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| According to Dave's
RAGBRAI Page (now a Facebook Group), the high point of the day
was the concert of The Cherokee Symphony in Storm Lake directed
by Lee Thorson. Additionally, everybody had a T-Shirt with their
position in the ensemble, including the maestro. Some of Dave's
RAGBRAI crew joined the orchestra and Crewmember Tara took the pictures
on these pages and on Dave's
RAGBRAI Page (now a Facebook Group) for you to enjoy. We thank
Dave for making them available. |
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| The cello section was enhanced by the addition of Dave's
RAGBRAI members Bruce and Aaron (photos on the left). |
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Dave played the trombone (photo upper
right) and there were many additions from riders.
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| The featured solist was Chuck Offenberger, formerly a writer
for the DesMoines Register and host of the RAGBRAI.
After tuning his "A", he gave a virtuoso performance on the typewiter.
You will find video clips on Dave's RAGBRAI Page for Sunday,
July 22, 2001. |
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| The First Big Hill |
Deck our Butts with Talcum
Powder |
God rest ye merry Rag-brai-ers
Let no-thing you dis-may!
Re-mem-ber that your gran-ny gear
Is there to save the day
To keep your knees from stress and strain
Your legs from crap-ping out,
Oh - ri-ding in com-fort and joy
com-fort and joy
oh - ri-ding in com-fort and joy
(tune: God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen)
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Deck our butts with tal-cum pow-der
Ouchie ouchie ow, ee ouchie ow
Ev-ery day we'll scream much lou-der
Ouchie ouchie ow, ee ouchie ow
Don we now our bike ap-parel
Ouchie ow, Ouchre ow, ow, ow ow
Troll the an-cient Rag-brai Ca-rol
Ouchie ouchie ow, ee ouchie ow
(tune: Deck the Halls)
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| God Rest Ye Merry
RAGBRAI-ers |
O Come all Ye Tail-Winds |
The First Big Hill,
All the wat-chers did say,
Was a blow to the ri-ders
In fields where they lay,
In fields where they
Lay gasp-ing for breath
On a steep wind-ing hill
That was so like death.
Oh hill, Oh hill,
Oh hill, Oh hill,
Gone is the Po-wer and gone is the Will.
(tune: The First Noel)
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O Come all Ye Tail-Winds,
Joy-ful and tri-um-phant,
Oh come ye, oh come ye to RAGBRAI
Come make us qui-ver,
Push us to the ri-ver,
Oh come and blow be-hind us,
Oh come and blow be-hind us,
Oh come and blow be-hind us,
to Mus-catine.
(tune: O come all Ye Faithful) |
| The Cherokee Symphony also performed
at RAGBRAI
XXVI and RAGBRAI
XXX when the event passed through Cherokee, IA. The performance
on July 21, 2002 featured an original composition for RAGBRAI (Music
for a Great Ride) by Jim Theobald. |
For more information about RAGBRAI, check out the Official
RAGBRAI Site, or, for information about past RAGBRAIs (and RAGBRAI
XXX), check out Dave's
RAGBRAI Page on Facebook. If you would like to play with the
The Cherokee Symphony during the regular season or be placed
on a notification list for the next time they play for RAGBRAI,
contact Lee Thorson, conductor.
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