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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the
3 State of Illinois are pleased to congratulate the Ethnic
4 Heritage Museum of Rockford on the occasion of its 15th Annual
5 International Ethnic Music Festival on June 12, 2005; and
 
6     WHEREAS, Diverse activities at the Ethnic Music Festival
7 include a pork chop dinner, ethnic dancers, ethnic music,
8 attendance prizes, a "Father of the Year" award, activities and
9 crafts for children, authentic ethnic costumes, and ethnic
10 galleries with artifacts from Irish, Italian, Polish,
11 Lithuanian, Latino, and African-American cultures; and
 
12     WHEREAS, Through the Ethnic Music Festival and its
13 year-round services, the Ethnic Heritage Museum of Rockford
14 does a great job in creating cultural awareness; therefore, be
15 it
 
16     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
17 NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
18 we congratulate the Ethnic Heritage Museum of Rockford on the
19 occasion of its 15th Annual International Ethnic Music
20 Festival; and be it further
 
21     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
22 presented to the Ethnic Heritage Museum as an expression of our
23 respect and esteem.