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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives wish to congratulate the Lincoln-Way North
4Marching Phoenix on winning the Class 4A State of Illinois
5Marching Band Championship; and
 
6    WHEREAS, The 110 members of the Marching Phoenix claimed
7the Class 4A championship in class competition on October 11,
82014 at Illinois State University in Bloomington; and
 
9    WHEREAS, The Marching Phoenix also won Outstanding Music,
10Visual Effect, and Crowd Appeal in class competition; in the
11evening finals competition, in which all bands compete
12regardless of class, the Marching Phoenix finished 5th overall;
13the band also scored first in Visual General Effect out of the
14finals group; and
 
15    WHEREAS, A total of 40 bands from all over the State
16participated; the bands competed in 6 classes, with
17approximately 3,500 students participating; and
 
18    WHEREAS, The title of the Marching Phoenix's show was
19"Returning Home"; the music featured "Appalachian Morning" by
20Robert Sheldon, "Ashokan Farewell" by Jay Ungar, "Althea" by
21the Grateful Dead, and "American Gothic, mvt. III: Pitchfork"

 

 

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1by Michael Daugherty; wind music was arranged by Don Hill,
2percussion was arranged by Kirk Hickman, drill design was by
3Maney Thompson, and show design was by Alan Spaeth; and
 
4    WHEREAS, The Marching Phoenix 2014 drum majors are Nora
5Ward and Nikki Wiltjer; therefore, be it
 
6    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
7NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
8we congratulate the Lincoln-Way North Marching Phoenix on
9winning the Class 4A State of Illinois Marching Band
10Championship and wish them many more years of success; and be
11it further
 
12    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution is
13presented to the Marching Phoenix as an expression of our
14esteem and respect.