From the Japan - America Society of Dallas / Fort Worth (jasdfw.org)-

"A delegation of 10 people representing Dallas traveled to Sendai on August 27 to celebrate the 10^th anniversary of the Dallas-Sendai International Friendship Cities agreement.  On August 29, they met Mayor Umehara and participated in a ceremony to dedicate Texas Serenade, an original limestone sculpture created by Dallas artist Eliseo Garcia.  The sculpture, a gift of the City of Dallas, Japan-America Society of Dallas/Fort Worth, and the Trammell & Margaret Crow Collection of Asian Art, is now on permanent display near the Sendai International Center."