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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The Festival Chorus will be celebrating a landmark |
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| 40th anniversary in May 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, Its anniversary performance will be held on May 1 |
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| in the Performing Arts Center at William Rainey Harper College |
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| in Palatine; the program will include "Carmina Burana" by Carl |
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| Orf and some of the marvelous music from the studios of MGM; |
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| the highlight for The Festival Chorus (chorus) will be singing |
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| the hymn they sang in their first performance, "One God", by |
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| Ervin Drake and James Shirl; and
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| WHEREAS, The chorus was formed in 1965 as an offspring of |
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| an ecumenical Thanksgiving Day service; from these humble |
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| beginnings, the current community chorus of 90-plus voices |
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| continues to share its love of music with the communities of |
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| northeastern Illinois; the chorus meets and practices under the |
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| auspices of William Rainey Harper College in Palatine where one |
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| can earn college credit by participating and performing with |
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| the chorus; and
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| WHEREAS, Each year, the chorus presents two major concerts |
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| with professional orchestra; the members also perform at |
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| various nursing homes and other community organizations and |
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| have performed six concert tours in Europe and one in Canada |
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| representing the community, State, and country; they were the |
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| first American chorus invited to perform at a special mass at |
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| the Vatican; and
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| WHEREAS, The chorus has been fortunate to receive a grant |
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| from the Illinois Arts Council for the past three years; aside |
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| from this aid, the organization is maintained through the |
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| support of its members; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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