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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of |
| 3 | | Representatives are pleased to congratulate the Maine South |
| 4 | | High School varsity dance team, the Hawkettes, on winning the |
| 5 | | 2017 Universal Dance Association (UDA) National Dance Team |
| 6 | | Championship for high kick; and
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| 7 | | WHEREAS, The UDA National Dance Team Championship took |
| 8 | | place at the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida from |
| 9 | | February 3, 2017 through February 5, 2017; 34 teams competed in |
| 10 | | this annual competition; and
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| 11 | | WHEREAS, The Maine South Hawkettes are one of the top dance |
| 12 | | teams in the State; they also won the national high kick |
| 13 | | championship in 2011, and finished second in nationals in high |
| 14 | | kick in 2016 and 2015; in addition to national championships |
| 15 | | the Hawkettes won the inaugural IHSA dance State championship |
| 16 | | in 2013; they won the pre-IHSA state titles an amazing 21 times |
| 17 | | between 1979 and 2012; and
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| 18 | | WHEREAS, The Maine South Hawkettes also finished sixth in |
| 19 | | large varsity poms; and
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| 20 | | WHEREAS, The Hawkettes are Isabelle Austriaco, Jacqueline |
| 21 | | Beck, Meghan Breslin, Abby Dietlin, Maya Filipczak, Maggie |
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| 1 | | Fortune, Bonnie Harris, Maggie Harris, Stephanie Kolar, Nicole |
| 2 | | Koziol, Hannah Kreger, Lexi Leongas, Daryna Liubchyk, |
| 3 | | Catherine Martin, Erin Martin, Kathryn Mauery, Kathleen |
| 4 | | McGuire, Kamryn McKenzie, Grace Mountain, Linnea Orr, Phoebe |
| 5 | | Slocum, Sophia Stefaniuk, Cole Steger, Megan Streightiff, |
| 6 | | Katie Thavis, Natalia Tyszka, Grace Wambach, and Bridget |
| 7 | | Yagihashi; and
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| 8 | | WHEREAS, The Hawkettes are coached by Jackie Graney with |
| 9 | | help from assistant coaches, Kate Bashir and Casey Gibbons; |
| 10 | | therefore, be it
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| 11 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE |
| 12 | | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we |
| 13 | | congratulate the Maine South High School varsity dance team, |
| 14 | | the Hawkettes, on winning the Universal Dance Association (UDA) |
| 15 | | National Dance Team Championship for high kick, and that we |
| 16 | | recognize their hard work, dedication to excellence, and proud |
| 17 | | representation of their school and the State; and be it further
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| 18 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
| 19 | | presented to Coach Graney as a symbol of our esteem and respect |
| 20 | | for a job well done.
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