Bill Text: IL HR0408 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates Reginald A. Wright, Jr. on his retirement as Proviso East High School Band Director.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-04-23 - Resolution Adopted [HR0408 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-HR0408-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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