(Ann Estvold – North Dakota Newspaper Cooperative) – 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.
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