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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Joy Beebe has been named one of two 2005 Women of |
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| Achievement by the Danville branch of the American Association |
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| of University Women, an award given in celebration of Women's |
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| History Month; and
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| WHEREAS, Mrs. Beebe is a longtime District 118 music |
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| teacher and activist in the fine arts and the Fischer Theater |
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| effort, and her experience with teaching music spans more than |
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| 30 years; and
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| WHEREAS, She holds a bachelor's degree from Illinois |
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| Wesleyan University in Bloomington and a master's degree of |
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| music education and administration from the University of |
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| Illinois; and
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| WHEREAS, Her journey in music education started in Gilman |
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| and Mazon and in rural Grundy County, where she taught |
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| elementary and high school music; she arrived in Danville's |
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| District 118 in 1969 as a vocal coordinator at the elementary |
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| and middle school levels; and
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| WHEREAS, Mrs. Beebe continued teaching elementary general |
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| music and served as elementary choral director, first at |
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| Elmwood School for one year and then at Meade Park for more |
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| than 30 years, before retiring last June; she used the ORFF |
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| method for teaching music, named for the German music educator |
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| and composer, Carl Orff; and
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| WHEREAS, Outside of the classroom, Mrs. Beebe conducted |
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| music festivals, is an organist and choir director at the |
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| Danville United Church of Christ, and gives private music |
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| lessons; she belongs to the local chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma, |
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| a women's educational society, and has served as the society's |
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| music chair and director of choir and music at the group's |