2011-2012 Bill 3557: Sumter Little Theatre Thespians - South Carolina Legislature Online

1 South Carolina General Assembly 2 119th Session, 2011-2012 3 4 H. 3557 5 6 STATUS INFORMATION 7 8 House Resolution 9 Sponsors: Reps. G.M. Smith and Weeks 10 Document Path: l:\council\bills\rm\1010ahb11.docx 11 12 Introduced in the House on February 2, 2011 13 Introduced in the Senate on February 2, 2011 14 Adopted by the General Assembly on February 2, 2011 15 16 Summary: Sumter Little Theatre Thespians 17 18 19 HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 20 21 Date Body Action Description with journal page number 22 2/2/2011 House Introduced, adopted, sent to Senate ( House Journalpage 52) 23 2/2/2011 Senate Introduced, adopted, returned with concurrence ( Senate Journalpage 14) 24 25 26 VERSIONS OF THIS BILL 27 28 2/2/2011 29 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A HOUSE RESOLUTION 10 11 TO RECOGNIZE AND CONGRATULATE THE THESPIANS 12 OF SUMTER LITTLE THEATRE ON WINNING MULTIPLE 13 TOP HONORS AT THE 2010 SOUTH CAROLINA THEATRE 14 ASSOCIATION CONVENTION. 15 16 Whereas, the House of Representatives is pleased to learn that 17 Sumter Little Theatre (SLT) has garnered four firstplace honors at 18 the 2010 South Carolina Theatre Association Convention, held at 19 Converse College during the weekend of November 19, 2010; and 20 21 Whereas, in a sweeping victory, SLT’s play, The Harry and Sam 22 Dialogues, was judged best play; Jean Dancy Jones was named 23 best director; Kelly Melton was acclaimed best actor; and the cast 24 of The Harry and Sam Dialogues was chosen best ensemble; and 25 26 Whereas, the cast of the prizewinning The Harry and Sam 27 Dialogues featured Kelly Melton, Braden Bunch, and Heather 28 Turner, who collectively earned the comment from one of the 29 judges that the audience “had just seen a master class in comic 30 timing”; and 31 32 Whereas, in addition, Kevin Jarvis composed original music for 33 SLT’s scene changes; and 34 35 Whereas, in winning the competition, Sumter Little Theatre also 36 won the right to take The Harry and Sam Dialogues to the 37 Southeastern Theatre Conference Convention in Atlanta this 38 spring; and 39 40 Whereas, Sumter Little Theatre has brought great pride and 41 recognition to its fair host city, and the House of Representatives 42 joins the many patrons and friends of SLT in congratulating its

[3557] 2 1 awardwinning actors on their recent victory. The members also 2 wish SLT well as it presents The Harry and Sam Dialogues at the 3 Southeastern Theatre Conference Convention in March. Now, 4 therefore, 5 6 Be it resolved by the House of Representatives: 7 8 That the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives, 9 by this resolution, recognize and congratulate the thespians of 10 Sumter Little Theatre on winning multiple top honors at the 2010 11 South Carolina Theatre Association Convention. 12 13 Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to 14 Jean Dancy Jones, director for Sumter Little Theatre. 15 XX 16

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