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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives wish to recognize the Providence Catholic
4 Dancing Celtics Pom Pon Squad of New Lenox for their many
5 accomplishments in the 2003-2004 season; and
 
6     WHEREAS, This year the Providence Dancing Celtics squad
7 contained 20 very talented dancers; they started the season by
8 attending a Universal Dance Association summer camp at Northern
9 Illinois University; they brought home a trophy for Home
10 Routine, received the "On the Ball Award", a spirit stick, a
11 bid to nationals, and numerous superior ribbons with over 25
12 teams attending the camp; and
 
13     WHEREAS, In September of 2003, they attended their first
14 competition of the season at Great America; they competed with
15 only one routine and placed first in the category; this earned
16 them a bid to the National Dance Alliance national competition
17 in Orlando, Florida; they ventured to Orlando and placed 6th in
18 hip-hop in the nation and 9th in kick in the nation; and
 
19     WHEREAS, The Dancing Celtics attended two regional
20 competitions, bringing a hip-hop routine and a kick routine to
21 each event; in January of 2004, they competed at Oak Forest
22 High School and the next month at Stagg; during regionals, they
23 placed both of the routines in the top three within their
24 category and advanced both of the routines onto
25 SuperSectionals; and
 
26     WHEREAS, In March of 2004, the Dancing Celtics attended
27 SuperSectionals at Fremd High School in Palatine and for the
28 first time ever, they placed first at SuperSectionals in one of
29 their categories; this advanced both of their routines to the
30 State finals; and
 

 

 

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1     WHEREAS, On March 27, 2004 they participated in the 25th
2 Annual IDTA (Illinois Drill Team Association) State
3 Competition at the University of Illinois; they took home their
4 first ever State Championship trophy for the team; in addition,
5 they took home a second place trophy for their routine in the
6 hip-hop category, making them an important part of history at
7 Providence Catholic High School; and
 
8     WHEREAS, The members of the Dancing Celtics team include
9 Christine Briski, Brittany Chionis, Liz Eichorst, Kristin
10 Creed, Liz Czupta, Andrea Micetic, Sarah Strubbe, Amanda
11 Johnson, Bo Kelm, Lauren Knazur, Amy Nelson, Stephanie Peters,
12 Staci Stevens, Kelly Turner, Susie Turnock, Danielle Edmonson,
13 Annie Lagoni, Kelly Creed (Captain), Stephanie Torres
14 (Captain), and Corie Wall (Captain); and
 
15     WHEREAS, The team is lead by coaches Beth Franczyk and
16 Jennifer Williams; therefore, be it
 
17     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
18 NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
19 congratulate the Providence Catholic High School Dancing
20 Celtics Pom Pon Squad on a fantastic season filled with many
21 outstanding accomplishments; and be it further
 
22     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
23 presented to the coaches and to each member of the team as a
24 token of our respect and esteem.