83R819 MGR-D
By: Gooden H.R. No. 124
R E S O L U T I O N
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.