Bill Text: TX HR1837 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating the City of Brownsville on setting the Guinness World Record for largest huapango dance.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-05-17 - Reported enrolled [HR1837 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HR1837-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 1837 |
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WHEREAS, Residents of Brownsville and the surrounding area | ||
set the Guinness World Record for largest huapango dance on April | ||
22, 2017; and | ||
WHEREAS, Organized by the City of Brownsville and The | ||
University of Texas School of Public Health at Brownsville, the | ||
event was designed to promote healthy lifestyles and physical | ||
activity; the gathering was held at Brownsville Sports Park, where | ||
more than 500 participants joined together to dance huapango, a | ||
fast-paced Mexican folk style of music; and | ||
WHEREAS, This new record is just the latest for the City of | ||
Brownsville, which also holds places in the Guinness Book of World | ||
Records for the largest Zumba and Zumbatomic classes; and | ||
WHEREAS, In achieving this feat, the City of Brownsville not | ||
only demonstrated its commitment to public health but also | ||
celebrated the area's rich cultural heritage, and all who | ||
participated deserve special recognition for their community | ||
spirit; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby congratulate the City of Brownsville on setting | ||
the Guinness World Record for largest huapango dance and extend to | ||
all those involved sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it | ||
further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for the city as an expression of high regard by the Texas | ||
House of Representatives. | ||
Lucio III | ||
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Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 1837 was adopted by the House on May | ||
12, 2017, by a non-record vote. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||