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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The 2006 Illinois State Square and Round Dance
3 Convention will be held July 28-30, 2006, in DeKalb; and
 
4     WHEREAS, The square dance is a popular type of folk dance
5 in the United States; this dance for four couples, or groups of
6 four couples, is performed in a compact framework of a square,
7 each couple forming a side; traditionally accompanied by a
8 fiddle, accordion, banjo, and guitar, the couples perform a
9 variety of movements prompted by the patter or singing calls
10 (instruction) of a "caller"; cooperative movement is the
11 hallmark of well-executed square dancing; and
 
12     WHEREAS, The origin of the square dance can be traced to
13 English derivation and to the stately French cotillion
14 performed in square formation that was popular at the court of
15 Louis XIV, later replaced by the quadrille (another square
16 dance); and
 
17     WHEREAS, The State Council of Illinois Square Dance
18 Associations was formed on May 7, 1983, to promote square
19 dancing in all its forms, including square dancing, round
20 dancing, contra dancing, line dancing, etc.; and
 
21     WHEREAS, The square dance was adopted as the American Folk
22 Dance of the State of Illinois in 1990 by an act of the General
23 Assembly; therefore, be it
 
24     RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL
25 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that in recognition of the
26 Illinois State Square and Round Dance Convention, we name the
27 week of July 23 through July 29, 2006, Square and Round Dance
28 week in the State of Illinois; and be it further
 
29     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be

 

 

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1 presented to the State Council of Illinois Square Dance
2 Associations as an expression of our esteem.