Full Text of HR0690 97th General Assembly
HR0690 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The State of Illinois has played a meaningful role | 3 | | in developing the American art form of barbershop singing; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, The national organization known as the Barbershop | 5 | | Harmony Society (BHS), born in 1938 as the Society for the | 6 | | Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing | 7 | | in America, Inc., enjoyed strong support from communities | 8 | | across Illinois as interest in the art form spread; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, The Bloomington Chapter of the Barbershop Harmony | 10 | | Society, also known as the Sound of Illinois, became one of the | 11 | | earliest to form in Illinois on April 27, 1942; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, The Sound of Illinois mission is to bring Central | 13 | | Illinois men together in harmony and fellowship to enrich lives | 14 | | through singing; and | 15 | | WHEREAS, The Sound of Illinois, one of the Central Illinois | 16 | | arts community's oldest organizations, has brought enjoyment | 17 | | of four-part acappella singing to thousands of Central Illinois | 18 | | audiences through its annual shows, singing valentines, and | 19 | | many performances; and | 20 | | WHEREAS, Thousands of Illinois high school singers have | 21 | | participated in annual Youth In Harmony education workshops and |
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| 1 | | performances offered free by the Sound of Illinois since 1999 | 2 | | to support vocal music in high schools; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, The Sound of Illinois chorus will again represent | 4 | | the State of Illinois as a contestant in Portland, Oregon, in | 5 | | 2012, the fifth consecutive year and eighth time overall that | 6 | | the Sound of Illinois has been the Illinois entry in | 7 | | international competition; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, The Barbershop Harmony Society recognizes the | 9 | | Bloomington Chapter as the third best chapter among 800 in the | 10 | | entire organization, based on a broad measure of activities; | 11 | | therefore, be it
| 12 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 13 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 14 | | we proclaim April 21-27, 2012 as Sound of Illinois Week in the | 15 | | State of Illinois, to recognize the 70th anniversary of the | 16 | | Bloomington Chapter of the Barbershop Harmony Society and its | 17 | | passion to serve its Society, its audiences, students, and | 18 | | citizens across the State; and be it further
| 19 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 20 | | presented to the Bloomington Chapter of the Barbershop Harmony | 21 | | Society as a symbol of our respect and esteem.
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