HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 96-97 - Eden Prairie Community Band - Commendation - 07/02/1996 RESOLUTION
96-97
City of Eden Prairie
Hennepin County, Minnesota
WHEREAS, the Eden Prairie Community Band was organized in 1973 and has been
entertaining residents of Eden Prairie and the region with their excellent music for the past twenty
three years, and
WHEREAS, the Eden Prairie Community Band will represent the State of Minnesota in
the"American Salute to Austria", honoring the Austrian Millennium, and
WHEREAS, Eden Prairie Community Band was nominated by other Minnesota band
personnel, and was accepted by Music Celebrations International through audition tape and video
to be Minnesota's representative, and
WHEREAS, the tour group, traveling under the name"Prairie Winds", is self-funded, and
will be performing a totally American Music Program from July 9 through 22, 1996 with concerts
in Vienna, Austria; Budapest, Hungary; Graz, Austria; Salzburg, Austria; and Innsbruck, Austria,
and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Eden Prairie City Council
commends the Eden Prairie Community Band on their accomplishments and wishes them well on
their musical tour.
ADOPTED by the Eden Prairie City Council on this 2nd day of July, 1996.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have affixed the seal of the City of Eden Prairie.
r; j
. Harris, Mayor
half of Council members:
Ron Case
Patricia Pidcock
Ross Thorfumson, Jr.
Nancy Tyra-Lukens