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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Acclaimed Dallas dance instructors Wanda Madge |
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Jones and her daughter, Angela Joan Ingels, both captured |
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prestigious national titles at the American Queen Pageant in Port |
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St. Lucie, Florida, on August 5, 2006; Ms. Jones was named |
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Ms. Classic American Queen while Ms. Ingels was crowned as a |
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Ms. American Queen; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Jones and Ms. Ingels began their triumphal year |
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at the Texas American Queen State Pageant in February 2006, where |
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Ms. Jones was crowned Ms. Texas Classic American Queen in the |
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category for women age 50 and older; at the same event, Ms. Ingels |
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garnered the title of Ms. Texas American Queen in the category of |
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women of any marital status, ages 25 to 49; and |
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WHEREAS, At the age of 77, the indefatigable Ms. Jones has |
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been winning contests for decades; a dancer since the age of four, |
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she won the Tap Contest of Texas in 1936, when she was six; during |
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World War II and the Korean War, she performed with the USO as part |
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of the Jones Sisters; she has danced on the stage and in motion |
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pictures and television productions, and she has choreographed |
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shows for conventions and concerts; a graduate of Southern |
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Methodist University with a bachelor's degree in accounting, she |
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has more than 50 years of experience teaching dance; and |
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WHEREAS, The beautiful and gifted daughter of a beautiful and |
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gifted mother, Angela Ingels is likewise a graduate of SMU, with a |
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bachelor's degree in economics, and she has been a dance instructor |
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for more than 25 years; her dance troupe, Angela's Angels, has |
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performed for retirement centers, on television, and for charitable |
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organizations; she has participated in many beauty and talent |
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competitions, including the Miss Texas and the Miss Wichita Falls |
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pageants; and |
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WHEREAS, As accomplished as they are lovely and talented, |
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Ms. Jones and Ms. Ingels are, respectively, the director and |
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associate director of the Arabesque Studio of the Dance in Dallas; |
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opened in 1969, Arabesque has taught tens of thousands of students |
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in many varieties of dance, including tap, ballet, jazz, hip-hop, |
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ballroom, and Irish step dancing, and this mother and daughter |
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team's commitment to this enterprise has enriched the cultural life |
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of Dallas; and |
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WHEREAS, The beauty, poise, grace, and talent of Wanda Jones |
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and Angela Ingels have been justly recognized by their remarkable |
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matching victories at the national American Queen Pageant, and |
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their attainment of these honors brings even greater distinction to |
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these remarkable women; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 80th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Wanda Madge Jones and Angela Joan |
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Ingels for winning national titles at the American Queen Pageant |
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and offer each of them best wishes for continued success; and, be it |
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further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Ms. Jones and Ms. Ingels as an expression of high |
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regard by the Texas House of Representatives. |