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MS SC578

Concurrent Resolution

Status

Passed

2/4/2010

Primary Sponsor

Lee Yancey

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Origin

Senate

2010 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Commends the Northwest Rankin High School "Cougar" Marching Band and Band Director Benjamin Burge for their selection to participate in the 76th Annual McDonald's Thanksgiving Day Parade in Chicago on November 26, 2009
  • The band was one of 23 selected from numerous applicants by the Chicago Festival Association and Bowl Games of America, based on video, audio, photographs, and a three-year résumé of accomplishments
  • 90 students out of the 120-member band program marched in the nationally televised parade before an estimated crowd of 425,000 on State Street in downtown Chicago
  • Adopted by both the Mississippi Senate and House during the 2010 Regular Session, sponsored by Senators Yancey, Kirby, Lee, Butler, Frazier, and Montgomery
  • Directs that the resolution be presented to Director of Bands Ben Burge and his staff, Northwest Rankin Principal Richard Morrison, and forwarded to the Rankin County Board of Education

Legislative Description

Commend Northwest Rankin High School "Cougar" Marching Band for Thanksgiving Day Parade in Chicago.

Last Action

Enrolled Bill Signed

2/5/2010

Full Bill Text

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