1 South Carolina General Assembly 2 117th Session, 2007-2008 3 4 H. 3654 5 6 STATUS INFORMATION 7 8 House Resolution 9 Sponsors: Reps. Limehouse, Agnew, Alexander, Allen, Anderson, Anthony, Bales, Ballentine, Bannister, 10 Barfield, Battle, Bedingfield, Bingham, Bowen, Bowers, Brady, Branham, Brantley, Breeland, G. Brown, 11 R. Brown, Cato, Ceips, Chalk, Chellis, Clemmons, Clyburn, Cobb-Hunter, Coleman, Cooper, Cotty, 12 Crawford, Dantzler, Davenport, Delleney, Duncan, Edge, Frye, Funderburk, Gambrell, Govan, Gullick, 13 Hagood, Haley, Hamilton, Hardwick, Harrell, Harrison, Hart, Harvin, Haskins, Hayes, Herbkersman, 14 Hinson, Hiott, Hodges, Hosey, Howard, Huggins, Jefferson, Jennings, Kelly, Kennedy, Kirsh, Knight, 15 Leach, Littlejohn, Loftis, Lowe, Lucas, Mack, Mahaffey, McLeod, Merrill, Miller, Mitchell, 16 Moody-Lawrence, Moss, Mulvaney, J.H. Neal, J.M. Neal, Neilson, Ott, Owens, Parks, Perry, Phillips, 17 Pinson, E.H. Pitts, M.A. Pitts, Rice, Rutherford, Sandifer, Scarborough, Scott, Sellers, Shoopman, Simrill, 18 Skelton, D.C. Smith, F.N. Smith, G.M. Smith, G.R. Smith, J.E. Smith, J.R. Smith, W.D. Smith, Spires, 19 Stavrinakis, Stewart, Talley, Taylor, Thompson, Toole, Umphlett, Vick, Viers, Walker, Weeks, Whipper, 20 White, Whitmire, Williams, Witherspoon and Young 21 Document Path: l:\council\bills\rm\1111htc07.doc 22 23 Introduced in the House on March 7, 2007 24 Adopted by the House on March 7, 2007 25 26 Summary: Finbar Wright 27 28 29 HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 30 31 Date Body Action Description with journal page number 32 3/7/2007 House Introduced and adopted HJ-5 33 34 35 VERSIONS OF THIS BILL 36 37 3/7/2007 38 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A HOUSE RESOLUTION 10 11 TO EXTEND A WARM WELCOME TO FINBAR WRIGHT OF 12 THE IRISH TENORS AND TO WISH HIM WELL DURING HIS 13 VISIT TO THE PALMETTO STATE AS HE PERFORMS IN 14 CONCERT WITH THE IRISH TENORS, MUSICIANS 15 EXTRAORDINAIRE, ON MARCH 13, 2007, AT 16 CHARLESTON’S GAILLARD MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM. 17 18 Whereas, Finbar Wright of The Irish Tenors, those distinguished 19 interpreters of the great Irish musical tradition, will be performing 20 with The Irish Tenors on March 13 at Charleston’s Gaillard 21 Municipal Auditorium, to the delight of the people of that city and 22 of South Carolina at large; and 23 24 Whereas, winner of all major awards of the Irish music industry, 25 including “Best Artist of the Year,” Finbar Wright is a worthy 26 member of such an illustrious performing trio as The Irish Tenors; 27 and 28 29 Whereas, Finbar Wright and his fellow musicians, tenors Anthony 30 Kearns and Karl Scully, have compiled one of the most remarkable 31 success stories in Irish musical history, singing to enthusiastic 32 audience reception on television, radio, and every legendary stage 33 in the world and recording for their many admirers a wealth of 34 chart-topping unforgettable music; and 35 36 Whereas, being now firmly established in the hearts of Americans, 37 whether of Irish or other descent, Finbar Wright of The Irish 38 Tenors and his colleagues, Anthony Kearns and Karl Scully, are 39 most welcome visitors to the State of South Carolina. Now, 40 therefore, 41 42 Be it resolved by the House of Representatives:

1 [3654] 1 1 2 That the members of the House of Representatives of the State of 3 South Carolina, by this resolution, extend a warm welcome to 4 Finbar Wright of The Irish Tenors and wish him well during his 5 visit to the Palmetto State as he performs in concert with The Irish 6 Tenors, musicians extraordinaire, on March 13, 2007, at 7 Charleston’s Gaillard Municipal Auditorium. 8 9 Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to 10 Finbar Wright. 11 ----XX---- 12

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