79R7476 MW-D

By:  Rodriguez                                                    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.