After an entire year away, North Iowa residents will soon be able to hear the familiar melody of Seventy Six Trombones  resounding along North Pennsylvania Avenue and East State Street in downtown Mason City.Â
Beginning Thursday and running through the following Monday, the 82nd North Iowa Band Festival will celebrate composer Meredith Willson, the Mason City native who created 1957 s The Music Man, and feature local musicians carrying on that legacy.Â
The festival, which has a Banding Together and Marching Forward theme this year, meant to encapsulate a year marked by the pandemic and pay tribute to essential workers, is in its sixth year downtown, and itâs expected to attract thousands of visitors throughout the extended Memorial Day weekend.Â
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