TITLE: Honoring Yvonne Lovell of Terrell on her receipt of the Larry White Dance Educator Award from the Dance Council of North Texas.

SUMMARY: Honoring Yvonne Lovell of Terrell on her receipt of the Larry White Dance Educator Award from the Dance Council of North Texas.

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WHEREAS, Yvonne Lovell, a Terrell resident and the owner and director of Stage Door Dance in Mesquite, is the recipient of the 2012 Larry White Dance Educator Award presented by the Dance Council of North Texas; and WHEREAS, Ms. Lovell is certified with the Dance Educators of America and the British Association of Teachers of Dancing, and she has been involved with Garland Summer Musicals and with the Moscow Ballet's Nutcracker productions; in 1980, she opened Stage Door Dance, a school that is highly regarded for its dance curriculum, which includes ballet, tap, jazz, hip-hop, modern, liturgical, and Scottish Highland dancing, as well as classes in musical theater and lyrical contemporary; and WHEREAS, Born in England, Ms. Lovell started dancing at the age of four; she appeared on an English television show and has tap-danced with such notable performers as Gregory Hines and Gene Kelly's brother, Fred Kelly; she met her future husband on a visit to her aunt in Terrell, and she immigrated to the United States and married Robert Lovell in 1965; and WHEREAS, Yvonne Lovell is an exceptional teacher whose work and performances have inspired thousands of Texans for decades, and she is truly worthy of special recognition for her achievements; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas Legislature hereby honor Yvonne Lovell on her receipt of the Larry White Dance Educator Award from the Dance Council of North Texas and that she be extended sincere best wishes for continued success; and, be it further RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be prepared for Ms. Lovell as an expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives. Gooden Straus M. Gonzalez of El Paso Oliveira Allen N. Gonzalez of El Paso Orr Alonzo Gooden Otto Alvarado Guerra Paddie Anchia Guillen Parker Anderson Gutierrez Patrick Ashby Harless Perez Aycock Harper-Brown Perry Bell Hernandez Luna Phillips Bohac Herrero Pickett Bonnen of Brazoria Hilderbran Pitts Bonnen of Galveston Howard Price Branch Huberty Raney Burkett Hughes Ratliff Burnam Hunter Raymond Button Isaac Reynolds Callegari Johnson Riddle Canales Kacal Ritter Capriglione Keffer Rodriguez of Bexar Carter King of Hemphill Rodriguez of Travis Clardy King of Parker Rose Coleman King of Taylor Sanford Collier King of Zavala Schaefer Cook Kleinschmidt Sheets Cortez Klick Sheffield of Bell Craddick Kolkhorst Sheffield of Coryell Creighton Krause Simmons Crownover Kuempel Simpson Dale Larson Smith Darby Laubenberg Smithee Davis of Dallas Lavender Springer J. Davis of Harris Leach Stephenson S. Davis of Harris Lewis Stickland Deshotel Longoria Strama Dukes Lozano Taylor Dutton Lucio III Thompson of Brazoria Eiland Marquez Thompson of Harris Elkins Martinez Toth Fallon Martinez Fischer Turner of Collin Farias McClendon Turner of Harris Farney Menendez Turner of Tarrant Farrar Miles Villalba Fletcher Miller of Comal Villarreal Flynn Miller of Fort Bend Vo Frank Moody Walle Frullo Morrison White Geren Munoz, Jr. Workman Giddings Murphy Wu Goldman Naishtat Zedler Gonzales Nevarez Zerwas Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 124 was adopted by the House on February 18, 2013, by a non-record vote. Chief Clerk of the House