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1999 SESSION

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SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 283 Commending Suzanne Guy and Donna Lacy.

Agreed to by the Senate, January 21, 1999 Agreed to by the House of Delegates, January 29, 1999

WHEREAS, following a chance meeting in a creative writing class, Suzanne Guy and Donna Lacy have teamed up to create a children’s book that is attracting national attention; and

WHEREAS, Suzanne Guy, a Norfolk piano teacher and motivational speaker, and Donna Lacy, a former art teacher from Virginia Beach, spent two years in the research and writing of The Music Box; and

WHEREAS, the story of Bartolomeo de Francesco Cristofori, the inventor of the piano, The Music Box was coauthored by Suzanne Guy and Donna Lacy and illustrated by Donna Lacy; and

WHEREAS, the melding of the two authors’ talents has resulted in a book that has been featured in two music magazines and may be part of the Smithsonian Institution’s planned celebration of the birth of the piano, which begins in 2000; and

WHEREAS, The Music Box, carefully researched and artfully written and illustrated, also contains information for teachers to use in the classroom; and

WHEREAS, the collaboration of Suzanne Guy and Donna Lacy, already fruitful with the publication of The Music Box and the establishment of a lasting friendship, promises to produce more children’s literature in the near future; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED by the Senate, the House of Delegates concurring, That the General Assembly hereby congratulate Suzanne Guy and Donna Lacy on the success of The Music Box; and, be it

RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the Senate prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to Suzanne Guy and Donna Lacy as an expression of the General Assembly’s admiration and best wishes for continued success.