Mar High School
Students International Club
New Zealand
Italy
Australia
France
Columbia
Linn-Mar
Luanne Huffman
Pat Martin
St. Joseph
Linn cancer leaders meet with directors
Divisional leaders in Linn County Cancer Crusade will meet Tuesday with the Linn County Unit of the American Cancer Society board at Mercy Hospital Room 1105 after a Dutch treat luncheon. Reports from divisions and committees will update year-round activities and a new ACS film “A Ray of Hope” will be shown.
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Linn County Cancer Crusade
Linn County
American Cancer Society
Mercy Hospital
Special Gifts
Marion
Cedar Rapids
Buildings Division
General Crusade
Scott Olson
Linn County Acs
Crusade
Cancer Society
ACS
Margaret and Howard Hall Radiation Center
Cigarette Smugglinges Widespread Across States
Washington reports that cigarette smuggling is extensive with estimates that about half of NYC purchases are bootlegged. Officials attribute the rise to differing state taxes and note organized crime involvement. Lawmakers consider measures to equalize cigarette taxes nationwide.
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Washington
New York City
Glen R. Murphy
International Association of Chiefs of Police
House
John Conyers Jr
House Judiciary Committee
Edgar N. Best
FBI
Best
North Carolina
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Orama
U.S.A
James Ployhar
Ralph Hermann
Tom Wright
C. Teike
K.L. King
Bruce Houseknecht
Jon Wickers
Cyrus the Great
Holcomb
The
Chanters
Max T. Krone
God
Katherine Davis
Carrie B. Adams
Holy City
Stephen Adams
Don Johnson
F. Tryner
Charles Havlena
Pilot Club
Frank V. Orr
Marion Orr
Ralph Heaton
Geo. B. Furey
Sara Reed
John Bruzek
Camp Good Health
Alpha Chi Omega
Fred Cernin
Richard D. von Stein
Laura Sanders
Mary Slechta
Elmer Cejka
St. Myrtle
St. Patrick’s Day
Jim
Lucy
Linn Cancer
Lindale
Gleneagles
Bristol
Eagle
Holley's
Spring Savings Sale
Patcraft
Doug McGowan
Saxony
Bahama
T.N.T. Nylon
Cabincrafts
Cut & Loop
Endeavor
ON Waverly Stead
Steven Fabricat
del Mar
Klinger’s
5Th Ave
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