[Dixielandjazz] Cedar Basin Jazz Festival

[Robert Ringwald]

 Cedar Falls, Iowa - For Immediate Release

With Island Park, Tourist Park, Sturgis Park and Gateway Park being totally 
engulfed
and severely damaged by raging flood waters these past weeks, these parks 
will not
be safe for the public to re-enter them for many weeks if not months.

Even more devastating was the property damage incurred by families and 
businesses
north of the Cedar River.
Hundreds of Cedar Falls residents have lost all of their personal 
possessions as
well as their homes.

Many have been forced to relocate in local motels and shelters with the help 
of FEMA,
the Red Cross and other agencies.

City services are working seven days a week to remove debris and restore 
order to
the entire north side of the Cedar River. Many streets still remain 
impassable due
to road damage and high water.

The main focus of all City resources is to aid and assist in the recovery of 
this
part of our community.
Public safety is the number one goal.

Cedar Falls also is providing space in motels and other temporary housing 
for the
tornado and flood victims of Parkersburg and New Hartford.
Many emergency service centers have been set up at the University of 
Northern Iowa
and other Cedar Falls locations also requiring City and University services.

With the severe damage to numerous buildings at the University of Iowa, 
additional
services may be required from UNI.

In cooperation with the City and University, the Sturgis Falls Celebration 
and the
Cedar Basin Jazz Festival are being scaled down to allow City and University 
service
personnel to concentrate their services on the devastated families affected 
by the
2008 floods and tornados.

The following activities requiring minimal City & University services are 
going forward
and will remain unchanged unless otherwise noted:

1)     All Overman Park Bandshell activities

2)     All Kidsway activities

3)     28th Annual Parade

4)     14th Annual Children's parade

5)     33rd Annual Street Fair

6)    2nd
 Annual Classic Car Show is being moved to the west Dome parking lot

7)     13th Annual Beach Party at the Falls Aquatic Center

8)     Skyhoundz Local Championship (canine Frisbee)

9)     28th
 Annual Half Marathon (route varied), 5K Family Fun Walk/Run & Kids Fun Run

10)  24th Annual "Tour De Sturgis Falls Ride"

11)  31st Annual Lion's Club Pancake Breakfast

12)  Hearst Center for the Arts

13)  Victorian Home and Carriage House Museum

14)  George Wyth House and Viking Pump Museum

15)  Ladies' Golf Tournament at Beaver Hills

16)  The Saints Dixieland Jazz Band from Cedar Falls and the New Red Onion 
Jazz Babies
from Kansas City will be performing at Bourbon Street in downtown Cedar 
Falls and
at the Cedar Falls Holiday Inn

17)  Carnival if a location can be found

NOTE:
The Saints Dixieland Jazz Band & the New Red Onion Jazz Babies are being 
added to
the Overman Bandshell Stage Friday & Saturday with times to be determined.

The following events are cancelled:

1)   Firefighter's Dance

2)   50's 60's Dance

3)   Tourist Park Entertainment

Enjoy an alcohol free & family friendly Sturgis Falls! There will be no 
alcohol or
coolers allowed at any of the events.

Visit The Sturgis Falls Celebration and Cedar Basin Jazz Festival websites 
for more
updated schedule information:
www.sturgisfalls.org

or E-mail Jay Stoddard @
jstodd2000 at aol.com
  (319) 233-8431
www.cedarbasinjazz.org

 or E-mail Bob Seymour @
bob.seymour at cedarfalls.com
  (319) 268-5169

Our hearts and prayers go out to all of the flood and tornado victims!

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President
Dyton Inc.
103 E. Bremer Ave.
Waverly, IA  50677
319.277.8418
www.dytoncreative.com