Full Text of HR1264 95th General Assembly
HR1264 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are pleased to congratulate the members of the | 4 |
| Champaign Central High School Jazz Ensemble on the occasion of | 5 |
| being invited to the 13th annual Essentially Ellington High | 6 |
| School Jazz Band Competition & Festival in New York City on May | 7 |
| 15-17, 2008; and
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| WHEREAS, The Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band | 9 |
| Competition & Festival is an annual event that is one of the | 10 |
| most innovative jazz education events worldwide; every year, | 11 |
| high school musicians from across North America travel to New | 12 |
| York City to spend three days immersed in workshops, jam | 13 |
| sessions, rehearsals, and performances at the Frederick P. Rose | 14 |
| Hall, the home of Jazz at Lincoln Center; and
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| WHEREAS, The Competition & Festival, held every May, is the | 16 |
| culmination of the year-long Essentially Ellington program, | 17 |
| during which Premium members are invited to submit a recording; | 18 |
| 15 finalist bands are selected through a rigorous screening | 19 |
| process to receive an in-school workshop in their community led | 20 |
| by a professional musician; the band then travels to New York | 21 |
| City to perform before Wynton Marsalis and a panel of esteemed | 22 |
| judges; and
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Champaign Central High School | 2 |
| Jazz Ensemble are Brett Anderson, Andrea Miskimins, Braden | 3 |
| Anderson, Michael Anderson, Evan Slazinik, Adam Hawthorne, Ben | 4 |
| Peden, Cassie Bugbee, Daniel Robinson, Javed Hassan, Jonathon | 5 |
| Ervin, Andrew Johnston, Chris Anderson, Taylor Dillon, Tim | 6 |
| Frye, Travis Hoyne, Allison Chouinard, Alice Beberman, Chelsea | 7 |
| Hart, Sam Peters, Ben Donaldson, Nate Sokolski, and Jordan | 8 |
| Lange; the ensemble's director is John Currey; and
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| WHEREAS, The great talent and dedication exhibited by the | 10 |
| members of the Champaign Central High School Jazz Ensemble is | 11 |
| worthy of the greatest respect; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 13 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 14 |
| congratulate the members of the Champaign Central High School | 15 |
| Jazz Ensemble on the occasion of being invited to the 13th | 16 |
| annual Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition & | 17 |
| Festival and wish them continued success and happiness in the | 18 |
| future; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 20 |
| presented to Champaign Central High School Jazz Ensemble | 21 |
| Director John Currey and the members of the Champaign Central | 22 |
| High School Jazz Ensemble as a symbol of our esteem and | 23 |
| respect.
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