HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES             H.R. NO.40            
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 1999                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                     HOUSE  RESOLUTION

RECOGNIZING LYNNE Y. NAKASONE THE 1999 HONOREE OF THE STATE
   FOUNDATION OF CULTURE AND ARTS INDIVIDUAL ARTIST FELLOWSHIP
   AWARD.



 1       WHEREAS, the people of the State of Hawaii are proud to
 2   recognize those special individuals who selflessly utilize
 3   their talents to serve the community and who lovingly influence
 4   the lives of those they touch with the beauty of their art
 5   form; and
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 7       WHEREAS, the State Foundation of Culture and Arts has
 8   awarded its highest honor to LYNNE Y. NAKASONE as the 1999
 9   Honoree of the Individual Artist Fellowship Award; and
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11       WHEREAS, this talented individual has inspired people all
12   over Hawaii and Okinawa with her mastery of classical and
13   contemporary Okinawan dance performance, choreography, costume
14   design and make-up; and
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16       WHEREAS, LYNNE Y. NAKASONE has donated numerous hours of
17   volunteer time performing and promoting the Okinawan culture to
18   the people of Hawaii, and in her professional career she has
19   received numerous distinguished awards that include:  being the
20   recipient of the title of Shihan, in 1961; the 1984 Cultural
21   Award from the Minzoku Isho Bunka Fukyu Kyokai; the 1986
22   Certificate of Meritorious Achievement from the Government of
23   Okinawa; the 1996 Certificate of Appreciation from the Hawaii
24   United Okinawan Association, and among many Certificates of
25   Appreciation from the State of Hawaii and the City of Honolulu;
26   now, therefore,
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28       BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the
29   Twentieth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session
30   of 1999, that this body hereby recognizes and honors LYNNE Y.
31   NAKASONE for her noteworthy contributions to the community,
32   congratulates her as the recipient of the 1999 Honoree of the
33   State Foundation of Culture and Arts Individual Artist
34   Fellowship Award, and extends to her its warmest aloha and best
35   wishes for continued success in all future endeavors.
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