Proclamation_Israeli Music and Culture Week (November 6-10, 2017)Copyrighted
November 6, 2017
City of Dubuque Proclamation(s) # 3.
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Israeli Music and Culture Week (November 6-10, 2017)
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Isaeli Music and Culture Week Proclamation
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Supporting Documentation
THE CITY OF
DugIi E
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CLAMA HON
Whereas, Sofi and the Baladis of Israel visits Dubuque November 6111 through November 11th 2017
for the group's only Iowa engagement as part of an Arts Midwest World Fest nine -state tour, and
Whereas, Arts Midwest connects small and mid-sized Midwestern communities to world cultures
through week-long residencies with global performers, and
Whereas, Sofi and the Baladis marks the first of four global music ensemble residencies over a
two-year period with groups representing Japan, China, and Norway still to come, and
Whereas, the Dubuque Arts Council and University of Dubuque Heritage Center team up in this
collaborative venture to make this engagement possible along with support from the National
Endowment for the Arts, The Iowa Arts Council, The Hearst Foundations, 3M, the Kaufman Family
Fund for Israeli Cultural Exchange, the Consulate General of Israel to the Midwest, Israel Lottery
Council for Culture & Arts, Music Port, and the Howard B & Ruth F Brin Jewish Arts Endowment, a
fund of the Minneapolis Jewish Federation's Foundation, and
Whereas, Sofi and the Baladis of Israel will perform educational outreach throughout the week for
over twenty-five hundred students in grades Pre -K to 8 at eight area schools including Audubon
Elementary, Marshall Elementary, Epworth Elementary, Bellevue Elementary, Dyersville Elementary,
Peosta Elementary, Aquin School in Cascade, and Southwestern School in Hazel Green, Wisconsin,
and
Whereas, Sofi and the Baladis of Israel will offer a pre -concert talk from 6 30 to 7 00 p m in Babka
Theatre prior to their mainstage concert presentation in Heritage Center's John and Alice Butler Hall
on Saturday evening, the 11th of November, and
Whereas, a harmonious relationship between the state of Iowa and the United States of America
and Israel is of critical importance to the citizenry of both countries
NOW THEREFORE, I, ROY D BUOL, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF DUBUQUE, IOWA, ON BEHALF
OF THE CITY COUNCIL, STAFF AND THE CITIZENS OF DUBUQUE, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM
THE WEEK OF NOVEMBER 6-10, 2017 AS
"ISRAELI MUSIC AND CULTURE WEEK"
IN THE CITY OF DUBUQUE, IOWA
IN WITNESS THEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and
caused the Great Seal of the City of Dubuque to be affixed
this 6th day of November, 2017
Roy D Buol, Mayor
Attest
Kevin S Firnstahl, CMC, City Clerk
2017: Submitted for signature only by Tom Robbins, Special Assistant to the President & Executive
Director, Heritage Center, University of Dubuque, 2000 University Ave., Dubuque, Iowa 52001-5099,
Phone: (563) 589-3325. Presented by Mayor Buol at the November 6, 2017 City Council meeting and
the UD event.