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ALL RIGHT, WELL GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY.
WELCOME TO OUR CEREMONIAL AGENDA.
I THINK WE'VE GOT MOST OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS HERE, UH, SOME OF THEM ARE JOINING US.
WE HAVE THREE ITEMS TODAY FOR OUR CEREMONIAL AGENDA, AND THIS IS BEING BROADCAST SO EVERYONE KNOWS WHAT WE'RE CELEBRATING, UH, 'CAUSE THEY WON'T SOON FORGET THAT FIESTA SAN ANTONIO WILL BE HELD APRIL 18TH THROUGH THE 28TH THIS YEAR.
THE ANNUAL EVENT TAKES PLACE EVERY APRIL TO HONOR THE MEMORY OF THE HEROES OF THE ALAMO IN THE BATTLE OF SAN JACINTO.
THE SUCCESS OF FIESTA IS DEPENDENT ON THE HARD WORK AND DEDICATION OF THE FIESTA SAN ANTONIO COMMISSION, WHICH ORGANIZES THE TEXAS SIZE FESTIVAL OF OVER 100 NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS WITH MORE THAN 75,000 VOLUNTEERS TO AN ACCOMMODATE NEARLY THREE AND A HALF MILLION PARTYGOERS.
SO ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL, I'D LIKE TO READ A PROCLAMATION NOW, AND THAT IS WHEREAS FIESTA SAN ANTONIO, ONE OF THE NATION'S PREMIER FESTIVALS, WILL TAKE PLACE APRIL 18TH THROUGH THE 28TH, 2019 TO HONOR THE HEROES OF THE ALAMO AND THE BATTLE OF SAN JACINTO AND CELEBRATE SAN ANTONIO'S RICH AND DIVERSE CULTURE.
AND WHEREAS THE TEXAS SIZE EXTRAVAGANZA COORDINATED BY THE SAN ANTONIO FIESTA COMMISSION WHO WORKS YEAR ROUND PLANNING THE THOUSANDS OF ACTIVITIES AT 100 LOCAL NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS WITH OVER 75,000 VOLUNTEERS AND THE GENEROSITY OF CORPORATE PARTNERS TO MAKE FIESTA SAN ANTONIO SUCCESSFUL.
AND WHEREAS WHAT BEGAN IN 1891 AS A ONE PARADE EVENT HAS GROWN TO A 10 DAY CELEBRATION FEATURING MUSIC, FOOD, CARNIVAL SPORTS, PAGEANTRY, MILITARY, AND PATRIOTIC OBSERVANCES EXHIBITS SEVERAL PARADES AND ATTRACTS NEARLY THREE AND A HALF MILLION PARTY GOERS TO THE ALAMO CITY DURING ITS RUN.
AND WHEREAS THE FUN FIELD MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL GENERATES A TREMENDOUS ECONOMIC IMPACT FOR THE ALAMO CITY BENEFITS, NUMEROUS NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AND CAUSES AND PROVIDES A SAFE EDUCATIONAL CELEBRATION OF THE DIVERSE HERITAGE AND SPIRIT OF SAN ANTONIO FOR ITS RESIDENTS AND VISITORS TO ENJOY.
NOW, THEREFORE, I RON NUREMBERG, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND RECOGNITION THEREOF DO HEREBY PROCLAIM APRIL 18TH THROUGH THE 28TH, 2019 TO BE SAN ANTONIO'S OFFICIAL FIESTA SEASON.
ON BEHALF OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE FIESTA SAN ANTONIO COMMISSION, I'M JEANNIE TRAVIS, REPRESENTING BYRON LAFLEUR.
WE WANT TO THANK YOU FIRST OF ALL AND MOST OF ALL FOR THE COOPERATIVE, COOPERATIVE RELATIONSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU DO WITH US.
WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR US AND WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU DO.
ON BEHALF OF THE TWO AND A HALF MILLION PEOPLE THAT WE ASSUME AND PREDICT ATTEND FIESTA.
