Letter of Commendation from the Dallas Independent School District for work with student musicians.

Awarded by Mr. Mike Stuart, Coordinator of the Executive Assistant Program for the Creative and Performing Arts Program for public schools.

“I would like to thank Buddy Magazine for awarding me the ‘Texas Tornado’ acknowledgement for bass players in 1997.

(Special thanks to Brent Butcher, contributor to Buddy and of New Vision Entertainment)”

— Mark Austin