Full Text of HR0408 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate Reginald A. Wright, Jr. on | 4 | | the occasion of his retirement as the Proviso East High School | 5 | | Band Director; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Reginald Wright, Jr. was born in Darlington, South | 7 | | Carolina on September 14, 1950 to Reginald A., Sr. and Dorothy | 8 | | B. Wright; he attended elementary and high school in | 9 | | Charleston, South Carolina and graduated from C.A. Brown High | 10 | | School in 1968, with honors; in 1972, he graduated from South | 11 | | Carolina State University with a Bachelor of Science in Music | 12 | | Education Instrumental; he furthered his education at the | 13 | | University of South Carolina, National-Lewis University | 14 | | (Administration), and the VanderCook College of Music, where he | 15 | | received a Masters of Music Education; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Reginald Wright, Jr. came to the Chicago area in | 17 | | 1986 and worked as a music educator in District 88 schools; he | 18 | | joined Proviso East High School in 1993, inheriting a band of | 19 | | 14 members; the Proviso East High School Marching Band has | 20 | | grown in excellence as well as numbers over the past years and | 21 | | to this date has over a 100 members; and
| 22 | | WHEREAS, In 2005, District 209 entrusted the direction of |
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| 1 | | the district band to Reginald Wright, Jr.; the Proviso Township | 2 | | High School Band has a membership of approximately 300 | 3 | | students; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Reginald Wright, Jr. is a member of Omega Psi Phi | 5 | | Fraternity; he has won many awards, including the Illinois | 6 | | Alliance for Arts Education Award, the VanderCook College of | 7 | | Music Outstanding Service to Music Education Award, and the | 8 | | Maywood Park District Community Spirit Award; he
is a | 9 | | clinician, teacher, and adjudicator for bands throughout the | 10 | | South East and Midwest; therefore, be it
| 11 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 12 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 13 | | congratulate Reginald A. Wright, Jr. on his retirement as the | 14 | | Proviso East High School Band Director and we wish him the best | 15 | | in all his future endeavors; and be it further
| 16 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 17 | | presented to Reginald Wright, Jr. as an expression of our | 18 | | esteem and respect.
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