Bill Text: TX SR436 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing March 31, 2015, as San Antonio Music Teachers Association Centennial Day.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-03-25 - Reported enrolled [SR436 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SR436-Enrolled.html
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| WHEREAS, The San Antonio Music Teachers Association is | ||
| marking its 100th anniversary in 2015; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Founded on March 24, 1915, by a group of 19 | ||
| educators, the association has been affiliated since its | ||
| inception with the Music Teachers National Association and the | ||
| Texas Music Teachers Association; its membership had grown to | ||
| about 150 by 1919, when it published its first yearbook and | ||
| directory; today, its members serve at all levels of the | ||
| education system, and they perform for churches, synagogues, and | ||
| the general public; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The organization has sponsored numerous | ||
| activities for teachers and students, including lecture series, | ||
| judged auditions, performances, and competitions; in 1988, group | ||
| members raised money to establish the San Antonio Music Teachers | ||
| Association Education Fund, which has awarded 36 scholarships to | ||
| students over the years and has also provided study grants for | ||
| teachers; and | ||
| WHEREAS, For the past century, members of the San Antonio | ||
| Music Teachers Association have worked tirelessly to elevate | ||
| standards of education and musicianship, and their endeavors | ||
| have heightened appreciation for the ways in which the arts | ||
| improve the quality of life in a community; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 84th | ||
| Legislature, hereby recognize March 31, 2015, as San Antonio | ||
| Music Teachers Association Centennial Day and extend to | ||
| association members sincere best wishes for the future; and, be | ||
| it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this Resolution be | ||
| prepared for the organization as an expression of high regard | ||
| from the Texas Senate. | ||
| Menéndez | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| President of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that the | ||
| above Resolution was adopted by | ||
| the Senate on March 25, 2015. | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Member, Texas Senate | ||
