H.R. No. 296 R E S O L U T I O N 1-1 WHEREAS, Under the capable tutelage of director Beverly 1-2 Hirsch, the J. L. Long Middle School choir has attained 1-3 well-deserved recognition for its outstanding performances over the 1-4 past three years, entertaining and delighting audiences throughout 1-5 Dallas and North Texas and garnering numerous awards in University 1-6 Interscholastic League competitions; and 1-7 WHEREAS, During the 1988-1989 school year, the school's choir 1-8 placed 28 students on the 100-member Dallas All-City choir, more 1-9 than any other middle school choir in the city; eight J. L. Long 1-10 students also made the All-Region choir, again the best performance 1-11 of any Dallas middle school; and 1-12 WHEREAS, J. L. Long Middle School students dominated citywide 1-13 and UIL regional solo/ensemble contests that year, winning the most 1-14 medals of any school at each level of competition, including the 1-15 award for best boys' ensemble in the city; the boys' choir also won 1-16 sweepstakes, the highest award possible, in concert and 1-17 sightreading competition at the city and regional events; and 1-18 WHEREAS, At the Sandy Lake festival, the 7th and 8th grade 1-19 girls received top ratings from all of the competition judges, an 1-20 outstanding achievement duplicated at the festival by the boys' 1-21 choir in their competition; and 1-22 WHEREAS, During the 1989-1990 school year, J. L. Long Middle 1-23 School students continued to outperform other teams in local and 1-24 regional choral competition, again placing 28 members on the 2-1 All-City choir and 12 members on the All-Region choir to surpass 2-2 all 21 of the other middle schools in the Dallas Independent School 2-3 District; and 2-4 WHEREAS, The impressive vocal talents of these young students 2-5 also were evident in the solo/ensemble contests, as the school 2-6 again took top honors with the most medals of any middle school in 2-7 the local and regional competitions, paced by the first place 2-8 showing of the girls' ensemble; and 2-9 WHEREAS, The 8th grade girls added further honors by winning 2-10 the judges' sweepstakes award in local concert and sightreading 2-11 competition, while the boys' choir received the top rating in 2-12 sightreading; these two groups also performed impressively in 2-13 sightreading competition at the UIL regionals and at the Sandy Lake 2-14 festival, where the 7th grade girls were named the outstanding 2-15 choir in their class; and 2-16 WHEREAS, During the 1990-1991 school year, the J. L. Long 2-17 Middle School choral department made an even greater showing by 2-18 placing 36 students on the 100-member All-City choir and 18 2-19 students on the All-Region choir, and for the third consecutive 2-20 year the solo/ensemble members outperformed their local and 2-21 regional competition by winning the most medals in those events; 2-22 and 2-23 WHEREAS, Other achievements compiled by these young students 2-24 during the year included sweepstakes awards by the boys' choir, a 2-25 top rating by the 8th grade girls in city competition, and top 2-26 ratings from all of the judges for both groups in regional 2-27 competition and again at the Sandy Lake festival; and 3-1 WHEREAS, The school's show choir, Expectations, also enjoyed 3-2 phenomenal success, receiving the top scores from all of the judges 3-3 at the Sandy Lake festival three years in a row; in addition, the 3-4 36-member show choir participated in the America Sings festival in 3-5 Houston to benefit the nation's homeless children and earned the 3-6 selection as the Most Outstanding Middle School Choir at a choral 3-7 competition at Astroworld in Houston; and 3-8 WHEREAS, These young vocalists have brought great honor and 3-9 prestige to J. L. Long Middle School, and their exceptional 3-10 achievements in local and regional UIL competition are indeed 3-11 worthy of special praise and recognition; now, therefore, be it 3-12 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 73rd Texas 3-13 Legislature hereby commend the student members and sponsors of the 3-14 J. L. Long Middle School choir on their noteworthy achievements in 3-15 interscholastic choral competition and extend to them best wishes 3-16 for continued success in the years to come; and, be it further 3-17 RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be 3-18 prepared for the members and sponsors of the choir as an expression 3-19 of high esteem by the Texas House of Representatives. 3-20 prepared for the members and sponsors of the choir as an expression 3-21 of high esteem by the Texas House of Representatives. 3-22 Cain 3-23 H.R. No. 296 3-24 _______________________________ 3-25 Speaker of the House 3-26 I certify that H.R. No. 296 was adopted by the House on March 3-27 9, 1993, by a non-record vote. 4-1 _______________________________ 4-2 Chief Clerk of the House