I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT THIS SASH TO YOU SO YOU'RE PROPERLY DRESSED DURING FIESTA.
CAN I STAND OUT THERE? THAT'S NICE.
AS YOU CAN ALL SEE, WE BROUGHT OUR FIESTA FAMILY WITH US ON MY FLANKING ME ARE PART OF THE, OUR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE WITH ME ARE TWO KINGS KING ANTONIO AND EL RAY FAO.
THEY WOULD LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS TO YOU NOW.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR NUREMBERG AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE A FEW PEOPLE TRAVELING WITH ME TODAY IF POSSIBLE.
I'VE GOT THE COMMANDER OF THE TEXAS CAVALIERS, PHIL BACKY.
I'VE GOT MY DAY AID EL CDE LONGORIA, MY NIGHT AID BRENT CONGER AND MY EXECUTIVE AIDE TRACE HICK.
YOU MAY WONDER WHY WE'RE GIVING YOU A COPY OF A CHILDREN'S BOOK,
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BUT THE BROOK.BUT THE BOOK BRAVE RESONATES WITH ALL AGES AND TIES TO KING ANTONIO'S MESSAGE THIS YEAR, WHICH IS TO BE BRAVE.
BEING BRAVE IS ABOUT BEING A LEADER AND NEVER GIVING UP A BRAVE STUDENT ANSWERS A CALL AND SPEAKS THE TRUTH.
WE WANT TO CHALLENGE ALL STUDENTS TO BE BRAVE AND STRIVE TO BE THE BEST THEY CAN BE.
THE CAVALIERS IN KEY ANTONIO ARE SPREADING THE BE BRAVE MESSAGE AND LEAVING A COPY OF THE BOOK FOR SCHOOL LIBRARIES AT OVER 60 CHILDREN'S SCHOOLS DURING FIESTA.
ON BEHALF OF THE TEXAS CAVALIERS, THANK YOU FOR MAKING SAN ANTONIO A PLACE WHERE CHILDREN CAN BE BRAVE AND GO AFTER THEIR DREAMS. I'D LIKE TO READ A LETTER FROM OUR CHARITABLE FOUNDATION IF POSSIBLE.
THE TEXAS CAVALIERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1989 WITH A MISSION TO ENCOURAGE FOSTER SUPPORT AND CONDUCT ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAMS WHICH WILL BENEFIT CHILDREN.
SINCE INCEPTION, THE TEXAS CAVALIERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION HAS CONTRIBUTED TO OVER 120 CHILDREN'S CHARITIES ACROSS SAN ANTONIO AND VERA COUNTY WITH TOTAL CONTRIBUTIONS EXCEEDING $8 MILLION.
THIS YEAR I'M HONORED TO DISTRIBUTE OVER $1.2 MILLION TO 67 DIFFERENT CHILDREN'S CHARITIES, INCLUDING IT'S A LONG LIST, SO I APOLOGIZE.
ACHIEVER, CENTER FOR EDUCATION, ANY BABY CAN ASSISTANCE, LEAGUE OF SAN ANTONIO, AUGUST HEART, AUTISM COMMUNITY NETWORK, BARRINGTON NEIGHBORS, BELIEVEIT FOUNDATION, BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF SOUTH TEXAS.
BLESSED SACRAMENTO ACADEMY, BOY SCOUTS, ALAMO AREA BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF SAN ANTONIO VILLE BRIGHTON CENTER CHILD ADVOCATE, SAN ANTONIO CHILDREN'S ASSOCIATION FOR MAXIMUM POTENTIAL CHILDREN'S BEREAVEMENT CENTER CHILD SAFE CHILDREN, SORRY.
CHRISTIAN ASSISTANCE MINISTRY CITY, KID ADVENTURES COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOL, DOWN SYNDROME ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH TEXAS FAMILY SERVICE ASSOCIATION OF SAN ANTONIO.
GIRL SCOUTS OF THE SOUTHWEST OF SOUTHWEST TEXAS.
