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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| SENATE RESOLUTION |
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| INTRODUCED BY HUGHES, STACK, FERLO, MELLOW, LOGAN, DINNIMAN, O'PAKE, TARTAGLIONE, FARNESE, ERICKSON, GREENLEAF, STOUT, COSTA AND FONTANA, JUNE 23, 2010 |
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| INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, JUNE 23, 2010 |
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| A RESOLUTION |
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1 | Designating June 22 through 27, 2010, as "Dreamgirls" week in |
2 | Pennsylvania. |
3 | WHEREAS, The Kimmel Center presents first class touring |
4 | Broadway musicals, plays, family productions and other live |
5 | events throughout their network in Philadelphia; and |
6 | WHEREAS, The Kimmel Center has brought the musical |
7 | "Dreamgirls" to Philadelphia from June 22 through 27, 2010, at |
8 | the Academy of Music; and |
9 | WHEREAS, "Dreamgirls" is making its critically acclaimed, |
10 | historic run across the United States and internationally, most |
11 | recently in Japan, and has finally come to Philadelphia; and |
12 | WHEREAS, The original Broadway production of "Dreamgirls" won |
13 | six Tony Awards and three Drama Desk Awards in 1982, closing on |
14 | Broadway August 11, 1985, after 1,521 performances, and was |
15 | later adapted into a motion picture which won two Academy |
16 | Awards, five Golden Globes, two Screen Actors Guild Awards and a |
17 | Grammy Award; and |
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1 | WHEREAS, The same award-winning story of an up-and-coming, |
2 | 1960's female vocal group and the triumphs and tribulations that |
3 | accompany fame and fortune is in Pennsylvania's largest city |
4 | now; and |
5 | WHEREAS, "Dreamgirls" has partnered with original "Dreamgirl" |
6 | and Tony Award nominee Sheryl Lee Ralph to continue to help |
7 | advance the arts in Philadelphia and across the country; and |
8 | WHEREAS, "Dreamgirls," through a partnership with Sheryl Lee |
9 | Ralph and her Divinely Inspired Victoriously Anointed (DIVA) |
10 | Foundation, continues to raise awareness in the City of |
11 | Philadelphia for education through the arts and regarding HIV |
12 | and AIDS; and |
13 | WHEREAS, The Kimmel Center also teamed up with Sheryl Lee |
14 | Ralph and the DIVA Foundation to make it possible for young |
15 | people with limited resources to be able to attend a Broadway |
16 | musical and experience and enjoy a genuinely spectacular evening |
17 | of entertainment; therefore be it |
18 | RESOLVED, That the Senate designate June 22 through 27, 2010, |
19 | as "Dreamgirls" week in Pennsylvania. |
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