Full Text of HR0861 93rd General Assembly
HR0861 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives wish to congratulate the Mount Zion | 4 |
| Swingsations show choir on their 25th year as a group; and | 5 |
| WHEREAS, The choir was organized in 1973 as a nine-member | 6 |
| all-girl Mount Zion swing choir; the group was choreographed by | 7 |
| founding member Roberta Vest and Decatur resident and former | 8 |
| member of the Radio City Music City Hall Rockettes, Darlene | 9 |
| Wittenauer; and | 10 |
| WHEREAS, In 1975, boys joined the group for the first time | 11 |
| and to this day the group includes both male and female | 12 |
| members; in 1979, the group became known as the Mount Zion | 13 |
| Swingsations; and | 14 |
| WHEREAS, The Swingsations have won national dance | 15 |
| championships in Florida, California, New York, Tennessee, | 16 |
| Wisconsin, and Illinois; and | 17 |
| WHEREAS, Most recently, the Swingsations were awarded | 18 |
| honors including the grand championship, best visual effect, | 19 |
| best combo, best vocals, best female vocalist, and best male | 20 |
| vocalist in Nashville, Tennessee; and | 21 |
| WHEREAS, The director of the choir is Jeff Gemar; assistant | 22 |
| director and combo director, Carla Moebius; choreographer, | 23 |
| Dwight Jordan; and president of the parents' booster club, Rick | 24 |
| McKibben; and | 25 |
| WHEREAS, This body also wishes to recognize former | 26 |
| director, Connie Mulligan and former assistant director, Cyndi | 27 |
| Johnson, under whose direction the Mount Zion Swingsations were | 28 |
| crowned Grand Champion at Chicago Showstoppers in 1995 and at | 29 |
| Terpsichore in Chicago in 1999; and former assistant director |
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| and alumna, Heather Pistorius; and | 2 |
| WHEREAS, The alumni of the Mount Zion Swingsations gather | 3 |
| together for the group's annual dinner theater the weekend of | 4 |
| April 28 through May 1, 2004; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 6 |
| NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 7 |
| congratulate the Mount Zion Swingsations show choir on | 8 |
| celebrating their 25th year as a group; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 10 |
| presented to the director, assistant director, choreographer, | 11 |
| president of the parents' booster club, and to each member of | 12 |
| the Mount Zion Swingsations show choir as a token of our | 13 |
| respect.
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