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THIS IS A PARTY. THIS IS IOWA. (Scott Carpenter / Facebook) <14:17:09 IT'S BEEN 65 YEARS SINCE THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED WHEN MUSIC GIANTS BUDDY HOLLY, RITCHIE VALENS AND THE BIG BOPPER DIED IN A PLANE CRASH JUST NORTH OF CLEAR LAKE - BUT EVERY YEAR - ON THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED - IT COMES ALIVE ONCE AGAIN 14:17:24> (Cover this bite with Outside crash sight / memorial) (News voice from tribute video) <21:22:32 THREE OF THE NATION'S TOP ROCK AND ROLL SINGING STARS RITCHIE VALENS, JP THE BIG BOPPER RICHARDSON AND BUDDY HOLLY DIED TODAY IN A CRASH WITH THEIR PILOT ON A CHARTERED PLANE 21:22:40> Every day - people park along 315th Street - north of Clear Lake. Where a rural field - brings so many emotions. (Robert Beck / Missouri) <13:38:10 PAY YOUR RESPECTS TO THE LIVES THAT WERE LOST SO YOUNG 13:38:13> <13:45:23 ALRIGHTY BUDDY 13:45:24> Today -- February 3rd -- marks a somber day in music history. (Jay Knox / Urbandale) <13:49:03 IT JUST SEEMED LIKE IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE TODAY SO WE'RE VENTURING OUT TO THE SITE 13:49:08> Jay Knox from Urbandale is making the quarter mile trek - on ice - to see the memorial. (Jay Knox / Urbandale) <13:52:10 TAKING A LITTLE TREK OUT INTO THE CORNFIELD 13:52:12> In 19-59 Three of the world's most promising Rock and Roll artists - performed at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake - as part of their Winter Dance Party Tour- Their one of a kind sound - was taking the Midwest - and the country by storm. (Jay Knox / Urbandale) <13:49:37 WHAT THOSE THREE GENTLEMAN MAY HAVE GIVEN THE WORLD IF THEY WOULD'VE HAD A LONGER LIFE 13:49:43> After the show, Buddy, JP and Ritchie chartered a plane to their next stop. But shortly after taking off from Mason City in the early morning hours of February 3rd - the plane crashed - right here. The three young stars and the pilot died. (Jay Knox / Urbandale) <13:58:53 65 YEARS AGO TONIGHT -- (LONG PAUSE) THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED 13:59:03> JP was 28. Buddy was 22. Pilot Roger Peterson was 21. and Ritchie Valens was 17. (Connie Valens / Ritchie Valen's Sister) <15:16:08 DO YOU REMEMBER THAT DAY? OH IT WAS DEVASTATING 15:16:13> Ritchie's sister - Connie - remembers the moment her family got the news. (Connie Valens / Ritchie Valen's Sister) <15:16:28 WE NEVER FELT SO ALONE. MY MOM WAS BROKEN AND THAT BROKE US TO SEE HER LIKE THAT 15:16:35> That day - Connie lost more than a big brother. (Connie Valens / Ritchie Valen's Sister) <15:19:52 I WAS EIGHT - HE WAS ALMOST A FATHER FIGURE TO ME SO WHEN I LOST HIM I JUST DIDN'T LOSE A BROTHER - I LOST MY DAD CAUSE HE USED TO TAKE CARE OF US 15:20:04> But the day that was once filled with so much sadness -- . (Connie Valens / Ritchie Valen's Sister) <15:16:38 WE COME HERE AND IT'S ALIVE THE MEMORIES ARE ALIVE 15:16:43> Has become a celebration. (Connie Valens / Ritchie Valen's Sister) <15:13:42 EVERYBODY'S STILL EXCITED ABOUT IT - THAT'S WHY