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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, Joy Beebe has been named one of two 2005 Women of
3 Achievement by the Danville branch of the American Association
4 of University Women, an award given in celebration of Women's
5 History Month; and
 
6     WHEREAS, Mrs. Beebe is a longtime District 118 music
7 teacher and activist in the fine arts and the Fischer Theater
8 effort, and her experience with teaching music spans more than
9 30 years; and
 
10     WHEREAS, She holds a bachelor's degree from Illinois
11 Wesleyan University in Bloomington and a master's degree of
12 music education and administration from the University of
13 Illinois; and
 
14     WHEREAS, Her journey in music education started in Gilman
15 and Mazon and in rural Grundy County, where she taught
16 elementary and high school music; she arrived in Danville's
17 District 118 in 1969 as a vocal coordinator at the elementary
18 and middle school levels; and
 
19     WHEREAS, Mrs. Beebe continued teaching elementary general
20 music and served as elementary choral director, first at
21 Elmwood School for one year and then at Meade Park for more
22 than 30 years, before retiring last June; she used the ORFF
23 method for teaching music, named for the German music educator
24 and composer, Carl Orff; and
 
25     WHEREAS, Outside of the classroom, Mrs. Beebe conducted
26 music festivals, is an organist and choir director at the
27 Danville United Church of Christ, and gives private music
28 lessons; she belongs to the local chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma,
29 a women's educational society, and has served as the society's
30 music chair and director of choir and music at the group's

 

 

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1 conventions for the last six years; and
 
2     WHEREAS, Mrs. Beebe also enjoys helping her husband, Jim,
3 with the behind-the-scenes details of his Fischer Theater
4 productions; therefore, be it
 
5     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
6 NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
7 we congratulate Joy Beebe on being named one of two 2005 Women
8 of Achievement by the Danville branch of the American
9 Association of University Women; and be it further
 
10     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
11 presented to Mrs. Beebe as an expression of our respect and
12 esteem for her many years of educational service.