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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives wish to congratulate Daisy Robinson on the
4occasion of her 94th birthday on July 13, 2013; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Daisy Robinson studied piano, organ, and music
6theory at Chicago Conservatory College and the Chicago Musical
7College of Roosevelt University; and
 
8    WHEREAS, Daisy Robinson has been a dynamic musical
9personality and influence nationally and in the Chicago area
10for over 70 years; she began her musical career as an
11accompanist for the Liberty Baptist Church of Chicago; she
12subsequently expanded her musical horizons as an accompanist
13for the Unity Foundation Choir of Unity Village in Kansas City,
14Missouri; she also traveled extensively to churches and
15university campuses throughout the United States as an
16accompanist of noted folk singer and choir director Charles
17King; and
 
18    WHEREAS, Following her work with Charles King, Daisy
19Robinson went to Christ Universal Temple in Chicago, where she
20worked with Dr. Johnnie Coleman and became Founder and Director
21of The Youth Vibrations, a group of young singers; in 1977,
22they were invited to travel to London, England, where they

 

 

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1performed at the Olympic Theatre for the First International
2Metaphysical Conference; while in London, they also presented a
3concert at Royal Albert Hall; and
 
4    WHEREAS, Daisy Robinson has arranged and published 2 books
5of spirituals with motivational lyrics adapted for children;
6and
 
7    WHEREAS, Daisy Robinson was the founder, owner, and
8director of Melody Way Music Studio on Stony Island Avenue in
9Chicago from 1963 to 1989; she also presented "A Fantasy in
10Fashion and Music", a production chaired by the noted Chicago
11Sun-Times columnist Irv Kupcinet; and
 
12    WHEREAS, A celebration in honor of Daisy Robinson's 94th
13birthday will be held on July 13, 2013 at Emmanuel Baptist
14Church in Chicago; therefore, be it
 
15    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
16NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
17we congratulate Daisy Robinson on the occasion of her 94th
18birthday and wish her many happy and healthy years to come; and
19be it further
 
20    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
21presented to Daisy Robinson as a symbol of our esteem and

 

 

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1respect.