Bill Text: TX HCR25 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Commemorating the 30th anniversary of the Midland Festival Ballet.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)
Status: (Passed) 2025-04-09 - Signed by the Governor [HCR25 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-HCR25-Enrolled.html
| H.C.R. No. 25 | ||
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| WHEREAS, The Midland Festival Ballet celebrated 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 4 documentaries, 1 dance film, 1 | ||
| 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 course of 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 special milestone; now, | ||
| therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the 89th Legislature of the State of Texas | ||
| 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. | ||
| Craddick | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.C.R. No. 25 was adopted by the House on March | ||
| 10, 2025, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.C.R. No. 25 was adopted by the Senate on | ||
| March 19, 2025, by a viva-voce vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: __________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| __________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
