he Jack Jenney Music Festival, held in June at the bandshell in Eagle Point Park, celebrates a musical prodigy of Dubuque Community Schools, Jack Jenney. The musical roots of this icon from America's Swing Era (1930s and '40s) go very deep and have significant meaning to Iowans in particular. Jack's dad, John, was the band director at Loras College while Jack attended elementary and high school in Dubuque. John Jenney was close friends with Meredith Wilson, the author of the great American musical "The Music Man." John was the real life music teacher upon whom the musical was based (Harold Hill... John Jenney). In any event, Jack became one of the most popular and most sought after trombone players of his era. He played with the greats of radio, film and popular recordings such as Bing Crosby.

This was the second year for the Jack Jenney Music Festival which helps raise funds for the Dubuque Symphony Orchestra and Dubuque Community Schools music programs.

Director of Visual and Performing Arts Curriculum for the District, John Woodin, had his video camera with him at this year's event, and captured the flavor in a five minute clip we think you'll enjoy. Turn up the volume on your speakers, and reserve the middle weekend in June on your calendar for next year's event.

Instructions For Those Outside of Our School Network (The General Public)

We are now providing a choice of RealPlayer applications for you to download and install on your computer to enable you to view the video and audio files. One is RealPlayer8 and the other is RealOne Player, which is an excellent player with many new features. It's easy to install, so just follow the on-screen steps. You will be required to register with Real.com, but these are free software applications (there are versions you can pay for if you choose, but they are not necessary for basic viewing and listening).

Which Player is Best for Me?

Of the two types of free players available, RealPlayer 8 is the traditional player that is free and will work beautifully to access Web based multimedia files from our site. There is also a new player available, which is also free, called RealONE. Either player will probably work for your operating system. If your system is older (Windows 95, NT), however, you may want to use the RealPlayer 8 software. If you are running a newer, faster system like Windows 98, ME, XP, or 2000, go for the RealOne player.

Macintosh Owners:

You can get a RealPlayer for Macintosh, Visit Real.com to download their free player options. Remember, look for the FREE players. They are sometimes difficult to find on their Web site.

Oh, and one more thing... sometimes when you click on a sound or video file in our Web site with the RealPlayer installed, you get a little commercial window that pops up on your desktop. It's annoying, but a small price to pay for the privilege of having the free RealPlayer on your system. Just click it off, and it will disappear.
Instructions For Machines on our School Network (Teachers and Staff)
We are recommending (and IT is supporting) RealPlayer8. This is for ALL computers on our network (in all school and administration buildings throughout the District). This includes all Windows 2000 machines. Click here to get the free player from our network server. If you do not have administrative priveleges, please call your building media specialist to help you.

 

Logo by Gary Olsen, DCSD, Video clip and images below from John Woodin, DCSD Visual and Performing Arts Curriculum Director

 

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