In 1993, and again in 2003, the American Bus Association honored the Glenn Miller Festival by selecting it as one of the Top 100 Festivals in North America. The Glenn Miller Festival is sponsored by the international Glenn Miller Birthplace Society, head- quartered in Clarinda, Iowa. Glenn Miller is probably the best-known bandleader of the Big Band era. His music continues to be popular all around the world, 
even though ithas been over 50 years since his disappear- ance. Glenn Miller was born in Clarinda on March 1, 1904, and he disappeared while