1 South Carolina General Assembly 2 120th Session, 2013-2014 3 4 S. 978 5 6 STATUS INFORMATION 7 8 Senate Resolution 9 Sponsors: Senator Nicholson 10 Document Path: l:\s-res\fn\009nine.mrh.fn.docx 11 12 Introduced in the Senate on February 4, 2014 13 Adopted by the Senate on February 4, 2014 14 15 Summary: Ninety Six High School Wildcat Marching Band 16 17 18 HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 19 20 Date Body Action Description with journal page number 21 2/4/2014 Senate Introduced and adopted ( Senate Journalpage 6) 22 23 24 VERSIONS OF THIS BILL 25 26 2/4/2014 27 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A SENATE RESOLUTION 10 11 TO RECOGNIZE AND CONGRATULATE THE NINETY SIX 12 HIGH SCHOOL WILDCAT MARCHING BAND ON AN 13 OUTSTANDING YEAR AND FOR CAPTURING THE SOUTH 14 CAROLINA BAND DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION CLASS A 15 STATE MARCHING BAND CHAMPIONSHIP FOR 2013. 16 17 Whereas, under the direction of band director David Vickery and 18 assistant director Joey Bagwell, the Ninety Six High School 19 Wildcat Marching Band captured the South Carolina Band 20 Directors Association Class A State Marching Band Championship 21 on October 26, 2013 at BatesburgLeesville High School; and 22 23 Whereas, the Wildcat Marching Band performed a show entitled 24 “Construction Zone” to win the title; and 25 26 Whereas, the band received a superior rating with a score of 88.8 27 and won all three caption awards including High Music, High 28 Visual, and High Overall Effect as well as the first place gold 29 medal; and 30 31 Whereas, the sixtynine member Wildcat Marching Band is 32 celebrating eight years of finishing in the top three at the state 33 championships; and 34 35 Whereas, the Wildcat Marching Band has received numerous other 36 awards, including Best Horn Line and second place for Class AAA 37 at the Lorraine Paris Invitational; Best Percussion, Best Horn Line, 38 Fan Favorite Award, Orange Division Grand Champions, and first 39 place for Class AA at the Mustang Classic Invitational; Best 40 Percussion, Best Horn Line, Best Guard, and first place for Class 41 AA at the Henry Laurens Invitational; Best Percussion, Best Horn 42 Line, Best Guard, Best Drum Major, Best Pit Crew, Red Division

[978] 2 1 Grand Champions, and first place for Class AAA at the Clinton 2 Invitational; and first place at Upper State for Class A; and 3 4 Whereas, the Wildcat Marching Band is especially grateful for 5 their faithful supporters, including the marching band staff, 6 parents, school administration, and officials of the Greenwood 7 County School District 52 who have supported the band. Now, 8 therefore, 9 10 Be it resolved by the Senate: 11 12 That the members of the Senate, by this resolution, recognize and 13 congratulate the Ninety Six High School Marching Band on an 14 outstanding year and for capturing the South Carolina Band 15 Directors Association Class A State Marching Band Championship 16 for 2013. 17 18 Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to 19 Superintendant Dr. Mark Peterson, Principal Rex Ward, and 20 Director of Bands David Vickery. 21 XX 22

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