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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Frank J. Manna, band director at Marist Catholic |
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| High School in Chicago, is retiring after 42 years at Marist |
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| and other part-time jobs directing band at other schools; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Manna graduated from Leo Catholic High School |
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| in 1954; he served eight years as a member of the Army National |
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| Guard; he married his wife, Betty, in 1958 and graduated from |
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| DePaul University in 1960; he and Betty are the parents of six |
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| girls and two trumpet-playing Marist bandsmen, Frank Jr. and |
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| Michael; and
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| WHEREAS, He first worked as Leo High School's Glee Club |
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| director and assistant band director at Brother Rice and was |
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| hired by the Marist brothers to teach at their new Southwest |
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| Side school in 1964; he eventually expanded beyond Marist, |
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| teaching concert band at Quigley South High School and at |
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| several Catholic elementary schools; he also ran the Imperial |
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| Youth Band, a now-defunct spring and summer band program for |
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| high schoolers and eighth-graders; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Manna has led the Marist band in many national |
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| parades, including the Annual Rose Bowl Parade in Pasadena, |
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| California; and |
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Manna composed the Marist High School fight |
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| song, and his wife, Betty, wrote the lyrics; for 42 years, he |
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| has shaped the lives of young men, and now women, at Marist |
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| Catholic High School; his leadership and powerful voice will be |
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| missed; and |
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| WHEREAS, As the Marist Fight Song claims, Mr. Manna has |
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| been bold and brave and has brought honor, glory, and fame to |
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| Marist Catholic High School for 42 years; therefore, be it
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