[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 52 (Tuesday, May 2, 2000)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E598]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




       A TRIBUTE TO THE CHARLES CITY HIGH SCHOOL MUSIC DEPARTMENT

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                            HON. JIM NUSSLE

                                of iowa

                    in the house of representatives

                          Tuesday, May 2, 2000

  Mr. NUSSLE. Mr. Speaker, today I pay tribute to the Charles City High 
School Music Department for its selection as a GRAMMY Signature School 
for the second time in as many years.
  I would like to congratulate the students of the Charles City High 
School band, choir and orchestra. They are one of only 100 schools to 
be recognized in the country this year, and one of the three from Iowa. 
With this achievement, they have demonstrated that they have the 
ability and the desire to be assets and role models in their community 
and the great state of Iowa.
  This award is given to schools that are dedicated to advancing music 
and arts-based education by the GRAMMY Foundation, a non-profit arm of 
the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS). The 
recipients of this award are determined on the basis of a scoring 
system applied by an advisory committee made up of members of the 
musical industry.
  I also congratulate the directors of the three music departments at 
the school; the Director of Bands, Jim Jurgensen, the Director of Vocal 
Music, Larry Michehl, and the Director of Orchestras, Nancy Western as 
well as Principal Jon Nordaas and the entire faculty at Charles City 
High School. Without their guidance and support, and that of the entire 
community, this prestigious recognition would not have been possible.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in paying tribute to and 
congratulating the Charles City High School Music Department for the 
outstanding achievement of receiving the NARAS GRAMMY Signature School 
Award.

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