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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Theater students at Stephen F. Austin High School in |
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Austin captured the University Interscholastic League Conference |
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5A state championship at the 83rd Annual State One-Act Play |
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Competition on May 16, 2009; and |
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WHEREAS, Founded in 1927, the UIL's One-Act Play contest is |
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the largest high school play production competition in the world; |
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every year, more than 14,000 high school students in over 1,000 |
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plays participate in 300 contests across the Lone Star State; and |
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WHEREAS, After a triumph at the regional competition, the |
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Austin High Red Dragon Players advanced to state for the third |
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consecutive year; their production of Over the River and Through |
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the Woods, a comedy by Joe DiPietro, was one of just eight out of a |
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total of 255 plays in their division that were selected to compete |
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at the state level; and |
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WHEREAS, In addition to the victory of the cast and crew |
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overall, Jack Kyser, Brian Schwartz, and Cora Walters were named to |
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the all-star cast, Haleigh Holt was named best actress, and |
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Mitchell Stephens was named to the honorable mention all-star cast; |
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the Red Dragon Players were skillfully directed by Tommy Grubbs and |
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by Billy Dragoo, who has previously led one-act play groups to state |
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four times; and |
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WHEREAS, Winning a state championship is the culmination of |
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countless hours of hard work and dedication, and these talented |
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students will carry the memory of this accomplishment with them for |
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years to come; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate the Red Dragon Players of Stephen |
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F. Austin High School on winning the 2009 UIL Conference 5A State |
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One-Act Play Competition and extend to all those involved with the |
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production sincere 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 the Red Dragon Players as an expression of high regard |
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by the Texas House of Representatives. |
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Howard of Travis |
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______________________________ |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 2832 was adopted by the House on June |
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1, 2009, by a non-record vote. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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