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3/26/96
RESOLUTION NO . ('_� M
222
A RESOLUTION ALLOCATING AN AMOUNT NOT TO
EXCEED $15,000 FROM SPECIAL PROGRAMS AND
ACCOUNTS, CONTINGENT FUND, TO THE MIAMI
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL JAZZ BAND TO ENABLE SAID
ORGANIZATION TO ATTEND THE MONTREAUX JAZZ
FESTIVAL IN SWITZERLAND.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI,
FLORIDA:
Section 1. An amount not to exceed $15,000 is hereby
allocated from Special Programs and Accounts, Contingent Fund, to
the Miami Senior High School Jazz Bank to enable said
organization to attend the Montreaux Jazz Festival in
Switzerland.
Section 2. This Resolution shall become effective
immediately upon its adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 26th d of March 1996.
W. 9@�E,
STEPMEN P. CLARK, MAYOR
ATTEST:
WALTER O MAN, CITY CLERK
PREPARED
AND APPROVED BY:
IRMA M. ABELLA
ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
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CITY ATT EY
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CITY COMMISSION
MEETING OF
MAR 2 6 1996
Resolution No.
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CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
TO : Honorable City Commissioners DATE ; March 26, 1996 FILE
SUBJECT : Pocket Item
FROM : St Clark REFERENCES:
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ENCLOSURES:
I would like to introduce in the City Commission meeting of March 26, 1996 a pocket
item dealing with the Miami Senior High marching band.
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ATTUlQ1E:D TO PEF ECTKft Afthe Ae FeTaxlez, band kader
at Miami Nigh, takes the jazz ensemble through a rehearsal.
The musicians are trying to raise rryDmy to be able to make the
Trip, but at this point are thousands short,
TO HELP THE BAND
it you would like to contribute, write a check to the Mkami High Jazz
Band and sand h to: Miami High, 2450 Sid Fast St., Miami, Pa.
33135. if you are intermted fn hiring the ensomW or need more
Information, call director Michelle Fernandez at (305) 649-9800 or
t)ec:p her at (30511546-1314.
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!$25' MW
For Miami High's jaz.; b�zn�, a tt j o, f a li- feriae
ping . e mf thane s.
one of the Young musiicai m has ever
bad a private 6osi Chdrtme .
his own instrumeaL And yct, wrbeh the,
21 -member Miami l-iigb' Jaza.Bandpta3rs - k..
practice, audition or conceit --; it kstiiitlira lU-
sion that lifts the spirit and siW to the beaci.
The group is so imprasive dtkr.
invited to this summer's Mott#xea" Jazi-Fes
flea] in Switzerland. one of the most impor-
tant events of its kind. And one ot'the largest,
too. fast year, it attracted more than 120,000
fans from ail over the world.
.'Your group," wrote J. Richard Din,
a coordinator for the festival, iu hbletter' of
invitafion, "is very highly regarded as one of
the top educational jazz groups in. the invited
States. Your significant list of awards a6d
appearances are imgcessive. Thi appt3rtu r
to perform alongside the top jazz p ewivnib .
that annually gather at the festivai'wi l be a
welWeserved bonus for your stadents."
KA mi Pigta is the first Dadc school to be
in
's �.a osc�in-ra-Ife�itn� ::oppr�ttuti►
V' y DeWitt,. music supervise
teo+a . for Dade's public schoW& k
ri�az+Festi� i� vats; rcry • �t+csTiRic��
ii� :ieaadei .e]�c:�ina�dt�::aad,'
ing acolytes `kph* dW, Winning a i
' 1�§ttva) a>ftet seAduig fdi'e obanrtiif3et:
tad tape_was an impossible dream co.
may still be an imp
dream, however
lami High ne
000 to get' its b9
there_ So far,
ip bas raised . at),
00,pi2*9 gtgs far a
AM VECIAMA urrbe n
SUA REZ ing W raise tthe remain]
1 FAMILY money ryion¢s, but few h,
invited, and perhaps one of the few 4ni Florida MATTERS
ever to attend the fegivaL PLF9:iE
Ekk of Winds
may stall`�
hkid. s dream
T :h
SAW FROU V
taken up Fernandez's offer. Hard
economic times, business leaders
say.
We don't want Handouts"
siys Fernandez, 28. "We want to
pla� for our money."
She needs to respond to the fes-
�Ival,cotnmittee by .the end of
February. Without the money,
her answer will, unfortunately,
hate to be a very reluctant no. " l
don't even want -to -think about
it.' she says, grimacing..
What a pity if such young tal-
eni4sn"'t allowed to stint its stuffi
ac�t� is ciXr suc?t. as
oitTS' iri Zi%r:eed^cif !lam
f !lamabroad, won't
praMe •;
"Tbese pete m Esays
FenWdez, `• ve gattett such a
,bad iihorcssion ofhtiami. Iwant'
diem, to see something good. I
wv nl them to we what the young
people of this city can do.'
The students who practice
ei•cn; day during band class and
atter school, are not about to give
up hope. when you're 16 or 17,
you still believe.Ja miraeies. You
still believe in thegenerosity and
kindpess of stran�cs.'.
"irrfi very hop�ul," says" i.eo
Lo an elevitiO rade •trom.
bvfelayer. "I love'3nusic: it's
m li ,and going: ;off :a trip like
:this,; ill be very •impressive to
' COl�Cg�S."
As Lopez says so simply,, music
is life for these kids. For many, it
is also their only way out.
ne venerable Miami High.,
our cit_y's oldest high school. is
snack in the middle of a
working-class neighborhood,
drawing together through its
fabled arches students from Lit-
t le Havana and 0 inertown, immi-
grants and nativesi jocks and
geniuses. I know the area well. t
ggrree••�. up there, and my' late hus-
ba�d . graduated from Miami
High.
An invitation to Montreaux is
attractive for any young musi-
cian. At Mian High, it is gilded
%Lich awe and anticipation.
"This is The trip," explains
Miami High ' Principal Victor
Lopez, who ]mows of what he
speaks. He was I Uami High's
nand director in the 1980s, NUch-
elle Fernandez's teacher and
mentor.
And he adds quickly: "How
many times does anybody, even
with money, get the opportunity
to go to Switzerland, an opportu-
nity the
kids have waked very .
hard to earn?" ,
The Miami High jazz band ha3.
traveled across the country to
various performances. In these
fiscally austere times, nzonev for
these trips always has bombard..,
to come by. Alumni have been
generpus in the past, and fund-..•;
raising by the students them
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rimyTO
PL AY:.Thequick
M ndS of Felipe
�Ilera,l7,
dmm :attest on .
twit . .
selves is constant.
But the group has never needed
so rtsuch -- $25,000 is a big
chunk of money. "lot the type of
thing you can raise with car
washes and bake sates," quips
Fernandez.
She knows. A 1985 graduate of
Miami, Highwho chase the
band jo
b ob at her alma
mater instead of law school, she
was a student when Lbpez's band
was invited to Maaccyy`s Thanks-
giving Parade in 1983. The group
almost didn't make it north; a
last-minute donation from Uni-
versaI Cimaity Insurance made
up the shortfall.
Thirteen pears later, Fernan-
dez's band is ready to play. It's
up to this city to Iisten.