Proclamation_Colts Drum and Bugle Corps June_July 2008
PROCLAMATION
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WHEREAS, the Colts Drum and Bugle Corps will be hosting the 45 Annual
“Music on the March” drum corps event on Thursday, June 26, 2008
and the “Music on the March II” event on Saturday, July 26, 2008, at
Dalzell Field at Senior High School; and
WHEREAS, Dubuque is blessed to be the parent-city of the Colts Drum and
Bugle Corps and wholeheartedly endorses this fine group of young
men and women and their supportive families; and
WHEREAS, almost 2200 young people, ages 9-21, will entertain hundreds of
thousands of audience members this summer; and
WHEREAS, these young men and women learn responsibility, respect, discipline
and how to achieve their goals; and
WHEREAS, the Colts Drum and Bugle Corps and their counterparts from all over
the world are a tremendous, positive force of dedicated youth and
their families.
WHEREAS, we offer sincere welcome to the visiting young people and their
support staffs and hope their time in Dubuque is positive, inspiring
and full of many memory-making moments.
NOW THEREFORE, I, ROY D. BUOL, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF DUBUQUE, IOWA,
ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL, CITY STAFF AND RESIDENTS OF OUR CITY,
SINCERELY AND HEARTILY WELCOME ALL DRUM AND BUGLE CORPS
MEMBERS AND THEIR SUPPORT STAFFS AND ESPECIALLY THANK OUR OWN
DUBUQUE DRUM AND BUGLE CORPS LEAD BY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR GREG
ORWELL.
IN WITNESS THEREOF, I have
hereunto set my hand and caused the
Great Seal of the City of Dubuque, IA
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to be affixed this 16 day of June,
2008.
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Roy D. Buol, Mayor
Attest:
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Jeanne F. Schneider, City Clerk
2008: Greg Orwoll, 1101 Central Avenue, PO Box 515, Dubuque, IA 52004-0515,
582.4872, www.colts.org