1-1 SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 819 1-2 WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is proud to join 1-3 the citizens of Buda in honoring the Jack C. Hays High School 1-4 Concert Band for being selected as a 1999 recipient of the 1-5 "Sudler Flag of Honor" award given by the John Philip Sousa 1-6 Foundation; and 1-7 WHEREAS, For 1998, only two high school concert bands were 1-8 awarded this highly coveted international honor and both are from 1-9 the Central Texas area; and 1-10 WHEREAS, The "Flag of Honor" is the most prestigious award 1-11 given to high school concert bands at the international level and 1-12 only 39 bands from the entire United States and Canada have been 1-13 selected in the 17-year history of the award; and 1-14 WHEREAS, The nomination criteria are extremely stringent; in 1-15 order to qualify, the school must offer and maintain a complete 1-16 and balanced band program for an extended period of years with an 1-17 emphasis on concert activities; in addition, the director must 1-18 have at least seven years tenure as the conductor and be involved 1-19 with other band activities at the local, state, and national 1-20 levels; and 1-21 WHEREAS, The "Sudler Flag of Honor" award is made possible 1-22 through the generosity of Louis and Virginia Sudler, who over 1-23 the years have established scholarships and awards for young, 1-24 talented musicians through the Louis Sudler Foundation and the 2-1 Sousa Foundation; and 2-2 WHEREAS, This prestigious honor would not have been possible 2-3 without the dedication of these outstanding musicians and the 2-4 excellent leadership of Gerald Babbitt, the superb conductor of 2-5 this fine group of students; now, therefore, be it 2-6 RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 2-7 76th Legislature, hereby extend heartiest congratulations to 2-8 the Jack C. Hays High School Concert Band for being awarded the 2-9 "Sudler Flag of Honor" to be presented May 15, 1999; and, be it 2-10 further 2-11 RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for the 2-12 concert band in recognition of their outstanding accomplishment 2-13 by the Texas Senate. 2-14 Barrientos 2-15 ______________________________________ 2-16 President of the Senate 2-17 I hereby certify that the above 2-18 Resolution was adopted by the Senate 2-19 on May 3, 1999. 2-20 ______________________________________ 2-21 Secretary of the Senate 2-22 ______________________________________ 2-23 Member, Texas Senate