PRINTER'S NO. 2488
No. 279 Session of 2001
INTRODUCED BY TRAVAGLIO, ALLEN, M. BAKER, BEBKO-JONES,
CALTAGIRONE, CAPPELLI, CLYMER, COLAFELLA, COLEMAN, CORRIGAN,
CREIGHTON, DALEY, DeLUCA, DONATUCCI, D. EVANS, FICHTER,
GEIST, GEORGE, GRUCELA, HARHAI, HARHART, HASAY, HENNESSEY,
HERMAN, HERSHEY, HESS, HORSEY, JAMES, JOSEPHS, LAUGHLIN,
LEDERER, MANDERINO, McNAUGHTON, MELIO, S. MILLER, PALLONE,
PIPPY, PISTELLA, READSHAW, ROBERTS, ROSS, RUBLEY, SAINATO,
SATHER, SAYLOR, SCHRODER, SCHULER, SHANER, B. SMITH, SOLOBAY,
STABACK, E. Z. TAYLOR, THOMAS, TIGUE, TRICH, WALKO, WATSON,
J. WILLIAMS, WOJNAROSKI AND YOUNGBLOOD, SEPTEMBER 24, 2001
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
SEPTEMBER 24, 2001
A RESOLUTION
1 Declaring the month of September 2001 as "Square Dance Month" in
2 Pennsylvania.
3 WHEREAS, Square dance is in itself representative of the
4 melting pot of our nation having been brought to this country by
5 our pioneers; and
6 WHEREAS, The ancestry of American square dance can be traced
7 as far back as 1450, as shown by its genealogical history, and
8 includes a multitude of dance forms from England, Germany,
9 Poland, Ireland, Scotland and Mexico; and
10 WHEREAS, Records in American history from 1651 show American
11 square dance has been danced through the years dating back to
12 the days of our first settlers; and
13 WHEREAS, Square dance offers fun and fellowship to both young
1 and old as well as the handicapped, with no restrictions as to
2 race, color or creed; and
3 WHEREAS, Due to the popularity of American square dance,
4 Square Dance Federations have been formed in every state in the
5 United States and in most foreign countries; and
6 WHEREAS, Square dance is the American folk dance which
7 includes squares, rounds, contra, clogging, country western and
8 line dancing; and
9 WHEREAS, Since 1951 square dance enthusiasts have joined
10 together for a National Square and Round Dance Convention; and
11 WHEREAS, Since 1994 the Pennsylvania Square and Round Dance
12 Federation has sponsored annual State Square and Round Dance
13 Conventions in this Commonwealth; therefore be it
14 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives declare the month
15 of September 2001 as "Square Dance Month" in Pennsylvania.
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