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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2014

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H O U S E   R E S O L U T I O N

CONGRATULATING BEACON CHARTER SCHOOL'S THEATRE STUDENT ARTISTS ON

BEING SELECTED TO ATTEND AND APPEAR AT THE 2014 INTERNATIONAL

THESPIAN FESTIVAL

     

     Introduced By: Representatives Newberry, and Giarrusso

     Date Introduced: May 21, 2014

     Referred To: House read and passed

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     WHEREAS, Theatre students from the Beacon Charter High School for the Arts were

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honored with an invitation to appear at the annual Thespian Festival, to be held this year in

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Nebraska, for their sterling performance of "Close Encounters of the Quirky Kind"; and

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     WHEREAS, The 2014 Thespian Festival is organized by the Educational Theatre

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Association, a national nonprofit organization. The festival affords the invited student artists with

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a panoply of events and opportunities to celebrate their craft and hone their skills; and

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     WHEREAS, Attending artists participate in workshops and master classes, present their

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own as well as enjoy fellow artists' productions and programs, and are able to audition for college

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admission and thespian scholarships; and

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     WHEREAS, Under the talented tutelage of Ms. Souza and Mr. LeClair, this outstanding

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accomplishment and opportunity for the student artists at the Beacon Charter School surely bodes

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well for their future success, and is most certainly a tremendous source of pride not only for their

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school, but also for their parents and the community; now, therefore be it

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     RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island and

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Providence Plantations hereby congratulates and wishes the best of luck to the Beacon Charter

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School's theatre student artists on being selected to attend and appear at the 2014 International

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Thespian Festival; and be it further

 

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     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to

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transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Pat Hawkridge, Beacon Charter School.

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