[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 157 (Thursday, December 8, 2005)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2500]
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    HONORING SCOTT COULSON AND THE POTEET HIGH SCHOOL MARCHING BAND

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                          HON. JEB HENSARLING

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, December 8, 2005

  Mr. HENSARLING. Mr. Speaker, today I would like to honor Mr. Scott 
Coulson and the Poteet High School Pirate Marching Band for their 
recent victory at the University Interscholastic League State AAAA 
Marching Band Championship. On November 8, 2005, the Pirates competed 
against more than 20 other bands from across the State of Texas and won 
their second State Championship since 1997.
  This year mark's Mr. Coulson's 25th year of service to the Mesquite 
Independent School District and his 18th year on the faculty of Poteet 
High School. In addition, Mr. Coulson will also soon be inducted into 
the John Phillip Sousa Foundation Legion of Honor, where he will be 
recognized as an outstanding high school band director.
  A graduate from Mesquite High School, Scott Coulson has been a strong 
role model and exceptional leader for the Poteet Pirates Marching Band. 
In 1987, he was named Director of Bands at Poteet High School in 
Mesquite, and has since then received multiple Interscholastic League 
Sweepstakes awards, led the band to four Grand Championships at the 
Plano East Invitational Marching Festival and five state Marching 
Championships.
  As the Congressional representative of the students, parents, and 
teachers involved with the Poteet High School Marching Band, it is my 
pleasure to recognize their tremendous victory. This is an 
accomplishment that Mr. Coulson and these young men and women will 
remember for years to come.

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