82R9361 JNC-D
By: Hunter H.R. No. 959
R E S O L U T I O N
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.