minutes board of supervisors, harrison county, mississippi minute

September 14, 2009, Item # 40
Supervisor CONNIE ROCKCO
moved the adoption of the following Resolution:
A RESOLUTION OF THE HARRISON COUNTY
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS COMMENDING
SHAYNA D. STEELE (COOK) FOR HER MANY
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS AS THE
RECIPIENT OF THE "ANNUAL BILOXIAN MADE
GOOD AWARD," AND FOR BRINGING
POSITIVE ACCLAIM TO HARRISON COUNTY.
WHEREAS, Shayna D. Steele (Cook) has been chosen to receive the "Annual Biloxian
Made Good Award" by the Biloxi Bay Chamber of Commerce; and
WHEREAS, Shayna graduated 'from Biloxi High School in 1993, and attended the
University of Southern Mississippi as a music composition major; and
WHEREAS, she is the daughter of Bobby and Kande Steele of Biloxi, and is married to
David Cook; and
WHEREAS, Shayna has been in the New York Broadway scene for the past 12 years
and is a world-class vocalist, composer, songwriter and performer with quite an impressive
array of accolades; and
WHEREAS, she was cast to be the first replacement in the history of the Broadway
production of Rent after only three months in New York; and
WHEREAS, Shayna appeared in the 2000 revival of Jesus Christ Superstar at the Ford
Center and a featured vocal performance in the original cast of the smash hit Hairspray; and
WHEREAS, she has appeared on The Grammy Awards, the Tony Awards, the Today
Show, the CBS Early Show, Oprah, Conan O'Brien, and David Letterman.
Shayna was also a
teen vocalist on Ed McMahon's Star Search and made a special appearance on HBO's The
Sopranos; and
WHEREAS, Shayna has had the honor of performing at Lincoln Center's Rose Theatre,
Carnegie Hall and Radio City Music Hall; and