Bill Text: IL HR0971 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates the members of the Morton High School Marching Band on the occasion of being the 2015 State of Illinois Class 2A Champions.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Passed) 2016-02-11 - Resolution Adopted [HR0971 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-HR0971-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 the members of the Morton | ||||||
| 4 | High School Marching Band on the occasion of being the 2015 | ||||||
| 5 | State of Illinois Class 2A Champions; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, The Morton High School Marching Band has been | ||||||
| 7 | widely recognized as a top performing program in the State of | ||||||
| 8 | Illinois for the past 11 years; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Jeff Neavor is in his 15th year as Morton High | ||||||
| 10 | School Band Director and has led over 700 individual members; 1 | ||||||
| 11 | in 5 students at Morton High School are members of the marching | ||||||
| 12 | band; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, Jeff Neavor lovingly leads, shapes, and molds his | ||||||
| 14 | band members into confident and accomplished musicians and | ||||||
| 15 | performers; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, With performances at the Presidential Inaugural | ||||||
| 17 | Parade in 2009 and Bands of America Grand National Semifinals | ||||||
| 18 | in 2010, 11 consecutive Illinois Class 2A State Championships, | ||||||
| 19 | and 4 University of Illinois Governor's Trophy awards, the | ||||||
| 20 | Morton High School Marching Band has built a tradition of | ||||||
| 21 | excellence and pride in its performance; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, The Morton High School Marching Band has a long | ||||||
| 2 | list of notable achievements from 2012 to 2015; and
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| 3 | WHEREAS, In 2012, the Morton High School Marching Band was | ||||||
| 4 | the Bands of America St. Louis
Super Regional Class AA | ||||||
| 5 | Champion, Bands of America St. Louis Super Regional Finalist, | ||||||
| 6 | Bands of America
St. Louis Super Regional Award Winner for Best | ||||||
| 7 | General Effect; Grammy Signature School Semifinalist;
Illinois | ||||||
| 8 | Marching Band Championships Governor's Grand Champion Trophy | ||||||
| 9 | Winner, and the State of
Illinois Class AA Champion; the team | ||||||
| 10 | also performed during halftime at the 2012 St. Louis Rams - | ||||||
| 11 | Green Bay
Packers game; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, In 2013 and 2014, the Morton High School Marching | ||||||
| 13 | Band was the Illinois Marching
Band Championships Governor's | ||||||
| 14 | Grand Champion Trophy winner, and the State of Illinois Class | ||||||
| 15 | AA
Champion; the team was also featured in the 2014 Smithsonian | ||||||
| 16 | Institute traveling exhibit of Hometown
Teams; and
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| 17 | WHEREAS, In 2015, the Morton High School Marching Band | ||||||
| 18 | received 3rd Place in Class AA of the
Bands of America Atlanta | ||||||
| 19 | Super Regional; and won an 11th consecutive State of Illinois | ||||||
| 20 | Class AA
Championship; and
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| 21 | WHEREAS, The Morton High School Marching Band has won 12 | ||||||
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| 1 | Grand Championships and over
80 awards since 2012; and
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The Morton Band Parents volunteer selflessly each | ||||||
| 3 | season, and are an integral part of
the band's success; | ||||||
| 4 | therefore, be it
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| 5 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 6 | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 7 | honor and congratulate the Morton High School Marching Band, | ||||||
| 8 | its
talented performers, its Director Jeff Neavor, his | ||||||
| 9 | assistants, and their families on their accomplishments
and | ||||||
| 10 | wish them continued success in the future; and be it further
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| 11 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 12 | presented to the Morton High School
Marching Band as a symbol | ||||||
| 13 | of our great respect and esteem.
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