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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Country music singer and songwriter Kacey Musgraves |
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of Mineola was one of 10 performers to be selected as finalists on |
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the fifth season of the Nashville Star television talent |
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competition; and |
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WHEREAS, A 2006 graduate of Mineola High School, Kacey |
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Musgraves first garnered fame as a yodeler, learning her craft from |
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Fort Worth's Janet McBride, the "Yodel Queen of Texas"; Ms. |
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Musgraves performed at the Black Tie and Boots Inaugural Ball in |
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Washington, D.C., in January 2000, with Ray Benson and Asleep at the |
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Wheel and in the Wild West Show at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Utah; |
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moreover, Ms. Musgraves yodeled for a national audience on NBC's |
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Today Show during the Olympics; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Musgraves has earned a number of well-deserved |
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honors through the years; she won the International Youth Yodeling |
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Championship in 2001 and the Patsy Montana National Yodeling |
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Championship in 2002; that same year, she also became the youngest |
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person ever to win the Yodeler of the Year Award at the Will Rogers |
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Cowboy Awards; and |
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WHEREAS, At the age of 18, this talented young Texan has |
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already made a name for herself as a country music recording artist; |
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her first CD, Movin' On, was released in 2002 and was named Teen |
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Album of the Year by the Lone Star Music Association; her second CD, |
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Wanted: One Good Cowboy, was chosen as the 2003 Young Adult Album of |
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the Year and the opening track, "Life of the Old Cowhand," written |
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by Ms. Musgraves and Miranda Lambert, was selected as the 2003 Young |
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Adult Song of the Year; and |
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WHEREAS, A gifted performer on the guitar, mandolin, and |
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harmonica as well as a wonderful singer, Ms. Musgraves shared her |
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considerable talents with a national audience when she was chosen |
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as one of 10 finalists out of 20,000 aspiring performers for the |
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Nashville Star television series on the USA Network; her |
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appearances on the show have since gained her new fans from all over |
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the world; and |
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WHEREAS, A proud native of East Texas, Kacey Musgraves is a |
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wonderfully talented and energetic young woman, and her spirit, |
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enthusiasm, and creativity are an inspiration to a great many |
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Texans; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 80th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Kacey Musgraves for her appearance |
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as a finalist on Nashville Star and extend sincere best wishes to |
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her for continued success at the beginning of what promises to be a |
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stellar musical career; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Ms. Musgraves as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |