TITLE: Welcoming the 2011 Feria de las Flores contestants to the State Capitol.

SUMMARY: Welcoming the 2011 Feria de las Flores contestants to the State Capitol.

FULL TEXT:
WHEREAS, Contestants of the 2011 Feria de las Flores Scholarship Pageant are visiting the State Capitol on April 20, 2011; and WHEREAS, The pageant has been sponsored by LULAC Council No. 1 since 1959; through the generous support of the South Texas business community, LULAC has distributed more than $1.5 million in scholarship funds to students throughout the Coastal Bend area; and WHEREAS, The competition's contestants are judged in six categories: beauty, personality, poise, costume, dance routine, and onstage question, and the event, which is designed to pay tribute to the heritage of Mexican American citizens, features music, dance, and dress that typify various regions south of the border; and WHEREAS, The talented individuals participating in this year's competition are Tori Bentancourt and Vanessa Leigh-anne Valdez of Kingsville, Betty Danielle Caraballo-Coronado, April De La Paz, Cintia Hinojosa, Valerie Rangel, and Geneva Salinas of Corpus Christi, and Myriah Gomez, Bianca Silvas, and Krystella Stobbs of Robstown; and WHEREAS, Through their involvement, these contestants have demonstrated great cultural pride and community spirit, and they may indeed look forward to bright and promising futures; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas Legislature hereby welcome the 2011 Feria de las Flores contestants to the State Capitol and extend to them sincere best wishes for a memorable and meaningful visit; and, be it further RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be prepared for the participants as an expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives.