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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The Katherine Dunham Centers for Arts and | ||||||
| 3 | Humanities (KDCAH) will celebrate 2012 as a banner year at the | ||||||
| 4 | 5th Annual Black-Tie Gala/Silent Auction on August 4, 2012 at | ||||||
| 5 | Deserts on the Boulevard in St. Louis, Missouri; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Miss Katherine Dunham, noted dancer, | ||||||
| 7 | choreographer, anthropologist, and humanitarian, was born on | ||||||
| 8 | June 22, 1909; she passed away on May 21, 2006, and would have | ||||||
| 9 | celebrated her 103rd birthday this year; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, 2012 marks the 20th anniversary of the Dunham | ||||||
| 11 | Technique Certification Workshop, which has certified 21 dance | ||||||
| 12 | instructors, including 5 grandmaster teachers and 5 master | ||||||
| 13 | teachers; 2012 also marks the 20th anniversary of Miss Dunham's | ||||||
| 14 | 47-day fast to protest the repatriation of Haitian refugees; | ||||||
| 15 | and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, The United States Postal Service released a | ||||||
| 17 | forever stamp in commemoration of Miss Dunham's legacy as a | ||||||
| 18 | master choreographer in Los Angeles, California on July 28, | ||||||
| 19 | 2012; and
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| 20 | WHEREAS, 2012 is the year of the 29th Annual Dunham | ||||||
| 21 | Technique Seminar, where individuals are taught not only the | ||||||
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| 1 | Dunham Technique, but learn about the philosophy, pedagogy, and | ||||||
| 2 | choreography of Miss Dunham; and
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| 3 | WHEREAS, KDCAH will present awards to the Arbogast Family | ||||||
| 4 | and Mr. Mark Kern for individual philanthropy; the Casino Queen | ||||||
| 5 | for organizational philanthropy; and the Lifetime Achievement | ||||||
| 6 | Award to Joan Myers Brown; and | ||||||
| 7 | WHEREAS, The 5th Annual Gala/Silent Auction will celebrate | ||||||
| 8 | these extraordinary accomplishments and will be co-hosted by | ||||||
| 9 | actor, dancer, and singer Debbie Allen, as well as Ron Himes, | ||||||
| 10 | actor, choreographer, and founding director of the St. Louis | ||||||
| 11 | Black Repertory company; therefore, be it
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| 12 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 13 | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 14 | we thank and applaud the Board of Directors of the Katherine | ||||||
| 15 | Dunham Centers for Arts and Humanities for keeping the legacy | ||||||
| 16 | of Katherine Dunham alive, visible, and viable in the Metro | ||||||
| 17 | East area; and be it further
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| 18 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 19 | presented to the Katherine Dunham Centers for Arts and | ||||||
| 20 | Humanities as a symbol of our respect and esteem.
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