GIRLS INCORPORATED OF SAN ANTONIO.
KINETIC KIDS LIFE'S LITTLE MIRACLES MAKE-A-WISH ESSENTIAL IN SOUTH TEXAS.
MCNAY ART MUSEUM MISSION ROAD DEVELOPMENT CENTER, MORGAN'S WONDERLAND, WHICH IS OUR CHARITABLE HONOREE THIS YEAR WILL RECEIVE OVER $800,000 FROM US ALONE.
MUSICAL BRIGADE, MUSICAL BRIDGES AROUND THE WORLD.
OUR LADY OF THE LAKE, UNIVERSITY OF SAN ANTONIO, HARRY J.
SPEECH AND HEARING CENTER PROJECT MEND RESPITE CARE OF SAN ANTONIO, RORY MOSS, YOUTH ALTERNATIVES.
SAN ANTONIO LIFE ACADEMY, SAN ANTONIO EDUCATIONAL PARTNERSHIP.
SAN ANTONIO METROPOLITAN MINISTRIES.
SAN ANTONIO ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY, SETON HOME SNACK PACK FOR KIDS.
SOUTHWEST SCHOOL OF ART, SPINA BIFIDA, TEXAS ST.
PJ'S CHILDREN HOME SUNSHINE'S COTTAGE SCHOOL FOR DEAF CHILDREN TEAM ABILITY, TEXAS BURN SURVIVOR SOCIETY, TEXAS DIAPER BANK, THE 100 CLUB OF SAN ANTONIO, THE CHILDREN'S SHELTER, THE ECUMENICAL CENTER, UT HEALTH.
RICARDO SALINAS PEDIATRIC DENTAL CLINIC.
TRANSPLANTS FOR CHILDREN WOODY MUSEUM, WOODLAWN THEATER, Y M C A OF GREATER SAN ANTONIO YOUTH ORCHESTRAS OF SAN ANTONIO AND ZAPATOS INC.
IN ADDITION, AS MANY OF YOU KNOW HERE TODAY, THE TEXAS CAVALIERS RIVER PARADE ART PROGRAM SELECTED 10 WINNERS AND 10 RENTERS UP FROM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN ACROSS BEXAR COUNTY.
AND WE WILL CONTRIBUTE APPROXIMATELY $46,000 THIS YEAR TO THEIR SCHOOL ART PROGRAMS. HAVING BEEN ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN FIESTA FOR MANY YEARS, THE TEXAS CAVALIERS RECOGNIZE THE COMMITMENT AND DEDICATION TO FIESTA BY OUR CITY LEADERS.
WITHOUT THE CONTINUED SUPPORT OF OUR MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, THE CITIZENS OF SAN ANTONIO WOULD NOT ENJOY OUR ANNUAL SPRING CELEBRATION.
WE WOULD LIKE TO PUBLICLY ACKNOWLEDGE AND THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
WE'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION TO FIESTA AND YOUR EFFORTS TO MAKE SAN ANTONIO'S FIESTA A CONTINUED SUCCESS.
VEEVA FIESTA VIVA, I'VE GOT A PROCLAMATION.
SO I'D LIKE TO READ A PROCLAMATION, UH, FOR KING ANTONIO ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
WHEREAS NINE, SINCE 1927, THE TEXAS CAVALIERS HAVE HONORED THE MEMORY OF OUR ALAMO HEROES KEEPING ALIVE THE SPIRIT OF TEXAS HISTORY AND THE PARTS SAN ANTONIO PLAYED IN THAT HISTORY.
AND WHEREAS TO ACHIEVE THEIR ORGANIZATIONAL PURPOSES, THE TEXAS CAVALIERS
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CREATED KING ANTONIO TO DELIVER POSITIVE, HEALTHY MESSAGES TO LOCAL SCHOOL CHILDREN, REINFORCING THE VALUES OF EDUCATION AND SELF-RESPECT.AND WHEREAS ROGER C. HILL II HAS BEEN CHOSEN AS THIS YEAR'S KING ANTONIO, THE 97TH WILL REPRESENT THE TEXAS CAVALIERS AND GREET ALL ROYAL SUBJECTS AT CEREMONIAL PARTIES AND SPECIAL APPEARANCES AND DISTRIBUTED CHAIR DISTRIBUTE CHARITABLE FUNDS DURING FIESTA 2019.
