2011-2012 Bill 712: West Florence High School Knights Band - South Carolina Legislature Online

1 South Carolina General Assembly 2 119th Session, 2011-2012 3 4 S. 712 5 6 STATUS INFORMATION 7 8 Senate Resolution 9 Sponsors: Senator Leatherman 10 Document Path: l:\s-res\hkl\005knig.mrh.hkl.docx 11 12 Introduced in the Senate on March 22, 2011 13 Adopted by the Senate on March 22, 2011 14 15 Summary: West Florence High School Knights Band 16 17 18 HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 19 20 Date Body Action Description with journal page number 21 3/22/2011 Senate Introduced and adopted ( Senate Journalpage 9) 22 23 24 VERSIONS OF THIS BILL 25 26 3/22/2011 27 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A SENATE RESOLUTION 10 11 TO HONOR AND CONGRATULATE THE WEST FLORENCE 12 HIGH SCHOOL KNIGHTS BAND UPON ITS INVITATION TO 13 PARTICIPATE IN THE NEW YEAR’S DAY PARADE IN 14 LONDON IN 2012. 15 16 Whereas, the members of the Senate are pleased to learn that the 17 West Florence High School Knights Band has been invited to 18 participate in the City of London’s annual New Year’s Day Parade 19 in 2012; and 20 21 Whereas, an invitation is required for bands outside of London to 22 participate in the event, one of the biggest of its kind in the world 23 featuring 10,000 performers and a streetside audience of half a 24 million people; and 25 26 Whereas, West Florence Band Director Steve Rummage forwarded 27 a video of the band to the Lord Mayor and parade officials in 28 London and soon after received an official invitation to perform; 29 and 30 31 Whereas, marching bands are rarely seen in England and many of 32 the marching bands from last year were from rural communities in 33 North Carolina, Virginia, and Michigan; and 34 35 Whereas, after Mr. Rummage received an invitation to bring the 36 Knights to London, the school and students received a visit from 37 the Lord Mayor of London and parade officials to formally invite 38 the band to participate in the city’s annual New Year’s Day 39 Parade; and 40 41 Whereas, the students’ fundraising efforts to attend the event have 42 included yard work, selling candy, babysitting, and saving pennies

[712] 2 1 to make a trip many of them would only be able to make once in a 2 lifetime; and 3 4 Whereas, the band is composed of 83 members and has received 5 numerous Superior and Excellent Ratings in Marching Band, 6 Concert Band, and Jazz Band; and 7 8 Whereas, Steve Rummage and Alonzo Davis are Directors, 9 Chelsea Hunter is Drum Major, Andrew Meixsell is Band 10 President, and Will Lane is Band Vice President; and 11 12 Whereas, it is fitting and proper for the members of the Senate to 13 pause in their deliberations to publicly recognize and commend the 14 West Florence High School Knights Band for this truly deserved 15 accomplishment. Now, therefore 16 17 Be it resolved by the Senate: 18 19 That the members of the Senate, by this resolution, honor and 20 congratulate the West Florence High School Knights Band upon 21 its invitation to participate in the New Year’s Day Parade in 22 London in 2012. 23 24 Be it further resolved that the members of the Senate encourage 25 the citizens of Florence to donate to these fine students’ 26 fundraising efforts. 27 28 Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to 29 the West Florence High School Knights Band. 30 XX 31

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