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Central Iowa<br />
Blues Society<br />
The Central Iowa<br />
Blues Society was<br />
founded in October<br />
1992 and has been<br />
affiliated with The<br />
Blues Foundation<br />
since 1993. During<br />
the course of its existence,<br />
the society<br />
has weathered many<br />
storms, including crises of finances, membership,<br />
and leadership, and had watched<br />
countless partnerships, programs, venues,<br />
blues acts, and members come and go,<br />
but, standing the test of time, the CIBS<br />
has remained committed to the same purposes<br />
and goals for which it was formed.<br />
Its programs include the Winter Blues Fest,<br />
which began in 1994 and brings national<br />
and local musicians together at various indoor<br />
venues during the winter months, and<br />
the Iowa Blues Hall of Fame, which since<br />
1999 has inducted 59 deserving blues<br />
artists and industry supporters with Iowa<br />
ties. The Iowa Blues Challenge began in<br />
1994, and has been produced in cooperation<br />
with other Iowa blues societies since<br />
1997. It was such a successful model that<br />
in 1999 The Blues Foundation adopted<br />
much of Iowa’s challenge format for the<br />
International Blues Challenge. The CIBS<br />
is very proud of the many partnerships it<br />
has formed throughout the years with area<br />
charitable and community groups to help<br />
support worthy causes while spreading the<br />
news about the blues. H<br />
Though he’s a worldclass<br />
photographer<br />
and writer, Fred<br />
Delforge is best<br />
known for developing<br />
his website, zicazic.<br />
com, 15 years ago as<br />
a portal to promote<br />
all forms of blues and<br />
other musical styles<br />
Fred Delforge<br />
KEEPING THE BLUES ALIVE 77
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