Flagler Palm Coast freshman K'imani Gervin-McCoy to sing the national anthem at Florida Legislature's opening session

McCoy, 15, will sing at both the House and joint sessions at the invitation of House Speaker Paul Renner.

  • By Angela Dawson, Flagler Schools community engagement specialist
  • | 12:29 p.m. January 5, 2024
K'imani Gervin-McCoy sings "I have Nothing" by Whitney Houston at the Flagler Youth Talent Show on May 26, 2023, at the Fitzgerald Performing Arts Center. File photo by Brian McMillan
K'imani Gervin-McCoy sings "I have Nothing" by Whitney Houston at the Flagler Youth Talent Show on May 26, 2023, at the Fitzgerald Performing Arts Center. File photo by Brian McMillan
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Flagler Palm Coast High School ninth grader K’imani Gervin-McCoy has been selected to sing the national anthem at the 2024 opening session of the Florida Legislature on Tuesday, Jan. 9.

Gervin-McCoy, who turned 15 on Dec. 31, is scheduled to sing at both the House and joint sessions at the invitation of House Speaker Paul Renner of Palm Coast.

Gervin-McCoy, her mother Tahlia McCoy, and Jeffrey Reeves, Flagler Schools' director of Teaching and Learning, will travel to Tallahassee on Tuesday morning where they will be welcomed by Renner and his staff at the Floria Capitol. They also will tour the Capitol and, following K’imani’s performances before the state’s legislators, will have lunch before returning to Flagler County.

 

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