Bill Text: TX HR456 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Tyler Junior College Apache Band and Apache Belles.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-03-07 - Reported enrolled [HR456 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR456-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Tyler Junior College Apache Band and Apache Belles.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-03-07 - Reported enrolled [HR456 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR456-Introduced.html
88R15307 TBO-D | ||
By: Schaefer | H.R. No. 456 |
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WHEREAS, The Tyler Junior College Apache Band and Apache | ||
Belles drill team are celebrating their 75th anniversary during the | ||
2022-2023 academic year; and | ||
WHEREAS, Both established in 1947, the Apache Belles and the | ||
Apache Band have dazzled audiences across the state and nation as | ||
well as around the world; their talents have been showcased during | ||
the Super Bowl VI and XII halftime shows, and for many years, they | ||
were the official halftime entertainment for the Dallas Cowboys | ||
franchise, performing at nationally televised football games and | ||
playoff games; today, the groups benefit from the able leadership | ||
of Apache Belles director Jasilyn Schaefer and Apache Band director | ||
Jeremy Strickland; and | ||
WHEREAS, The Apache Belles made their debut at a TJC football | ||
game in 1947 and quickly became a mainstay at school sporting | ||
events; the members of the dance team have met a number of U.S. | ||
presidents, including Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush, and Bill | ||
Clinton, and they have participated in special events in Mexico, | ||
Costa Rica, Belize, Honduras, and China; they have also performed | ||
for members of the military stationed in Japan, South Korea, | ||
Austria, Germany, and Hawaii; and | ||
WHEREAS, The Apache Band has stirred the hearts of TJC fans | ||
for 75 years, performing exciting music and creative marching drill | ||
routines at school football games as well as at major sporting | ||
events, such as the Super Bowl and the Cotton Bowl; the band's | ||
members have also served as ambassadors for TJC and East Texas, | ||
performing for U.S. presidents and other dignitaries and for U.S. | ||
troops and their families overseas; the band encompasses a variety | ||
of exceptional groups, including the Apache Marching Band, a wind | ||
ensemble and symphonic band, a jazz ensemble, and an indoor | ||
drumline; and | ||
WHEREAS, Over the course of the past seven and a half decades, | ||
members of the Apache Belles and the Apache Band have established a | ||
well-deserved reputation for excellence, and in so doing, they have | ||
served as impressive ambassadors for Tyler Junior College and the | ||
Lone Star State; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby congratulate the Tyler Junior College Apache | ||
Band and Apache Belles on their 75th anniversary and extend to all | ||
those associated with the groups sincere best wishes for the | ||
future; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for the Apache Belles and the Apache Band as an expression | ||
of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives. |