SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 382
WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased to
recognize the Texas Bar-B-Q Festival Cook-off as a Texas State
Barbecue Championship competition; and
WHEREAS, Sponsored by the nationally recognized Vidor
Chamber of Commerce and Visitors Bureau, the 30th annual Texas
Bar-B-Q Festival Cook-off will be held in beautiful Vidor, Texas,
April 29, 2011, through May 1, 2011; and
WHEREAS, The Texas Bar-B-Q Festival began in 1981, and the
festival includes a carnival, art and craft vendors, food
vendors, and musical performances, as well as the barbecue
cook-off that is sanctioned by the International Barbeque
Cookers Association; and
WHEREAS, The Texas Bar-B-Q Festival Cook-off has attracted
thousands to Vidor and Orange County every year for more than two
decades; and
WHEREAS, Texans are noted for their love of barbecue, and
over the years, cooks at the Texas Bar-B-Q Festival and Cook-off
have provided superior cuisine, satisfying the most
discriminating of palates; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 82nd
Legislature, hereby pay tribute to the 30th annual Texas Bar-B-Q
Festival and Cook-off and extend best wishes to all associated
with the event; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for
this special occasion as an expression of the high regard of the
Texas Senate.
Williams
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President of the Senate
I hereby certify that the
above Resolution was adopted by
the Senate on February 28, 2011.
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Secretary of the Senate
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Member, Texas Senate