Honor Joey Dubill’s Music Achievement

Senate Resolution No. 2920 BY: Senator JACOBS COMMENDING Joey Dubill upon the occasion of his selection for the biennial National Association for Music Education All-Eastern Music Festival WHEREAS, It is the custom of this Legislative Body to recognize and pay tribute to those young people within the great Empire State who have made strong contributions to their communities and who serve as role models for their peers; and WHEREAS, Attendant to such concern, and in full accord with its long-standing traditions, this Legislative Body is justly proud to commend Joey Dubill upon the occasion of his selection for the biennial National Association for Music Education All-Eastern Music Festival on April 5-8, 2017, in Atlantic City, New Jersey; and WHEREAS, A limited amount of candidates from New York State are chosen each year for All-Eastern based on their auditions and applications; students are chosen from 11 states, Washington D.C. and Europe; and WHEREAS, Joey Dubill, influenced by his father's passion for music, has been involved in music since the second grade; and WHEREAS, After being selected All-State through the New York State School Music Association as both a Junior and a Senior, Joey Dubill auditioned for All-Eastern on multiple instruments and became one of only five Hamburg High School music department students to have been selected in the past 20 years; and WHEREAS, Senior Joey Dubill plays the drums in the Hamburg High School Jazz Ensemble; he also performs in the Wind and Percussion Ensembles and is a member of the Marching Band; and WHEREAS, A well-rounded scholar, Joey Dubill partakes in competitive hockey for the Buffalo Regals, West Seneca Wings and Hamburg Hawks as well as Varsity Track and Field; additionally, he competed for the high school's Science Club in the Annual Robotics Competition and academically, finished in the Top 10 of his class; and WHEREAS, Joey Dubill plans to attend the University at Buffalo and major in chemical engineering; he will continue to perform musically in some capacity; and WHEREAS, It is the sense of this Legislative Body to act, in accord with its long-standing traditions, honoring the youth of today, and leaders of tomorrow, whose character and achievements best exemplify the ideals and values cherished by this great State and Nation; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to commend Joey Dubill upon the occasion of his selection for the biennial National Association for Music Education All-Eastern Music Festival; and be it further RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be transmitted to Joey Dubill.