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Official state symbols represent the cultural heritage
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Florida Symbols
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Florida State Band
The St. Johns River City Band
Adopted in 1990
The mission of the St. Johns River City Band is to provide the City of Jacksonville and the State of Florida with ensembles that are educationally based and serve as the pinnacle of professional instrumental performance as an American art form while enriching the lives of an ever increasing audience.
Band of top professional musicians. St. John's River City Band is Jacksonville's official band and the official band of the State of Florida, and appearing at Carnegie Hall, Disney World's EPCOT Center, Ruth Eckerd Hall and Jacksonville's Metropolitan Park.
The St. Johns River City Band
9000 Regency Square Blvd
Jacksonville, FL 32211
Phone: 904-355-4700 · Fax 904-355-4707
2000 Florida Statutes, Chapter 15
15.049 Official state band--The St. Johns River City Band is hereby designated and declared as an official Florida state band.
History.--s. 1, ch. 90-146.
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State Symbols
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State symbols represent things that are special to a
particular state.
symbol \ˈsim-bəl\
noun
Etymology:
in sense 1, from Late Latin symbolum, from Late Greek symbolon, from Greek, token, sign; in
other senses from Latin symbolum token, sign, symbol, from Greek symbolon, literally, token
of identity verified by comparing its other half, from symballein to throw together,
compare, from syn- + ballein to throw — more at devil
Date: 15th century
1: Something that represents something else by association, resemblance, or
convention, especially a material object used to represent something invisible.
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