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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Acclaimed Texas singer and songwriter Miranda |
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Lambert has added further luster to her stellar career by winning in |
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three categories at the 2013 Academy of Country Music Awards; and |
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WHEREAS, For the fourth year in a row, Ms. Lambert was named |
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Female Vocalist of the Year, and the song "Over You," which she |
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wrote with her husband, Blake Shelton, won Song of the Year and |
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Single Record of the Year; "Over You" was also Song of the Year at |
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the Country Music Association Awards in November 2012; and |
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WHEREAS, The daughter of Beverly and Richard Lambert of |
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Lindale, Miranda Leigh Lambert began performing at a young age, |
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singing in local restaurants; she was fronting her own band by high |
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school, and in 2003, her appearance on the reality show Nashville |
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Star led to the release the following year of Kerosene, her |
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platinum-selling first album; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Lambert has gone on to become one of the most |
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popular and acclaimed songwriters and performers in country music |
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today; her albums Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Revolution, and Four the |
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Record, as well as her recording with the country girl group Pistol |
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Annies, Hell on Heels, have won her critical acclaim, commercial |
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success, and countless awards from the Academy of Country Music, |
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the Country Music Association, and the Grammy Awards; and |
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WHEREAS, Miranda Lambert has garnered millions of fans across |
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the nation and around the world, but no one takes greater pride in |
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her ever-expanding list of achievements than the people of the Lone |
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Star State; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Miranda Lambert on her success at |
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the 2013 Academy of Country Music Awards and extend to her sincere |
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best wishes for the future; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Ms. Lambert as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |