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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives are pleased to congratulate the McCracken
4 Middle School Band from Skokie on receiving the Sudler Silver
5 Cup award for 2006 from the John Philip Sousa Foundation; and
 
6     WHEREAS, The McCracken Middle School Band was the only
7 middle school band selected from the United States and Canada
8 to receive this honor; and
 
9     WHEREAS, The Band will receive their award on May 14, 2007
10 at a concert performance at Niles North High School in Skokie;
11 and
 
12     WHEREAS, The Sudler Silver Cup is sponsored by the John
13 Philip Sousa Foundation and is awarded to middle school concert
14 bands which have demonstrated extremely high standards of
15 musical excellence at the international level over a period of
16 several years and whose director has established and maintained
17 a complete musical program in his or her school over a period
18 of more than seven years; and
 
19     WHEREAS, The faculty, staff, parents, and community can be
20 proud of this great achievement by the McCracken Middle School
21 Band; therefore, be it
 

 

 

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1     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
2 NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
3 congratulate the McCracken Middle School Band from Skokie on
4 receiving the Sudler Silver Cup award for 2006 from the John
5 Philip Sousa Foundation and wish them all continued success in
6 the future; and be it further
 
7     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
8 presented to the McCracken Middle School Band and Chip De
9 Stephano, Conductor, as a symbol of our respect and esteem.