<VV> Buddy Holly <was> OK Iowa Goers--You'll Be Safe!

[Thesuperscribe at cs.com]

Tim,

Do you think the details in the pre-flight scene in the Richie Valens movie 
(or was it the Buddy Holly Story?) are accurate? 

--Tom Berg

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In a message dated 6/7/2005 11:27:36 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
minoxphotographer at yahoo.com writes:


> 
> 
> Buddy Holly, J. P. "Big Bopper" Richardson, Ritchie Valens, and 21 year
> old pilot Roger Peterson died just a couple miles from the Mason City
> Iowa airport, which is physically closer to Clear Lake, than Mason
> city.  They played their last show in Clear Lake.  My Son and I are
> HUGE fans of this music and the Surf Ballroom (where they did the last
> show).  We have attended the annual tribute weekend in Clear Lake for
> many years.  We are fanatics. Anything you need to know, just ask.
> We've studied extensively the careers of the performers, interviewed
> many of those who saw them at that last show, and studied the plane
> crash. Yes. We're more than just Corvair nuts.
> 
> And if you're heading to Cedar Rapids with time to kill, might want to
> stop by Clear Lake, North of Cedar Rapids on I-35, and see the Surf.
> It's really quite the place.  Still in full operation.
> 
> Tim in Bovey
>