1 South Carolina General Assembly 2 121st Session, 2015-2016 3 4 H. 4010 5 6 STATUS INFORMATION 7 8 House Resolution 9 Sponsors: Reps. Alexander, Allison, Anderson, Anthony, Atwater, Bales, Ballentine, Bamberg, Bannister, 10 Bedingfield, Bernstein, Bingham, Bowers, Bradley, Brannon, G.A. Brown, R.L. Brown, Burns, Chumley, 11 Clary, Clemmons, Clyburn, CobbHunter, Cole, Collins, Corley, H.A. Crawford, Crosby, Daning, 12 Delleney, Dillard, Douglas, Duckworth, Erickson, Felder, Finlay, Forrester, Funderburk, Gagnon, 13 Gambrell, George, Gilliard, Goldfinch, Govan, Hamilton, Hardee, Hardwick, Hart, Hayes, Henderson, 14 Henegan, Herbkersman, Hicks, Hill, Hiott, Hixon, Hodges, Horne, Hosey, Howard, Huggins, Jefferson, 15 Johnson, Kennedy, King, Kirby, Knight, Limehouse, Loftis, Long, Lowe, Lucas, Mack, McCoy, 16 McEachern, McKnight, M.S. McLeod, W.J. McLeod, Merrill, Mitchell, D.C. Moss, V.S. Moss, Murphy, 17 Nanney, Neal, Newton, Norman, Norrell, Ott, Parks, Pitts, Pope, Putnam, Quinn, Ridgeway, Riley, 18 Rivers, RobinsonSimpson, Rutherford, Ryhal, Sandifer, Simrill, G.M. Smith, G.R. Smith, J.E. Smith, 19 Sottile, Southard, Spires, Stavrinakis, Stringer, Tallon, Taylor, Thayer, Tinkler, Toole, Weeks, Wells, 20 Whipper, White, Whitmire, Williams, Willis and Yow 21 Document Path: l:\council\bills\rm\1220cm15.docx 22 23 Introduced in the House on April 16, 2015 24 Adopted by the House on April 16, 2015 25 26 Summary: Kendra Smith 27 28 29 HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 30 31 Date Body Action Description with journal page number 32 4/16/2015 House Introduced and adopted ( House Journalpage 11) 33 34 View the latest legislative information at the website 35 36 37 VERSIONS OF THIS BILL 38 39 4/16/2015 40 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A HOUSE RESOLUTION 10 11 TO CONGRATULATE GOSPEL MUSIC ARTIST KENDRA 12 SMITH ON CAPTURING THE 2015 STELLAR AWARD FOR 13 YOUTH PROJECT OF THE YEAR AND TO WISH THIS 14 TALENTED YOUNG WOMAN MUCH SUCCESS IN ALL HER 15 FUTURE ENDEAVORS. 16 17 Whereas, the South Carolina House of Representatives is pleased 18 to learn that Gospel music artist Kendra Smith has won the 2015 19 Stellar Award for Youth Project of the Year; and 20 21 Whereas, Chicagobased Central City Productions, Inc., produces 22 the Stellar Gospel Music Awards. Over its thirtyyear history, it has 23 become the premier Gospel event that recognizes and honors 24 AfricanAmerican artists. This oneofakind award show has 25 showcased top Gospel artists and many television and film stars; 26 and 27 28 Whereas, one of only three South Carolinians ever to take home a 29 Stellar Award, Kendra Smith is also the youngest of those three 30 South Carolina winners, as well as Florence’s first winner. She is 31 the daughter of Kenneth and Tasha Smith of Florence; and 32 33 Whereas, Kendra’s album, Something New, recorded when she was 34 sixteen and seventeen and released in 2014, was the source of her 35 win. The album contains ten songs, including two singles, “Deep 36 Down” and “I Praise You”; and 37 38 Whereas, since she won a Stellar Award, bookings have been 39 flooding in for the eighteenyearold South Florence High School 40 senior, who is already scheduled to appear at several upcoming 41 conferences and conventions. She will make some appearances in

[4010] 2 1 France, and in May she will perform for the North Carolina Gospel 2 Announcers’ Guild; and 3 4 Whereas, Kendra explains why she sings Gospel music, rather than 5 rock, this way: “Gospel music changes lives. Other music, it 6 makes you feel good…, but Gospel music, it can change your 7 life”; and 8 9 Whereas, like many Gospel artists, Kendra started singing in 10 church, and her dad, a church musician, discovered her talent 11 there. Indeed, she was born into a family of musicians. In addition 12 to the talent that came to her through her father, who plays various 13 instruments, Kendra inherited musical gifts from her 14 greatgrandmother, who was a singer. Kendra hopes to continue her 15 musical training at the college level; and 16 17 Whereas, proud of her accomplishments, the House takes great 18 pleasure in saluting Kendra Smith for winning a 2015 Stellar 19 Award, and the members anticipate with interest hearing of her 20 further achievements in the days ahead. Now, therefore, 21 22 Be it resolved by the House of Representatives: 23 24 That the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives, 25 by this resolution, congratulate Gospel music artist Kendra Smith 26 on capturing the 2015 Stellar Award for Youth Project of the Year 27 and wish this talented young woman much success in all her future 28 endeavors. 29 30 Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be provided to 31 Kendra Smith. 32 XX 33

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