Listen here: Chuck Suchy song proposed as official North Dakota waltz
A North Dakota House committee unanimously endorsed a bill to name a song called “Dancing Dakota” as the official state waltz.
Composer and Mandan folk musician Chuck Suchy performed the song for a legislative committee last week.
House Bill 1397 designates “Dancing Dakota” as the state waltz and establishes the position of official state troubadour.
A separate measure, House Concurrent Resolution 3008, would designate Suchy as the first state troubadour for the next five years. The resolution will have its first hearing at 11:30 a.m. Thursday before the House Political Subdivisions Committee.
Troubadour, a French medieval term for a lyric poet, today is used to describe a person who writes and performs songs.
HB 1397
A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new section to chapter 54-02 and a new section to chapter 54-54 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the designation of the state waltz and state troubadour; and to provide for application.
House Sponsors: Porter (R, District 34), Holle (R, District 31), Martinson (R, District 35), Rohr (R, District 31), Toman (R, District 34),
Senate Sponsors: Schaible (R, District 31),
HCR 3008
A concurrent resolution that Chuck Suchy be designated as the first state troubadour of North Dakota for a term of five years until a successor is selected pursuant to law.
House Sponsors: Porter (R, District 34), Holle (R, District 31), Martinson (R, District 35), Toman (R, District 34),
Senate Sponsors: Gerhardt (R, District 34), Schaible (R, District 31),
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