By: Cain H.R. No. 296
73R4943 NBM-F
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.