Full Text of HR0824 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to recognize the 25th anniversary of | 4 | | founding of the Illinois Brass Band; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, The Illinois Brass Band was founded in 1991 by | 6 | | George Faster and William
Homer, who modeled it after the | 7 | | United Kingdom's Desford Colliery Caterpillar
Band, which | 8 | | toured the United States in 1990; the Illinois Brass Band | 9 | | entered its
first North American Brass Band Association | 10 | | competition in 1993 and the next
year won first place honors; | 11 | | and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, By 2002, the Illinois Brass Band had won 6 North | 13 | | American Brass Band
Association championships in 7 years, all | 14 | | while continuing to delight
audiences throughout the Chicago | 15 | | area with a repertoire ranging from brass band
classics to show | 16 | | tunes and jazz; in 2003, the Illinois Brass Band became the
| 17 | | first brass band outside the Commonwealth to attend the British | 18 | | Open Brass Band
Championships; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Over the years, the Illinois Brass Band has | 20 | | presented dozens of concerts indoors
and out and showcased | 21 | | exceptional artists, including Roger Webster, Michael
Mulcahy, | 22 | | and Brett Baker; the Illinois Brass Band has produced 6 |
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date; "Cookin' with Brass", the latest recording | 2 | | project by the Illinois Brass Band, is
the first recording by | 3 | | the band in over 10 years; the tracks were recorded over a
| 4 | | series of sessions in May and early June 2013 at First United | 5 | | Methodist Church
in Arlington Heights, where the band regularly | 6 | | rehearses; the pieces selected are a
selection of pieces that | 7 | | might be typically performed at one of the band's outdoor
| 8 | | summer concerts; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, The Illinois Brass Band is a 30-member British | 10 | | style brass band and is a 6-time
national champion of the North | 11 | | American Brass Band Association; the band is a
Section | 12 | | 501(c)(3) recognized organization and is supported in part by a | 13 | | grant from the
Illinois Arts Council, a State agency; | 14 | | therefore, be it
| 15 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 16 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 17 | | recognize the 25th anniversary of the Illinois Brass Band and | 18 | | we wish them many more successful years; and be it further | 19 | | RESOLVED, That we declare June 11, 2016 as Illinois Brass | 20 | | Band Day; and be it further
| 21 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 22 | | presented to the Illinois Brass Band as an expression of our |
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