Session 2000
Effective: March 24, 2000
SENATE RESOLUTION No. 1832
A� Resolution congratulating and commending Duane Pollard.
� � � WHEREAS,� Duane Pollard of Salina has been inducted into the West-
ern Swing Society Hall of Fame located in Sacremento, California; and

� � � WHEREAS,� Western swing, like jazz, is recognized as one of Amer-
ica's unique music styles and could be called Nashville's version of jazz.
Bob Wells is credited with founding western swing music in the 1930's.
Like jazz, improvisation plays a big part but the instruments used are
guitar, banjo and violin instead of trumpet and saxophone. The music is
very danceable having a heavy beat; and

� � � WHEREAS,� Duane Pollard played the guitar in the Wichita based
Mack Sanders band. During the 1950's and 60's the band played with
stars such as Minnie Pearl, Roy Clark and Tex Ritter and recorded an
album of western swing music; and

� � � WHEREAS,� Flo Carpenter, president of the Western Swing Society
in Sacremento, California, hearing him play in Wichita, declared he was
a wonderful musician. He was nominated for the Hall of Fame award by
Bob Edwards, his long time fellow Salina musician: Now, therefore,

� � � Be it resolved by the Senate of the State of Kansas:�That we congrat-
ulate and commend Duane Pollard upon his induction into the Western
Swing Society Hall of Fame; and

� � � Be it further resolved:�That the Secretary of the Senate be directed
to provide four enrolled copies of this resolution to Senator Vidricksen.

� � � Senate Resolution No. 1832 was sponsored by Senator Ben E. Vidricksen.