Bill Text: TX HR721 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing the Reflections Concert Choir on the occasion of its performance at the State Capitol on March 9, 2013.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-03-06 - Reported enrolled [HR721 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HR721-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 721 |
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WHEREAS, The Reflections Concert Choir is performing at the | ||
State Capitol in Austin on March 9, 2013; and | ||
WHEREAS, Founded in 1997 as the Reflections Home School Choir | ||
with 11 members from Tarrant County and the surrounding area, the | ||
program has grown over the years to include choirs for small | ||
children, preteens, teenagers, and adults; and | ||
WHEREAS, The Reflections Concert Choir shares a message of | ||
faith with its musical choices, emphasizing religious themes with | ||
seasonally appropriate selections, and it performs patriotic works | ||
as well; the choir appears regularly at churches, banquets, | ||
retirement homes, and other venues in the Dallas/Fort Worth area | ||
and has performed at two Republican State Conventions, the Old Post | ||
Office Pavilion and the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C., | ||
and a number of military bases in different states; members sing at | ||
the Dallas/Fort Worth National Cemetery on Memorial Day and | ||
Veterans Day and with the Irving Symphonic Band at its annual | ||
Christmas concert; and | ||
WHEREAS, Ably led by choir director Craig Armstrong, the | ||
choir has previously sung at the State Capitol and has also toured | ||
the country nine times and recorded seven CDs; and | ||
WHEREAS, The Reflections Concert Choir has been delighting | ||
and inspiring audiences for more than a decade and a half, and it is | ||
indeed a pleasure to welcome its gifted and hardworking members to | ||
Austin; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas | ||
Legislature hereby recognize the Reflections Concert Choir on the | ||
occasion of its performance at the State Capitol on March 9, 2013, | ||
and extend to the members and director of the choir sincere best | ||
wishes for the future; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for the choir as an expression of high regard by the Texas | ||
House of Representatives. | ||
Zedler | ||
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Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 721 was adopted by the House on March | ||
6, 2013, by a non-record vote. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||