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H.R. No. 637
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, The St. Edward's University Ballet Folklorico and
Mariachi groups offer participating students and the members of
their audiences exciting performances that showcase traditional
Mexican dance and music; and
WHEREAS, Established in 2002, the Ballet Folklorico has
appeared in Roy Lozano's Noche de Folklorico Summer Show at the
Zilker Hillside Theatre, John Aielli's Holiday Sing-Along and
Capitol Tree Lighting Ceremony, North Texas Folklorico
Competition, Plaza Saltillo Grito de Independencia, Our Lady of the
Lake University Las Posadas, as well as at Austin area schools and
St. Edward's University; it also serves as a goodwill ambassador to
Mexico and has performed in Monterrey and Oaxaca City; and
WHEREAS, The St. Edward's University Mariachi group, a sister
organization of the Ballet Folklorico, was formed in 2004; over the
past year, it has performed for Senator Jeff Wentworth's Governor
for a Day at the State Capitol and for Austin area schools, and it
has been profiled by the Austin American-Statesman in Xlent and
Ahora Si; and
WHEREAS, The students and staff involved with St. Edward's
University Folklorico and Mariachi groups may take great pride in
their efforts to maintain cultural activities as an integral part
of the college experience while also helping to preserve the
Mexican ethnic traditions that so enrich the Lone Star State; now,
therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 79th Texas
Legislature hereby recognize the St. Edward's University Ballet
Folklorico and Mariachi groups on the occasion of their third and
first anniversaries and extend to all those associated with these
organizations best wishes for the future; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for St. Edward's University as an expression of high
regard by the Texas House of Representatives.
Rodriguez
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Speaker of the House
I certify that H.R. No. 637 was adopted by the House on March
11, 2005, by a non-record vote.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House