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ROCORI Marching Band Summer Camp

In this clip we interview Tony Hutar, the ROCORI Marching Band director. Tony conducted his second Marching Band Summer Camp and has just completed his first year in the ROCORI district.  We sprinkle in some footage that we captured of the practice for the marching band and also the color guard. Mr. Hutar has some aggressive plans for the ROCORI Band program in the near future.

St. Boniface Parade ... HIGHLIGHTS

This is a short look at the St. Boniface Parade that recently took place through the streets of Cold Spring. The parade winds through the streets and along the way DIGELOG stops and talks to some of the viewers some floats and of course Duane does his best to get everyone to do the DIGELOG wave.

Meet Bud and Mary Ann Molin

In this story we'll meet Bud & Mary Ann Molin, long time St. Cloud residents.  Bud talks about his time in the military during World War II and being a part of the troops that hit the beaches of Normandy on D Day.  Mary Ann shares the long period of silence Bud had to go through before he could finally begin talking about what happened during the war.

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Bluegrass Interview

We take an in-depth look at the Bluegrass Festival. Its the secod installment of the Festival. This time our main focus is on some of the participants in the festival and some very vun and informative interviews with some great Bluegrass music in the background.
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MN Bluegrass & Old Time Music Festival

It was a rain-soaked Bluegrass Music Festival this year at El Rancho Manana. We once again take a look at a few of the highlighted performers ranging from a four man group to a man who performs by himself. We also take a look at the different shops and stands that were there. Enjoy one of the best Bluegrass Festivals in the area.

This story was also featured on our affiliate site at Minnesota Stories.
Minnesota Stories

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This story was sponsored by Stoney's Bar in Rockville.
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ROCORI Summer Recap - Supt. Scott Staska

The guest speaker at the August Cold Spring Area Chamber noon luncheon was Scott Staska, ROCORI School District Superintendent.  In this story we take a look at the upgrades that have taken place within the last three months. The new district office, the newly refurbished tennis courts, and the newly tarred area at the Cold Spring Elementary School are a few things we focused on in today's piece.
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Marcellus J. Lahr (Obituary)

Marcellus J. Lahr

Age 88

Cold Spring

May 20, 1918 – August 20, 2006

Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 a.m. Thursday, August 24, 2006 at St. Boniface Catholic Church in Cold Spring, MN for Marcellus J. Lahr, age 88, who died Sunday at the St. Cloud Hospital. Burial will be in the parish cemetery.

Relatives and friends may call after 4p.m. Wednesday and from 9-10 Thursday morning at the Wenner Funeral Home in Cold Spring. Parish prayers will be at 7:00 p.m.

Click To See Complete Memorial

OVER 18,000 UNIQUE VISITORS

Today, DigElogROCORI had its 18,000th visitor view this on-line video magazine since September 1st, 2005.  That's an average of 51 Unique Visitors each day for 352 consecutive days. Unique visitors are counted based on daily visits by unique individual computer IP addresses to www.DigElogROCORI.com.  If one visitor views 4 or 5 DigElogROCORI stories, they are still counted as one (1) unique visitor during that entire day.

Hometown Pride Fun in the Sun Vol. 2

Its our last installment of the Hometown Pride Festival for this year. 2006 was a great year for the festival. We had alot of footage as you have seen over the past few weeks. This clip is full of great music from Ray's Band, a dunk tank, and lots of fun in the glorious sun.
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