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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives wish to congratulate the Southland College
4Prep Charter High School Speech Forensics Team on its success
5at the 2015 Illinois High School Association's (IHSA) Speech
6Forensics Sectional; and
 
7    WHEREAS, Southland's team placed first in 4 events and took
8second in 2 other competitions at the Southwest Suburban
9Sectional held at Oak Lawn Community High School on February
1014-15, 2015; and
 
11    WHEREAS, Southland's Performance in the Round team placed
12first in the sectional competition; the team took top honors
13for their performance of a dialogue segment from playwright
14Chadwick Boseman's hip-hop influenced production, "Deep
15Azure"; team members are Jarrett Exum, Coretta Franklin, Zadok
16Dean, III, Anthony Harris, Kapri Echols, Kristen Carter, Tyler
17McCullar, Tyrin Lane, Alayna Hester, Katlyn Barksdale, and
18Takiyah Brown; and
 
19    WHEREAS, Other first place winners at the sectional were
20Delarah Wright for Humorous Interpretation, Erik Thomas and
21Janessa Colquitt for Dramatic Duet Acting, and Eric Thomas for
22Poetry Reading; Janessa Colquitt also won a second-place medal

 

 

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1for Oratorical Declamation; Malik Bibbie tied for third-place
2in the Original Comedy competition; and
 
3    WHEREAS, Southland placed third in the Southwest Suburban
4Sectional with 33 points; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Fifteen members of Southland's team went on to
6compete at the IHSA State Finals in Peoria on February 21,
72015; therefore, be it
 
8    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
9NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
10congratulate the Southland College Prep Charter High School
11Speech Forensics team on its success at the 2015 Illinois High
12School Association's Speech Forensics Sectional; and be it
13further
 
14    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
15presented to the Southland College Prep Charter High School
16Speech Forensics team as an expression of our esteem and
17respect.