Bill Text: TX HCR21 | 2023 | 88th Legislature 4th Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Commemorating the 30th anniversary of the Midland Festival Ballet.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-12-04 - Filed [HCR21 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HCR21-Introduced.html
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| By: Craddick | H.C.R. No. 21 | |
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| WHEREAS, The Midland Festival Ballet is celebrating its 30th | ||
| anniversary in 2023; and | ||
| WHEREAS, A local, pre-professional, nonprofit ballet | ||
| company, the Midland Festival Ballet was founded by Judy Coleman in | ||
| 1993 to help bring quality dance performances to the West Texas | ||
| area; equipped with her many years of experience as a dancer in New | ||
| York, she opened her own ballet school and began offering classes | ||
| for 50 students; in 1994, the ballet company conducted its first | ||
| annual performance of The Nutcracker at Wagner and Brown Auditorium | ||
| at Midland College; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The Midland Festival Ballet has produced a number of | ||
| live performances at the Wagner Noël Performing Arts Center, and it | ||
| has broadcasted its digital season on Basin PBS; in addition, the | ||
| ballet company has created four documentaries, one dance film, one | ||
| full-length ballet, and more than 60 new works; today, its two | ||
| studios provide dance education to over 150 students, and it has | ||
| collaborated with local schools and public libraries to provide | ||
| free camps and performances; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Among its many achievements, the Midland Festival | ||
| Ballet has been recognized as a Regional Dance America Honor | ||
| Company, and it has had the privilege of hosting the Regional Dance | ||
| America/Southwest 2023 Festival; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Over the past three decades, the Midland Festival | ||
| Ballet has contributed to the vibrancy and cultural richness of the | ||
| West Texas region, and it is a pleasure to join in honoring the | ||
| dance company on this milestone occasion; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the 88th Legislature of the State of Texas, | ||
| 4th Called Session, hereby commemorate the 30th anniversary of the | ||
| Midland Festival Ballet and extend to all those associated with the | ||
| group sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for the Midland Festival Ballet as an expression of high | ||
| regard by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate. | ||
