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File #: 0138X-2018    Version: 1
Type: Ceremonial Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 5/2/2018 In control: Stinziano
On agenda: 5/7/2018 Final action: 5/10/2018
Title: To Celebrate the 15th Anniversary of Momentum and Encourage Columbus Residents to Participate in Momentum Week and Experience the Power of the Performance Arts.
Sponsors: Michael Stinziano, Elizabeth Brown, Mitchell Brown, Jaiza Page, Emmanuel V. Remy, Priscilla Tyson, Shannon G. Hardin

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To Celebrate the 15th Anniversary of Momentum and Encourage Columbus Residents to Participate in Momentum Week and Experience the Power of the Performance Arts.

 

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WHEREAS, Momentum, a non-profit organization run by highly trained artists and musicians, engages children in central Ohio in dance, music, and performance in order to develop lifelong habits of self-confidence, discipline, perseverance, and excellence; and

 

WHEREAS, Approximately 1,000 students participate in the cost-free 30-Week Program which holds classes during the school day; the program culminates in grand year-end performances at the Davidson Theatre in downtown Columbus to celebrate the students’ yearlong achievements with family friends, and community members; and

 

WHEREAS, Since the program’s created fifteen years ago, over 8,000 children have participated in momentum, learning to perform confidently and feeling a sense of accomplishment at the year’s end; and

 

WHEREAS, Momentum teaches students the importance of the arts at a young age and encourages creativity and free-spiritedness amongst the youth regardless of their socioeconomic background; now therefore

 

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:

 

That this Council does hereby celebrate the 15th anniversary of Momentum and encourage Columbus residents to participate in Momentum Week and experience the power of the performance arts.