AND WHEREAS KING ANTONIO WILL REIGN OVER THE TEXAS CAVALIERS RIVER PARADE ON MONDAY, APRIL 22ND, 2019, AND PROVIDE MERRIMENT AND MIRTH ALONG THE BANKS OF OUR BEAUTIFUL SAN ANTONIO RIVER TO THOUSANDS OF OUR CITIZENS AND VISITORS.
NOW, THEREFORE, I RON NURENBERG, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THAT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO RECOGNIZES C HILL II AS KING ANTONIO MAYOR RAIN ENHANCE THE MANY TRADITIONS OF THE TEXAS CAVALIERS.
SO DO YOU WANNA COME OVER TO THE CENTER OF THIS? I, YEAH.
WE'LL BRING EVERYBODY DOWN AFTER.
AND I'LL HAVE, UM, I'LL HAVE OUR, THE WHOLE COUNCIL COME DOWN AFTER WE RECOGNIZE RAFAEL, UH, TO TAKE A BIG GROUP PICTURE AS WELL.
SO THANK YOU MR. MAYOR, YOUR HONOR.
ON BEHALF OF THE RAY FAO SCHOLARSHIP ORGANIZATION AND THE RAY FAO CONSEJO ORGANIZATION AND MYSELF, DR.
SAL BARRO, RAY FAO 71, IT'S TRULY AN HONOR TO BE HERE WITH YOU ALL TODAY AND THANK YOU AND FOR INVITING ME DOWN HERE TO TALK TO YOU FOR A LITTLE BIT.
AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE TO YOU MY, UH, MEMBERS OF MY COURT AND MY PRIME MINISTER, MR. KEN SLOT, L LORENA, LINDA, DENISE SLOT, OTHER MEMBERS OF MINISTERS, THEY, THEY JUST STAND, GENTLEMEN AND MY WIFE, JENNIFER, GABRIEL.
BARBARA, IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE.
AS YOU KNOW, THE SOLE PURPOSE OF THE RAY FAO SCHOLARSHIP ORGANIZATION AND THE
AND WE GIVE THEM SCHOLARSHIPS EVERY YEAR.
WE HAVE GIVEN ROUGHLY OVER $7 MILLION SINCE 1987 TO THOSE WHO ARE, UH, NEED ECONOMIC AID TO GET GET THROUGH COLLEGE.
WE VISITED NOW OVER 50 OR 60 SCHOOLS.
MY MESSAGE TO THOSE SCHOOLS AND THOSE CHILDREN, WE, WE ACTUALLY SORT WENT TO NOT ONLY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS THIS YEAR, BUT WE ALSO WENT TO HIGH SCHOOLS.
I ACTUALLY WANTED TO TARGET SOME HIGH SCHOOLS 'CAUSE I FELT THEY WERE THE ONES JUST READY TO GO ON TO COLLEGE AND TO GIVE THEM MY LITTLE PIECE OF ADVICE ON HOW TO SUCCEED IN COLLEGE.
BUT OUR MESSAGE WAS BASICALLY THREE THINGS.
ONE IS TO BE, TO HELP EACH OTHER MORE THAN ANY, THAN ANYTHING ELSE.
I GAVE THEM A STORY ABOUT BEING FISHERMEN AMONG MEN AND TO BE FISHERMEN AMONG MEN.
THE, I I TOLD THEM THAT THE IDEA WAS TO GO OUT AND HELP THOSE IN NEED.
WE'RE ALL GONNA HAVE BAD DAYS TO GO OUT AND HELP EACH OTHER AND WHEN THEY'RE, THEY MOST NEED THAT HELP.
