SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 382

WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased to recognize the Texas Bar-B-Q Festival Cook-off as a Texas State Barbecue Championship competition; and

WHEREAS, Sponsored by the nationally recognized Vidor Chamber of Commerce and Visitors Bureau, the 30th annual Texas Bar-B-Q Festival Cook-off will be held in beautiful Vidor, Texas, April 29, 2011, through May 1, 2011; and

WHEREAS, The Texas Bar-B-Q Festival began in 1981, and the festival includes a carnival, art and craft vendors, food vendors, and musical performances, as well as the barbecue cook-off that is sanctioned by the International Barbeque Cookers Association; and

WHEREAS, The Texas Bar-B-Q Festival Cook-off has attracted thousands to Vidor and Orange County every year for more than two decades; and

WHEREAS, Texans are noted for their love of barbecue, and over the years, cooks at the Texas Bar-B-Q Festival and Cook-off have provided superior cuisine, satisfying the most discriminating of palates; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 82nd Legislature, hereby pay tribute to the 30th annual Texas Bar-B-Q Festival and Cook-off and extend best wishes to all associated with the event; and, be it further

RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for this special occasion as an expression of the high regard of the Texas Senate.

Williams

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President of the Senate

I hereby certify that the above Resolution was adopted by the Senate on February 28, 2011.

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Secretary of the Senate

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Member, Texas Senate