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78S40998 MW-D

By:  Stick                                                        H.R. No. 189



R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, The Grisham Middle School (GMS) Band of the Round 
Rock Independent School District has earned international 
recognition with its receipt of the prestigious Sudler Silver Cup 
award; and
	WHEREAS, Awarded by the John Philip Sousa Foundation, the 
Sudler Cup was established 19 years ago to recognize junior high 
school and middle school concert band programs throughout the 
United States and Canada that have demonstrated exemplary standards 
of excellence over a period of at least seven years under the same 
conductor; and
	WHEREAS, Band director Betty Pierce has built a widely 
popular band that truly exemplifies the John Philip Sousa 
Foundation mission; the band has ranked in the top five Texas middle 
school bands for the past four years and recently received perfect 
scores in University Interscholastic League concert and 
sight-reading competitions; in addition, the GMS Honor Band was 
selected to perform at the Midwest Clinic International Band and 
Orchestra Conference in Chicago, an invitation extended to only 
three middle school bands; and
	WHEREAS, Only an elite few may claim the distinction of 
having received a Sudler Silver Cup award, and by achieving this 
truly remarkable feat, the Grisham Middle School Band has become a 
source of tremendous pride to its community; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 78th Texas 
Legislature, 4th Called Session, hereby congratulate the Grisham 
Middle School Band program and director Betty Pierce for receiving 
the Sudler Silver Cup award from the John Philip Sousa Foundation 
and extend to all those associated with the band sincere best wishes 
for the future; and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be 
prepared for the Grisham Middle School Band as an expression of high 
regard by the Texas House of Representatives.