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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives wish to congratulate the dancers of the | ||||||
| 4 | Lavin-Cassidy School of Irish Dance on their success at the | ||||||
| 5 | 2015 World Championships; and | ||||||
| 6 | WHEREAS, The Lavin-Cassidy School of Irish Dance, located | ||||||
| 7 | in Worth, has been teaching Irish dance and competing in events | ||||||
| 8 | for almost 30 years; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, The 2015 World Championships were held in | ||||||
| 10 | Montreal, Canada from March 29 through April 5; 28 | ||||||
| 11 | Lavin-Cassidy dancers participated, winning 3 World Titles and | ||||||
| 12 | a 2nd place finish; the dancers won 27 World Medals and 4 World | ||||||
| 13 | Globes; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, In the World Championship Soloist competition, | ||||||
| 15 | Tadgh Spillane took 1st place in the U14 class; Jack Bullington | ||||||
| 16 | took 8th place in the U11 class, and Michalene Donnelly took | ||||||
| 17 | 9th place in the U13 class; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, The U11 Ceili Team took 2nd place at the 2015 | ||||||
| 19 | World Championships; they are Delaney Bullington, Aileen | ||||||
| 20 | Chesniak, Kylie Collins, Libby Gibbons, Kayla Harper, Courtney | ||||||
| 21 | Mayo, Maura McInerney, and Mairead O'Brien; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, The U13 Ceili Team took 1st place at the 2015 | ||||||
| 2 | World Championships; they are Abigail Chesniak, Michalene | ||||||
| 3 | Donnelly, Elizabeth Gildea, Kaylee Loperano, Claire McInerney, | ||||||
| 4 | Abigail Perry, Syndey Rozhon, and Molly Ross; and | ||||||
| 5 | WHEREAS, The U19 Ceili Team took 1st place at the 2015 | ||||||
| 6 | World Championships; they are Keely Dolan, Bailey Donnelly, | ||||||
| 7 | Martina Lee, Kali Graziano, Grace O'Brien, Erin Rickert, | ||||||
| 8 | Bridget Rickert, and Katie Ross; and | ||||||
| 9 | WHEREAS, The coaches are Ann Lavin Cassidy, Laura Stack | ||||||
| 10 | Finn, Emma Jane Jordan, Caoimhe Cassidy, and Stephanie Ryan; | ||||||
| 11 | therefore, be it
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| 12 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 13 | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 14 | congratulate the dancers of the Lavin-Cassidy School of Irish | ||||||
| 15 | Dance on their success at the 2015 World Championships and we | ||||||
| 16 | wish them many more successful years; and be it further
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| 17 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
| 18 | presented to each member and coach of the Lavin-Cassidy dance | ||||||
| 19 | team.
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