HLS 19RS-958 ORIGINAL
2019 Regular Session
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 6
BY REPRESENTATIVE COX
COMMENDATIONS: Commends Vanessa "Gal Holiday" Niemann on her 2019 induction
into the Louisiana Folklife Center Hall of Master Folk Artists
1 A RESOLUTION
2To commend Vanessa "Gal Holiday" Niemann upon her 2019 induction into the Louisiana
3 Folklife Center Hall of Master Folk Artists.
4 WHEREAS, established in 1976, the Louisiana Folklife Center is a research facility
5that serves as an archival repository of eight hundred artist and subject files, one thousand
6five hundred audio recordings, one hundred videotapes, a growing print library of books and
7periodicals, and five thousand photographs; these resources have been used by CBS Evening
8News, Turner Broadcasting Company, and Louisiana Public Broadcasting and other
9individuals, groups, and agencies; its faculty also coordinates the Natchitoches-Northwestern
10State University Folklife Festival; and
11 WHEREAS, an agency of Northwestern State University, the Center's mission is to
12identify, document, and present Louisiana's rich history of folklore and folklife; and
13 WHEREAS, Appalachian-born songstress Vanessa Niemann, better known as "Gal
14Holiday", is sometimes called "the punk rock Patsy Cline", and she has embraced the sounds
15of Louisiana's folklife; and
16 WHEREAS, Vanessa has lent her powerful voice and magnetic stage presence to
17musical projects in New Orleans, across the United States, and around the world, having
18shared the stage with musical giants like Willie Nelson, Marcia Ball, and the Blind Boys of
19Alabama; and
20 WHEREAS, Vanessa and the Honky Tonk Revue have played at the New Orleans
21Jazz and Heritage Festival for years and have received Big Easy and Best of the Beat
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1awards; in 2017, she was nominated for an Ameripolitan Award in the category of Honky
2Tonk Female, and in 2018, Gal Holiday (Vanessa's stage name) won Best of the Beat for
3Best Country/Folk/Singer-Songwriter Artist; her album "Lost and Found" also won Best
4Country/Folk/Singer-Songwriter from Offbeat Magazine; and
5 WHEREAS, Vanessa "Gal Holiday" Niemann has made the music of her adopted
6state of Louisiana her own and she merits a special measure of commendation upon her 2019
7induction into the Louisiana Folklife Center Hall of Master Folk Artists.
8 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the
9Legislature of Louisiana does hereby commend Vanessa "Gal Holiday" Niemann upon her
102019 induction into the Louisiana Folklife Center Hall of Master Folk Artists; does hereby
11congratulate her on the numerous awards and accolades she has received for her musical
12achievements; and does hereby extend to her every good wish for continued success,
13prosperity, and happiness in the future.
14 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a suitable copy of this Resolution be transmitted
15to Vanessa Niemann.
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HR 6 Original 2019 Regular Session Cox
Commends Vanessa Niemann on her 2019 induction into the La. Folklife Center Hall of
Master Folk Artists.
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