THE SECOND THING IS I TOLD THEM THAT I HAVE A LOT OF STUFF IN THIS LIFE, BUT I FOUND THAT IT'S NOT THE AMOUNT OF STUFF THAT I HAD IN THIS LIFE, BUT WHAT I DO WITH THAT STUFF IN LIFE TO HELP OTHERS.
AND THE THIRD THING I TOLD THEM IS WHAT TRY TO HELP THEM OUT WAS THAT NOT JUST TO TRY TO GET THROUGH IN THIS LIFE, BUT TO ACTUALLY HAVE AN IMPACT AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THEIR LIFE, BUT THE GIFT THAT THEY WERE GIVEN.
SO I WANTED TO THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART, FROM OUR FAMILY, THE GABRIEL FAMILY AND MYSELF FOR INVITING ME HERE TODAY.
AND SO ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, WHEREAS THE LEAGUE OF UNITED LATIN AMERICAN CITIZENS COUNCIL NUMBER TWO ESTABLISHED THE EL RE FAO COMPETITION IN SAN ANTONIO TO RAISE FUNDS AND PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS FOR DESERVING UNDERPRIVILEGED AREA
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YOUTH.AND WHEREAS THE LEGEND OF EL RE FAO DATES BACK TO THE MEDIEVAL TIMES IN SPAIN WHEN THE COMMON FOLKS ELECTED ONE OF THEIR OWN TO REIGN AS THE UGLY KING OR THE PEOPLE'S KING.
AND WHEREAS THIS CELEBRATION ULTIMATELY TRAVELED TO THE NEW WORLD AND THE MEMBERS OF THE LULAC COUNCIL NUMBER TWO, SELECTED TO ITS OBSERVANCE AS A MEANS OF SUPPORTING THE ASPIRATION OF DESERVING HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS TO OBTAIN A COLLEGE EDUCATION REGARDLESS OF RACE, COLOR, OR RELIGION.
AND WHEREAS SALVATORE BA, BARO II HAS BEEN CHOSEN AS AIL RE FAO 71 AND WILL REPRESENT THE LULAC COUNCIL NUMBER TWO DURING THE 2019 FIESTA ACTIVITIES.
AND WHEREAS DURING HIS REIGN, EL REF FAO AND HIS COURT WILL VISIT NURSING HOMES, HOSPITALS, ORPHANAGES IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, AND SERVE AS A GOODWILL AMBASSADOR FOR THE CITY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
NOW, THERE NOW, THEREFORE, I RON NURENBERG, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THAT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO RECOGNIZES SALVATORE BARRO THE THIRD AS EL RAY FAO AND EXTENDS BEST WISHES FOR A MOST SUCCESSFUL REIGN.
THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
SIR, TO PRESENT WITH OUR MEDALS MEDAL, NEW MEDAL, THE ROYAL ORDER OF THE CROWN.
CAN WE GET EVERYBODY, CAN WE GET EVERYBODY NOW? YES SIR.
LEFT SIDE OF YOUR BEST SIDE, RIGHT SIDE SIDE.
I DON'T, I DON'T, YEAH, I'M BACK.
AND UH, GENTLEMEN IN THE BACK, POSSIBLY RIGHT THERE.
WOULD YOU LIKE TWO OF YOUR GUYS OVER HERE? DOESN'T MATTER.
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AND THEN, UM,DOES EVERYBODY SEE ME? YES SIR.
WE BRING THE WIDE ANGLE EDGE DOWN.
AMY, YOU BELONG IN THIS PICTURE.
AMY, THE MAYOR, HAVE ASKED FOR YOU TO BE IN THIS JINGLE.
MUCH ROGER, LOOK FORWARD TO JOINING YOU ON THE TRAIL.
DON'T GO ANYWHERE WHEN WE GET COMMENT.
WHERE'S YOUR GIFT? WE NEED YOUR GIFT.
EVERYTHING GOING WELL? YOU GOOD? THANK Y'ALL.
