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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives wish to congratulate the Mexican Folkloric | ||||||
| 4 | Dance Company of Chicago on its 36th anniversary; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, The Mexican Folkloric Dance Company of Chicago was | ||||||
| 6 | founded on February 17, 1982 and incorporated on March 28, | ||||||
| 7 | 1983; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, The Mexican Folkloric Dance Company of Chicago | ||||||
| 9 | will be celebrating its 36th anniversary at the Studebaker | ||||||
| 10 | Theatre, 410 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, on May 11, 2018, | ||||||
| 11 | doing what it loves to do, performing the inspirational and | ||||||
| 12 | tradition rich folkloric dances of Mexico; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, The Mexican Folkloric Dance Company of Chicago | ||||||
| 14 | through its authentic dance performances has been successful in | ||||||
| 15 | its efforts to educate the public on its vast dance repertoire | ||||||
| 16 | and to preserve this heritage among the Mexican community; and
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| 17 | WHEREAS, The Mexican Folkloric Dance Company of Chicago has | ||||||
| 18 | toured nationally and internationally; it performed in Mexico | ||||||
| 19 | in 1988 and in Ireland in 2007 and 2009; it performed for | ||||||
| 20 | President Reagan's 1985 visit to Chicago Heights, the 1987 Pan | ||||||
| 21 | Am games before then-Vice President Bush, the 1994 World Cup | ||||||
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| 1 | before President Clinton, and Mexican President Fox's visit to | ||||||
| 2 | Chicago in 2001; it also performed for Governor James Thompson, | ||||||
| 3 | Governor Rod Blagojevich, Mayor Richard Daley, Mayor Harold | ||||||
| 4 | Washington, and world renowned musical duo Steve Lawrence and | ||||||
| 5 | Eydie Gorme; it performed with mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlan in | ||||||
| 6 | 2003, 2004, and 2018, Pepe Aguilar in 2007 and 2009, Juan | ||||||
| 7 | Gabriel in 2009, and Los Tigres del Norte in 2016 and 2017; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, The Mexican Folkloric Dance Company of Chicago has | ||||||
| 9 | received almost 300 awards, grants, and recognitions; | ||||||
| 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 Mexican Folkloric Dance Company of Chicago on | ||||||
| 14 | its 36th anniversary; we honor them for their success in | ||||||
| 15 | educating the public on Mexican heritage through dance, and we | ||||||
| 16 | extend our best wishes to them for continued success in all of | ||||||
| 17 | their future endeavors; and be it further
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| 18 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 19 | presented to the Mexican Folkloric Dance Company of Chicago as | ||||||
| 20 | an expression of our respect and esteem.
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