78S30119 KMP-D

By:  Hegar                                                        H.R. No. 45 



R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, The Katy Performing Arts Society recently staged a 
beautiful and inspiring musical event in remembrance of those who 
perished in the attacks of September 11, 2001, with all proceeds of 
the evening benefitting the Katy Volunteer Fire Department; and
	WHEREAS, The benefit event, held with the participation of 
the First United Methodist Church Choir and the West Houston-Katy 
Children's Chorus, featured American music, including an original 
work performed by the Katy Symphony Orchestra and Katy Wind 
Symphony and composed by the society's artistic and music director, 
Adam Levowitz; and
	WHEREAS, The Katy Performing Arts Society was founded in 2002 
to bring together professional musicians, actors, dancers, and 
singers to perform acclaimed symphonies, operas, ballets, and 
Broadway musicals; the citizens of Katy have responded as 
enthusiastically as arts critics, and plans are now under way to 
build a world-class performing arts center that will feature a 
theater, concert hall, rehearsal space, recording studio, and art 
gallery; and
	WHEREAS, In its first year the Katy Performing Arts Society 
has expanded its repertoire to include such masterworks as 
Rossini's The Barber of Seville, Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, 
Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake, and Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's 
Dream; its highly talented members and supporters can take immense 
pride in the role they have played in the cultural and economic 
development of the Katy community, for their contributions have 
greatly enriched the lives of their fellow Lone Star residents; 
now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 78th Texas 
Legislature, 3rd Called Session, hereby commend the Katy Performing 
Arts Society for its moving performance titled "Now Come the Names:  
A Tribute to the Victims of September 11" and extend best wishes to 
its director and members for continued success; and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be 
prepared for the Katy Performing Arts Society as an expression of 
high regard by the Texas House of Representatives.