WE DO, WE DO HAVE COMMENT BECAUSE WE WANT TO SAY VEEVA FIESTA AS MANY TIMES AS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING.
COUNCILMAN PERRY'S BEEN WAITING FOR A FEW MONTHS TO DO THIS, SO.
WE HAVE SOME, UH, COUNCIL COMMENTS STARTING WITH COUNCILMAN COURAGE.
UH, THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU WHO ARE HERE TODAY.
I THINK THAT ALL OF US IN THE COMMUNITY UNDERSTAND THE HARD WORK, THE DETERMINATION, THE COMMITMENT YOU'VE MADE TO YOUR COMMUNITY, TO OUR COMMUNITY TO MAKE FIESTA ONE OF THE PREMIER EVENTS IN SAN ANTONIO.
AND IT REALLY BECOMES A PREMIER EVENT IN THE LIVES OF ALL OF US WHO ARE HERE.
SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT COMMITMENT AND THAT DETERMINATION.
AND, UH, I KNOW THAT YOU'RE GONNA ENJOY THIS AND ALL OF US WILL TOO.
AND YES, I THINK LAST TIME I SAID I'M EXCITED AND I'M STILL EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
UH, YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS IS GREAT.
THERE'S SO MUCH WORK THAT GOES INTO THIS AND, AND A LOT OF HARD WORK, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? THIS KIND OF WORK IS FUN.
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AND THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT.UH, HAVING FUN, RAISING MONEY FOR CHARITIES AND, AND SCHOOLS AND ALL.
UH, YOU KNOW, IT ALL PLAYS TOGETHER AND, AND IT'S ALL ABOUT WORKING TOGETHER AS A TEAM.
AND THIS IS ONE WAY TO BRING THIS CITY TOGETHER TO MOVE FORWARD AND LOOK FORWARD FOR THE REST OF THIS YEAR.
SO, UH, I AM REALLY EXCITED AND I, I GOTTA TELL YOU, I CAN'T WAIT TO GET OUT THERE AND, UH, SHOW YOU THIS MEDAL.
I I, YOU KNOW, I'VE GOT A BUNCH OF NICE MEDALS UP HERE ALREADY, BUT THIS IS GONNA BE THE MOST COVETED MEDAL HERE IN TOWN HERE.
SO, UH, I'M GONNA, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANT ONE, I'LL COME DOWN THERE AND HAND THESE THINGS OUT, BUT, UH, I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
THERE'S ANOTHER, THERE'S ANOTHER, THERE'S ANOTHER, ALL RIGHT.
YES, I WILL COME OUT DOWN THERE AND GET SOME OF THESE MEDALS OUT, BUT I'M, AS YOU CAN TELL, I'M EXCITED ABOUT FIESTA AND I'M RARING TO GO.
UH, JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU.
UM, TRUTHFULLY, IT'S, IT'S A LOT OF WORK AND YOU GUYS REALLY, UH, PUT IN SO MUCH WORK INTO THIS.
AND IT'S NOT JUST THE, THE DAYS OF FIESTA, BUT ALL THAT COMES, UH, JUST BEFORE THAT.
UH, SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO.
IT REALLY MEANS A LOT TO OUR CITY.
IT'S ONE OF THE BEST TRADITIONS ANYWHERE IN THE COUNTRY, AND IT'S RIGHT HERE IN SAN ANTONIO.
AND YOU GUYS UPHOLD IT IN SUCH A BEAUTIFUL WAY.
I LOVE THE FACT THAT, UH, IT'S A COLLABORATIVE GESTURE.
IT IS, IT IS AMAZING TO SEE RAY FAO AND KING ANTONIO WORKING TOGETHER TO BETTER, UH, OUR COMMUNITY THE WAY YOU DO.
UH, JUST WANNA SAY YOU HAVE A FRIEND IN DISTRICT ONE AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT YOU IN EVERY WAY POSSIBLE.