THEY COME - THEY COME TO CELEBRATE. THE MUSIC DIDN'T DIE HONEY - IT'S LIVING ON 15:13:50> (DJ) <16:28:59 ROCK AND ROLL IS ALIVE AND WELL AND WE'RE HERE 12:29:04> If you take a look around Clear Lake, Iowa on the day the music died. You'd never know 65 years has passed. (16:23:20 POODLE SKIRT AND WING TIP SHOE SHOT) People flood the town wearing Poodle skirts, wing tip shoes and classic hats to clap along to the classics, <16:24:03 GUY POUNDING HIS HAND ON THE TABLE 16:24:06> To sing at the top their lungs, <17:01:20 THEM GOOD OLE BOYS WERE DRINKING WHISKEY AND RYE - SIGNING THIS WILL BE THE DAY THAT I DIE 17:01:28> To hear that one song they've been dying to hear, <16:22:43 RAVE ON PLAYS - LADY STARTS DRINKING 16:42:47> And to dance- Like Nolta and Marilyn from Wisconsin. <16:21:33 NOLTA SINGNG 16:21:38> Or Jack from Hampton. (Jack Dancing) <16:27:29 YAAAAAA 16:27:32> But this is just the party before the party- (Patricia Brandt and Richard Steen) <18:58:00 WE LOOK FORWARD TO IT ALL YEAR DON'T WE - YA - I'M A CHEERLEADER TONIGHT - WE THOUGHT WELL ENOUGH POODLE SKIRTS 18:58:08> Every year people pack the same Surf Ballroom where Buddy, Ritchie and JP played their final show. <POSSIBLE NAT OF PEOPLE CHECKING IN> And they come from all over - the world. (Joan Marshall / UK) <2:26:03 THE UK 2:04> Joan Marshall made the trip across the pond for this. (Joan Marshall / UK) <20:26:44 SO I THOUGHT - RIGHT I'M GONNA COME. IT'S ON ME BUCKET LIST I'M COMING 20:26:49> (Hugo and Donna Concha / Florida) <19:43:47WE'RE HERE FROM FLORIDA - SOMETHING BEACH FLORIDA 19:43:49> Hugo and Donna Concha drove 24 hours for more than just the music. (Hugo and Donna Concha / Florida) <19:44:15 THE PEOPLE HERE IN IOWA OH MY GOD THEY ARE SO NICE - YEAH - I THINK THEY'RE UNBEATABLE 19:44:21> And it's not just a room full of people who were actually here in 1959. (Sherri Portz / Cass County) <19:32:10 THEY SAID IT WOULD NEVER LAST - HERE WE ARE (LAUGHS) 19:32:15> It's also teenagers who wish they were. (Kaya Robison / Ames) <19:56:20 I'VE ALWAYS FELT I BELONG IN THAT TIME MORE THAN THIS ONE 19:56:24> Looking to cut a rug. (Kaya Robison / Ames) <19:56:49 I MISSED THE TIME WHEN AT SCHOOL DANCES PEOPLE ACTUALLY DANCED 19:56:52> <21:31:24 CONNIE DANCING AND LAUGHING - 21:31: 26 (ROBBIE - FEEL FREE TO CHOSE YOUR OWN NAT SEVERAL POSSIBLE)> (Connie Valens / Ritchie Valen's Sister) <15:11:19 AS LONG AS WE SPEAK THEIR NAMES AND LISTEN TO THEIR MUSIC WE'LL NEVER FORGET THEM 15:11:24> People come to Clear Lake, Iowa - in February- To pay their respect to legends (Buddy Holly glasses video) To sing and dance with friends old and new-- While reminiscing about the good old days. <DANCING / SIGNING NAT> It's not easy for something to transcend generations. For a sound to unite everybody in the room. For tragedy to turn into celebration-- (Cover this video with pics of Ritchie, buddy and JP - surf in the background) (Overhead Tribute video) <22:22:13 THIS IS RITCHIE VALENS I'LL BE ON THE WINTER DANCE PARTY COMING YOUR WAY VERY SHORTLY. I'LL BE HAVING A BALL SINGING FOR YOU AND I