IV 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 958 
Expressing support for the recognition of the Dillard Center for the Arts 
Jazz Band for winning first place in the 2018 Essentially Ellington 
Competition, one of the most prestigious national high school jazz band 
competitions in the country. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 22, 2018 
Mr. HASTINGS (for himself, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Ms. WILSON of Flor-
ida, Mr. DEUTCH, and Ms. FRANKEL of Florida) submitted the following 
resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the 
Workforce 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing support for the recognition of the Dillard Center 
for the Arts Jazz Band for winning first place in the 
2018 Essentially Ellington Competition, one of the most 
prestigious national high school jazz band competitions 
in the country. 
Whereas Dillard High School was founded in the early 20th 
century, with funds from noted philanthropist and out-
spoken advocate for Black education James Hardy Dil-
lard, as the first public school for people of African de-
scent in Fort Lauderdale, Florida; 
Whereas the music program at Dillard High School, as part 
of the Dillard Center for the Arts, gained fame when the 
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legendary jazz saxophonist Julian ‘‘Cannonball’’ Adderley 
served as an instructor of applied music in the 1940s; 
Whereas jazz is an original American art form originating in 
African-American communities from New Orleans in the 
late 19th and early 20th centuries and is considered to 
be America’s classical music; 
Whereas the Dillard Center of the Arts Music Program has 
developed countless student performers into highly ac-
complished musicians; 
Whereas each year, students from 15 high schools from 
across the Nation are invited by Jazz at Lincoln Center 
to visit New York and perform in the Essentially Elling-
ton Competition, a jazz competition honoring the works 
for the great American jazz composer and bandleader 
Duke Ellington; 
Whereas this year, Dillard Center for the Arts was one of the 
15 high schools selected to compete in the Essentially 
Ellington Competition, led by band director Christopher 
Dorsey, who has been in this position since 2004; 
Whereas Dillard Center for the Arts students Liam Vargas, 
Megan Theis, Rachel Coleman, Marquiec Butler, Kieran 
Hitsman, Juan Cortes, Woodson Previlma, Keyly Gra-
nada, Summer Camargo, Cyrus Mackey, Isaac Sepulveda, 
Ryan Granada, Keon Gooding, Charles Blagrove, Mariah 
Delgado, Matthew Rivera, Nathaniel Noel, Farid Cano, 
Miguel Medina, Miles Lennox, Nolan Nwachukwu, 
Jamesly Jeanmary, Joel Anderson, Miguel Russell, and 
Nadia Nicole Bailey all traveled to New York, New York, 
together and performed onstage in the Lincoln Center as 
part of this competition; 
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Whereas one of the students of Dillard Center for the Arts, 
Summer Camargo, is an accomplished jazz composer, was 
selected as the winner of the 2018 Essentially Ellington 
Student Composition/Arranging Contest, and will have 
her composition recorded by the Jazz at the Lincoln Cen-
ter Orchestra with legendary trumpeter and jazz com-
poser Wynton Marsalis; 
Whereas the Dillard Center for the Arts Jazz Band was se-
lected as the first place winner of the Essentially Elling-
ton contest by an esteemed panel of judges including 
Wynton Marsalis, Bill Charlap, Jeff Hamilton, Todd Wil-
liams, and Erica von Kleist; 
Whereas this esteemed panel recognized the efforts of the 
rhythm section and the trumpet section of the Dillard 
Center for the Arts Jazz Band, as well as the musician-
ship of vocalist Nadia Nicole Bailey, trumpeter Summer 
Camargo, clarinetist and saxophonist Kieran Histman, 
percussionist Jamesly Jeanmary, and bassist Nolan 
Nwachukwu; 
Whereas, on May 12, 2018, the Dillard Center for the Arts 
Jazz Band accepted the first place trophy, a $5,000 cash 
prize, and gave a performance onstage at the Lincoln 
Center; and 
Whereas this is the third time the Dillard Center for the Arts 
Jazz Band won at the Essentially Ellington Competition, 
after having won in both 2011 and 2012: Now, therefore, 
be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) congratulates the Dillard Center for the 
Arts Jazz Band for its first place win at the Essen-
tially Ellington Competition; and 
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(2) commends the Dillard Center for the Arts 
for its contributions to the education and nurturing 
of outstanding young jazz musicians. 
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