COUNCILMAN COUNCILWOMAN VI VRAN, THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH TO THE FIESTA COMMISSION.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK, YOUR DILIGENCE.
AMY, UM, JEANNIE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR LEADING THIS, UM, EVERY SINGLE YEAR.
THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE VOLUNTEERS THAT PUT IN SO MUCH TIME, LOVE, EFFORT, AND DEDICATION.
THANK YOU TO OUR KING ANTONIO TO REO FOR KEEPING THE TRADITIONS ALIVE AND TELLING THE STORY OF OUR PEOPLES.
TO LAINA, UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE AND REPRESENTATION TO OUR MISS FIESTA.
AND THANK YOU FOR BEING A GREAT REPRESENTATION AND TO THE CHARRO QUEEN AND LOOKING FOR FORWARD TO THE ADA DAYS IN DISTRICT THREE.
UM, THIS IS JUST A TIME WHERE WE ALL CAN FORGET EVERYTHING ELSE AND COME TOGETHER AS A CITY AND DO WHAT IS SO GREAT ABOUT, UH, DO SAN ANTONIO SO WELL AND WHAT SETS US APART.
UM, SO WE HAVE TO PLAN ACCORDINGLY.
AND AT THE FIESTA KICKOFF, UM, THAT YOU ALL HAD, THAT EVERYBODY NEEDS TO HYDRATE, SO, AND WEAR COMFORTABLE SHOES.
SO THANK YOU ALL FOR WHAT YOU DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
VIVA COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ, THANK YOU AGAIN, FIESTA UPON US.
WE'VE HAD SORT OF A, IT FEELS LIKE A CONSTANT STREAM OF EVENTS WITH THE 300 AND ONGOING, SO, SO MUCH FUN.
I'M ESPECIALLY EXCITED ABOUT MISS FIESTA VICTORIA GONZALEZ, WHO'S A DISTRICT FIVE RESIDENT.
AND, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, VICTORIA, WILL YOU COME UP AND TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT IT TAKES TO BE MISS FIESTA? I WANNA HEAR, UM, UH, WHAT YOUR, UH, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOU.
SO ABOUT ME, LIKE COUNCILMAN GONZALEZ SAID, I AM A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT FIVE, WHERE I GREW UP ON THE SOUTH SIDE MY ENTIRE LIFE.
AND I WENT TO TRAVIS EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL WHERE I GRADUATED AS VALEDICTORIAN IN 2015 WITH AN ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE ALSO.
AND THEN I WENT TO UT RIO GRANDE VALLEY WHERE I RECEIVED A BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN BIOLOGY IN MAY, 2018.
AND IN MAY I'LL BE GOING TO PA SCHOOL AT UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER.
AND SO IN BETWEEN THAT TIME, I WAS BLESSED ENOUGH TO BE MISS FIESTA SAN ANTONIO, AND I WAS SELECTED BASED ON MY COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECT.
AND THE CONCEPT BEHIND MY SERVICE PROJECT IS CALLED THE BOOST BOX.
AND SO THE BOOST BOX IS A CARE PACKAGE, LIKE A SUBSCRIPTION PACKAGE THAT YOU WOULD RECEIVE IN THE MAIL EVERY MONTH.
AND IT'S MADE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF SAN ANTONIO, REALLY GREAT ORGANIZATION.
AND INSIDE THIS BOX ARE PRODUCTS LIKE TOOTHBRUSHES, TOOTHPASTE, FLOSS, SUNSCREEN, SHAMPOO, CONDITIONER, AND WE'RE PROVIDING THESE TO STUDENTS IN NEED IN MIDDLE SCHOOLS ACROSS SAN ANTONIO TO HELP GIVE THEM A BOOST OF SELF-CONFIDENCE AND TEACH THEM ABOUT HEALTHY HABITS TO ENCOURAGE ATTENDANCE IN SCHOOL AND JUST TO BOOST THEIR ALL AROUND SELF-ESTEEM, SELF-CONFIDENCE.
