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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Melenie Lissette Gonzalez of Rio Grande City won the |
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conjunto category at the 12th annual Texas Folklife Big Squeeze |
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Accordion Contest finals at the Bullock Texas State History Museum |
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in Austin on April 21, 2018; and |
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WHEREAS, Since 2007, the Big Squeeze competition has |
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highlighted talented young musicians from across the Lone Star |
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State who perform various genres of traditional accordion music, |
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including Tejano, Creole, Cajun, and polka; Ms. Gonzalez was the |
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first teenage girl from the Rio Grande Valley to take top honors in |
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the conjunto category for players ages 17 and under; and |
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WHEREAS, Melenie Gonzalez grew up listening to conjunto, but |
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it is her older sister, Carmen, a mariachi violinist, whom she |
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credits with firing her love of music; she took up the accordion |
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when she was 14 and studied with Jesus Lozano and Jaime Lozano, |
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becoming a valued member of Roma High School's conjunto ensemble, |
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Los Cardenales; for her award-winning performance in Austin, she |
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played the classic "Polka Idalia" and a huapango, "Picame |
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Tarantula"; and |
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WHEREAS, This outstanding young Texan has proven herself to |
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possess both exceptional talent and a passion for her craft, and she |
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may indeed look forward to a future bright with promise; now, |
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therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Melenie Lissette Gonzalez on |
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winning the conjunto grand prize at the 2018 Big Squeeze Accordion |
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Contest finals and extend to her sincere best wishes for continued |
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success; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Ms. Gonzalez as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |
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Guillen |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 32 was adopted by the House on March |
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6, 2019, by a non-record vote. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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