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CONCURRENT RESOLUTION CELEBRATING THE 100TH

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BIRTHDAY OF JOE MCQUEEN

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2019 GENERAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Chief Sponsor: Sandra Hollins

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Senate Sponsor: Luz Escamilla

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9     General Description:
10          This concurrent resolution celebrates the 100th birthday of Joe McQueen.
11     Highlighted Provisions:
12          This resolution:
13          ▸     recognizes Joe McQueen as a nationally renowned jazz musician; and
14          ▸     acknowledges Mr. McQueen's upcoming 100th birthday on May 30, 2019.
15     Special Clauses:
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18     Be it resolved by the Legislature of the state of Utah, the Governor concurring therein:
19          WHEREAS, Joe McQueen was born on May 30, 1919, in Dallas, Texas and was raised
20     in Ardmore, Oklahoma;
21          WHEREAS, since the age of 16, Mr. McQueen has been playing the saxophone and
22     performing jazz music;
23          WHEREAS, Mr. McQueen traveled to Ogden, Utah in the 1940s and has resided there
24     ever since;
25          WHEREAS, Mr. McQueen was the first African-American in Utah to play at
26     previously white-only establishments and to have a mixed-race band;
27          WHEREAS, Mr. McQueen performed in Ogden with fellow jazz celebrities such as
28     Charlie Parker, Chet Baker, Paul Gonsalves, Lester Young, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, and
29     Dizzy Gillespie and toured throughout the rocky mountain west;

30          WHEREAS, in 2002, Governor Michael Leavitt declared April 18 as "Joe McQueen
31     Day";
32          WHEREAS, Mr. McQueen continues to perform live in Ogden's music venues; and
33          WHEREAS, on May 30, 2019, Mr. McQueen will celebrate his 100th birthday:
34          NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the state of Utah, the Governor
35     concurring therein, recognizes Joe McQueen as a nationally renowned jazz musician and
36     celebrates Mr. McQueen's 100th birthday.