WELL, THANK YOU, UH, VERY MUCH FOR SHARING YOUR STORY.
AND UM, YEAH, I THOUGHT YOU WERE LIKE 15.
I'M SORRY, I THOUGHT YOU WERE LIKE
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SO, UM, WELL, CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT FOR OUR KIDS.UH, I'M GLAD TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR STORY AND, UH, EVA FIESTA, VIVA AND COUNCILMAN SALIA.
IT'S THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR IN SAN ANTONIO.
AND FOR FOLKS WHO ARE UNFAMILIAR WITH FIESTA, IT'S THE BEST WAY TO DESCRIBE WHAT MAKES SAN ANTONIO UNIQUE.
AND SO I WANT TO THANK, UH, KING ANTONIO, THE RAY FAO AND THE FIESTA COMMISSION FOR PULLING THIS OFF.
UH, PULLING OFF, OF COURSE THE EVENT, BUT PULLING OFF THE, THE CAUSE BEHIND THE EVENT WITH RAY FAO AND KING ANTONIO.
I KNOW YOU LISTED OUT ALL OF THE NONPROFITS WHO ARE GONNA BE BENEFICIARIES THIS YEAR.
AND OF COURSE, RAY FAO WHO RAISES SO MUCH MONEY FOR KIDS JUST LIKE ME.
I'VE TOLD A LOT OF FOLKS, I'M A RAY FA RECIPIENT OF THE SCHOLARSHIP AND TOOK THAT AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT WHEN I WAS A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT, OF COURSE, GET TO COME BACK.
AND I THINK EVEN BACK THEN, I WAS TALKING ABOUT THE IDEA OF, OF COMMITMENT TO COMMUNITY AND COMMITMENT TO SERVICE.
UH, AND SO I'M GRATEFUL THAT YOU ALL LIVE IT THROUGH, UH, WHETHER YOU'RE WEARING A BLUE UNIFORM OR A WHITE UNIFORM OR A SASH FOR THE FIESTA COMMISSION.
WE THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK YOU DO IN MAKING IT SUCH A SPECIAL EVENT.
AND, UH, JUST A FINAL THANK YOU TO THE COMMISSION, UH, TO THE CAVALIERS AND TO LULAC FOR EVERYTHING YOU ALL DO.
THIS IS A GREAT TIME IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO EVERY YEAR, AND WE WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.
THANK THE ULTIMATE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO TO COORDINATE ALL THE NONPROFITS.
THE, THE GREAT PART ABOUT THIS IS THAT WE CAN PARTY NONSTOP FOR 10 DAYS AND NOT HAVE IT A SHRED OF GUILT BECAUSE WE KNOW ALL OF THAT PARTING IS GOING TO VERY GOOD CAUSES.
AND I KNOW IT'S NOT EASY TO WORK WITH SO MANY PMOS AND ORGANIZATIONS TO MAKE FIESTA HAPPEN, BUT THAT'S REALLY WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT FOR, FOR ME AND, AND FOR OUR COMMUNITIES THAT WE GET TO BENEFIT, UH, SUCH A WIDE ARRAY OF GREAT ORGANIZATIONS.
ROGER, LOOKING FORWARD TO JOINING YOU, UH, AND SOME GREAT EVENTS AND SEEING YOU OUT AT THE SCHOOLS.
AND OF COURSE, EL RAY FAO SALVATORE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU DO.
AND, AND, UH, AND RAY FAO KUDOS.
ALSO THE FIESTA EVENTS IS WHERE I GET TO SEE MY GOOD FRIEND, OUR GOOD FRIEND JOHN, UH, A TRUE SON OF SAN ANTONIO.
SO OFTEN, UH, WE SEE HIM ON THE FIESTA TRAIL.
SO THANK YOU FOR CHOOSING JOHN TO CONTINUE TO TELL THE STORY OF FIESTA IN SAN ANTONIO.
SO, UH, ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE CITY, HE IS GONNA GET TO ENJOY SO MANY GREAT EVENTS.