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P R O C L A M A T I O N
Recognizing Laura Johnson
Lakewood/Chester Sister Cities Music Exchange Scholar
Representing Lakewood, Colorado
WHEREAS, Laura Johnson has demonstrated her musical talents through the mastery and study of the violin; and
WHEREAS, Laura began playing violin when she was 2. For the last five years, she has studied with James Maurer, a retired professor of violin from the University of Denver’s Lamont School of Music. She recently performed an individual concerto with the Lakewood Symphony Orchestra; and
WHEREAS, Laura is the fourth-born in a family of eight children, and has been encouraged by her father to share her music with others. In 1999, she joined her three older siblings in forming a family string quartet, which has performed throughout the Denver metro area in such venues as the Brown Palace Hotel, Coors Field, the Broadmoor Hotel, the state Capitol and at the KVOD Performance Studio; and
WHEREAS, we are pleased to welcome Laura Johnson into the ongoing Sister Cities Music Scholar Exchange Program.
NOW, THEREFORE, on behalf of the City Council and the residents of Lakewood, I, Bob Murphy, Mayor of the City of Lakewood, Colorado, by virtue of the authority vested in me do hereby recognize the Lakewood/Chester Sister Cities Music Exchange Scholar
Laura Johnson
and extend our best wishes to her during her exchange visit to Chester, England and throughout her musical career.
GIVEN under my hand and Seal of the City of Lakewood, this 6th day of April, 2009.
Bob Murphy, Mayor
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