1-1 ****** NEED TWO-PAGE HEADER ****** 1-2 SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 342 1-3 WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased to 1-4 recognize Celebrate Texas for its sponsorship of this year's 1-5 Texas Independence Day festivities; and 1-6 WHEREAS, Created two years ago by Austin businessman 1-7 Jay Johnson, Celebrate Texas hosted last year's Texas Independence 1-8 Day celebration on the Capitol grounds; and 1-9 WHEREAS, This year, the organization is also sponsoring 1-10 one of the largest parades in the city's history, one that will 1-11 consist of military bands, high school bands, floats, and 1-12 horseback riders; the Capitol grounds celebration will be 1-13 accompanied by music ranging from conjunto to gospel to jazz to 1-14 western swing; and 1-15 WHEREAS, The slogan and theme of the Texas Independence Day 1-16 celebration is "Together We're Texas," emphasizing that the holiday 1-17 belongs to all Texans and that the celebration will be a mosaic of 1-18 the Lone Star State's many different cultures; and 1-19 WHEREAS, In addition to the March 2 festivities, Celebrate 1-20 Texas is hosting a Texas Independence Day State Championship 1-21 Bar-B-Q Cookoff in Dripping Springs on Saturday, March 3, 2001; 1-22 since barbecue is a treasured tradition in Texas, the cookoff is 2-1 an appropriate addition to the Texas Independence Day celebrations; 2-2 and 2-3 WHEREAS, Celebrate Texas deserves recognition for 2-4 organizing these festive events and for bringing Texans together 2-5 in celebration of Texas Independence Day; now, therefore, be it 2-6 RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 2-7 77th Legislature, hereby commend the members of Celebrate Texas 2-8 on their hard work and superior planning and express appreciation 2-9 to them for organizing these Texas Independence Day activities; 2-10 and, be it further 2-11 RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared 2-12 for Celebrate Texas as an expression of esteem from the 2-13 Texas Senate. 2-14 Barrientos 2-15 ______________________________________ 2-16 President of the Senate 2-17 I hereby certify that the above 2-18 Resolution was adopted by the Senate 2-19 on February 26, 2001. 2-20 ______________________________________ 2-21 Secretary of the Senate 2-22 ______________________________________ 2-23 Member, Texas Senate