TITLE: Commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Tyler Junior College Apache Band and Apache Belles.

SUMMARY: Commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Tyler Junior College Apache Band and Apache Belles.

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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. Schaefer Phelan Guerra Murr Allen Guillen Neave Criado Allison Harless Noble Anch a Harris of Anderson Oliverson Anderson Harris of Williamson Ordaz Ashby Harrison Orr Bailes Hayes Ortega Bell of Kaufman Hefner Patterson Bell of Montgomery Hernandez Paul Bernal Herrero Perez Bhojani Hinojosa Plesa Bonnen Holland Price Bowers Howard Ramos Bryant Hull Raney Buckley Hunter Raymond Bucy Isaac Reynolds Bumgarner Jetton Rogers Burns Johnson of Dallas Romero, Jr. Burrows A. Johnson of Harris Rose Button J. Johnson of Harris Rosenthal Cain Jones of Dallas Schaefer Campos Jones of Harris Schatzline Canales Kacal Schofield Capriglione King of Hemphill Shaheen Clardy King of Uvalde Sherman, Sr. Cole Kitzman Shine Collier Klick Slaton Cook Kuempel Slawson Cortez Lalani Smith Craddick Lambert Smithee Cunningham Landgraf Spiller Darby Leach Stucky Davis Leo-Wilson Swanson Dean Longoria Talarico DeAyala Lopez of Bexar Tepper Dorazio Lopez of Cameron Thierry Dutton Lozano Thimesch Flores Lujan Thompson of Brazoria Frank Manuel Thompson of Harris Frazier Martinez Tinderholt Gamez Martinez Fischer Toth Garcia Metcalf Troxclair Gates Meyer Turner Gerdes Meza VanDeaver Geren Moody Vasut Gervin-Hawkins Morales of Harris Vo Goldman Morales of Maverick Walle Gonz lez of Dallas Morales Shaw Wilson Gonz lez of El Paso Morrison Wu Goodwin Mu oz, Jr. Zwiener Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 456 was adopted by the House on March 7, 2023, by a non-record vote. Chief Clerk of the House