IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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A RESOLUTION congratulating Makenna Lockhart, a junior at Paseo Academy of Fine and Performing Arts in Kansas City, MO, upon her impressive showing at the English-Speaking Union National Shakespeare Competition.
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RESOLUTION NO. 18531, May 19, 2014
INTRODUCED BY Crystal Williams, County Legislator
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WHEREAS, Makenna Lockhart, a junior at Paseo Academy of Fine and Performing Arts in the Kansas City Public School district, placed as a semi-finalist in the 31st annual English-Speaking Union (ESU) National Shakespeare Competition held May 5, 2014, at the Lincoln Center Theater in New York City; and,
WHEREAS, Makenna won first place at the ESU Regional Shakespeare Competition held at the Coterie Theatre in Kansas City, Missouri on February 16, 2014; and,
WHEREAS, the ESU National Shakespeare Competition is a school-based program designed to help students develop their speaking and critical thinking skills as they explore the language and themes in the works of William Shakespeare; and,
WHEREAS, Makenna competed against over 165 other students in preliminary competitions sponsored by the Heart of America Shakespeare Festival; and
WHEREAS, Makenna performed a piece from Shakespeare's As You Like It and recited Sonnet 24; and,
WHEREAS, Makenna was coached by her sponsoring teacher, David Luby, Director of Technical Theatre at Paseo Academy; and,
WHEREAS, as part of her regional competition win, Makenna received an all-expense paid trip to New York City with two full days of educational and cultural activities including an exclusive acting workshop at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts; and,
WHEREAS, Makenna's family and friends are justifiably proud of her accomplishments; now therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the Legislature hereby congratulates Makenna Lockhart upon her impressive showing at...
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