Complex sentence: Hill joined forces with state Representative Ed Homan and the Florida Music Educators Association to sponsor a contest for a new state song; on January 11,2008, the song "Florida (Where the Sawgrass Meets the Sky)" was selected as the winner.
Split into simpler sentences: Hill joined forces with state Representative Ed Homan and the Florida Music Educators Association to sponsor a contest for a new state song. On January 11,2008, the song "Florida (Where the Sawgrass Meets the Sky)" was selected as the winner.