MONDAY DAILY

THE DIAMONDS SHOW SATURDAY NIGHT AT OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER WAS VERY GOOD.   ONE OF THE BEST I'VE SEEN THERE AND I HAVE  SEEN CLOSE TO
A HUNDRED.      BUT, HALF THE AUDITORIUM WAS EMPTY.    THAT SHOW
IN THE QUAD CITIES WOULD BE 4O TO 50 DOLLARS OR MORE,  BUT JUST $23 HERE.
WE ARE LUCKY TO HAVE SUCH A GREAT PLACE (SEATS AROUND 850) FOR SHOWS
MONTH AFTER MONTH.   TWO MORE COMING IN APRIL.   GOOGLE OHNWARD
FINE ARTS IN MAQUOKETA TO SEE LINE UP OF UPCOMING SHOWS.   THEIR NEW
MIKES SHOWN IN MY PHOTOS REALLY SOUND GOOD .. BETTER THAN THE OLD
NOW THEY ARE IN NEED OF A NEW SIGN OUT FRONT, AT A COST OF OVER
$20,000 AND ARE LOOKING FOR DONATIONS.    I WILL CONTRIBUTE AGAIN AND
IF YOU ENJOY OHNWARD SHOWS, HOPE YOU WILL TOO.   SEND CHECK TO
OHNWARD FINE ARTS, 1215 EAST PLATT STREET.      IN THE PHOTO ABOVE, THE
OLDEST  OF CURRENT DIAMONDS  IN BLUE SPORT  COAT, HAS BEEN WITH THE DIAMONDS FOR 45 YEARS.   THE DIAMONDS STARTED IN THE 50'S.   THE TWO
YOUNG SINGERS ABOVE (IN THE MIDDLE) ARE PLANNING TO KEEP THE DIAMONDS
ACTIVE FOR ANOTHER 25 OR MORE YEARS.  

HOPING TO GO TO THIS EVENT SUNDAY.    THE IOWA POLKA CLUB PRESIDENT
TIM WESTEMEYER AND  HIS WIFE WERE IN TEN DAYS AGO AND SAID IT WILL BE
A GOOD EVENT FOR ALZHEIMER'S AND A LOT OF FUN.    I TOLD HIM I WOULD
TRY AND MAKE IT.     NOPE...I DON'T DANCE, BUT ENJOY LISTENING TO POLKAS
AND A WALTZ OR TWO.    KMAQ HAS HAD THE POLKA PARTY FROM 11:30 TO 12 
EVERY  DAY SINCE GOING ON THE AIR IN 1958.    AND POLKA MUSIC HAS BECOME
MUCH MORE POPULAR OVER THE YEARS WITH MANY MANY MORE POLKA BANDS THAN IN 1958.       ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR, FROM MT. VERNON, "BAREFOOT BECKY" AND HER BAND.

TWO BIG HAPPENINGS COMING THIS COMING THURSDAY...
62 DEGREE DAY (FIRST 60+ SINCE LAST
FALL)...
AND THE START OF THE MAJOR LEAGUE
BASEBALL SEASON.    KMAQ WILL HAVE
THE AFTERNOON GAME BETWEEN THE CARDINALS AND THE BREWERS, FROM MILWAUKEE.

DENNIS VOY