The 35th Annual Glenn Miller Festival - June 10th-13th, 2010 - Clarinda, Iowa U.S.A.
On the second weekend in June, visitors and entertainers from around the world will converge in Clarinda, Iowa to celebrate the music and memory of Alton Glenn Miller, American bandleader, composer and arranger who disappeared while directing the Glenn Miller AAF Band during World War II. Enjoy tours of Glenn Miller's birthplace home, stage shows, picnics, dances, and historical displays.
The 2010 Glenn Miller Festival schedule will be available on our Festival Information & Schedule page in January 2010. Ticket information will also be available at that time.
Click on 'Photo Gallery' above to see Museum progress.
The City of Clarinda, the Glenn Miller Birthplace Society and Mr. Hideomi Aoki, President of the Glenn Miller Birthplace Society – Japan Branch, have announced plans to build a Glenn Miller Birthplace Museum in Clarinda, Iowa. Click here for more information about the museum.
We are now accepting donations for the museum online through PayPal. Please click on the button below to make a tax-deductible donation to the Glenn Miller Birthplace Museum. This link will redirect you to PayPal's secure website where you can make your donation with most major credit cards. Thank you!
The Glenn Miller Birthplace Society is a 501(c)(3) organization,
gifts to which are deductible as charitable contributions for federal income tax purposes.
For more information please contact us:
Glenn Miller Birthplace Society
P.O. Box 61
Clarinda, Iowa 51632 U.S.A.
Phone/Fax: 712-542-2461
E-mail us at gmbs@heartland.net
34th Annual Glenn Miller Scholarship Competition
Clarinda’s Glenn Miller Birthplace Society is offering scholarships of $4,500, $2,000 & $1,000 to instrumentalists. The vocal scholarships will also be $4,500, $2,000 & $1,000. These scholarships, which are awarded without regard to any other award, may be used for any education-related expense.
For more information, click here to download scholarship application (pdf).
"On behalf of the Glenn Miller Birthplace Society, I would like to welcome you to our website. We hope you will enjoy learning about our society and about Glenn Miller, a pioneer in music during the Big Band era. After disappearing in 1944, his music and life have continued to be of interest to people around the world. We are definitely In The Mood for Glenn Miller and we hope you will be also."
Marvin Negley
GMBS President
