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Valley City State University.
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James D. Ployhar
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Career
He was responsible for many pieces of music well known to American student band performers, including "Cool Blues for Trumpets", "March of the Irish Guard", "Crazy Clock" and "Korean Folk Song Medley". Mr. Ployhar was considered to be one of the most prolific writers in the field of music education. He taught nineteen years in the public schools and was enthusiastically welcomed throughout the United States and Canada as a clinician and a conductor.
He was the author of the CONTEMPORARY BAND COURSE, Belwin-Mills Publishing Corporation of New York, composer of THE FLICKERTAIL, official North Dakota march and recipient of the citation of excellence by the executive committee of the National Band Association.
On May 20, 1977 Mr. Ployhar was given the Distinguished Alumnus Award at Valley City State University. In 1994, Ployhar was one of the co-producers of the Disney film Iron Will.
Jim Ployhar died Tuesday, January 2, 2007 in Fargo, North Dakota.
Membership
Mr. Ployhar was past-president of the VCSC Alumni Association (1975-1976) and is a member of the V-500 Foundation.
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January 2, 2007 (aged 80)