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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The 2006 Illinois State Square and Round Dance |
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| Convention will be held July 28-30, 2006, in DeKalb; and
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| WHEREAS, The square dance is a popular type of folk dance |
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| in the United States; this dance for four couples, or groups of |
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| four couples, is performed in a compact framework of a square, |
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| each couple forming a side; traditionally accompanied by a |
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| fiddle, accordion, banjo, and guitar, the couples perform a |
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| variety of movements prompted by the patter or singing calls |
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| (instruction) of a "caller"; cooperative movement is the |
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| hallmark of well-executed square dancing; and
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| WHEREAS, The origin of the square dance can be traced to |
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| English derivation and to the stately French cotillion |
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| performed in square formation that was popular at the court of |
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| Louis XIV, later replaced by the quadrille (another square |
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| dance); and
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| WHEREAS, The State Council of Illinois Square Dance |
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| Associations was formed on May 7, 1983, to promote square |
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| dancing in all its forms, including square dancing, round |
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| dancing, contra dancing, line dancing, etc.; and
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| WHEREAS, The square dance was adopted as the American Folk |
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| Dance of the State of Illinois in 1990 by an act of the General |
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| Assembly; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL |
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| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that in recognition of the |
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| Illinois State Square and Round Dance Convention, we name the |
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| week of July 23 through July 29, 2006, Square and Round Dance |
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| week in the State of Illinois; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |