SM 52 — CHEVEL SHEPHERD, IN RECOGNITION

SENATEA MEMORIAL 52RECOGNIZING 54THTHE LEGISLATUREAMAZING -TALENT STATE OF NEWCHEVEL MEXICOSHEPHERD, -WINNER FIRSTOF SESSION,THE 2019VOICE INTRODUCEDSINGING BYCOMPETITION. Steven P.

Neville5 andWHEREAS, WilliamChevel E.Shepherd is a sixteen-year-old resident of Farmington who was catapulted to fame when she earned the crowning title on The Voice, a singing competition television series;

Sharerand 6WHEREAS, 8Chevel 10was Aa MEMORIALmember RECOGNIZINGof THEKelly AMAZINGClarkson's TALENTteam OFand CHEVELwas SHEPHERD,announced WINNERthe OFwinner THEof VOICEseason SINGINGfifteen COMPETITION.of The Voice on December 18, 2018;

14and WHEREAS, Chevelin Shepherd2018, isChevel aentered sixteen-year-oldthe residentfifteenth season of FarmingtonThe whoVoice wasand catapultedin toher fameblind whenaudition shesang earned"If theI crowningDie titleYoung" onby Thethe Voice,Band aPerry; singing competition television e t 17 series;

and w l n d 18 WHEREAS, Chevel was a member of Kelly Clarkson'sClarkson, teamJennifer Hudson and =Blake =Shelton 19gave atheir lenthusiastic wasapproval announced the winner of seasonChevel's fifteenperformance, ofand TheChevel Voicechose onto ibe a epart rof 20team DecemberKelly; 18, 2018;

and a t m m 21 WHEREAS, in 2018, Chevel entered the fifteenth season of d r e 22 The Voice and in her blind audition sang "If I Die Young" by c e s k 23 the Band Perry;

and e a n b 24 WHEREAS, Kelly Clarkson, Jennifer Hudson and Blake Shelton u [ gave their enthusiastic approval of Chevel's performance, and .212797.1 Chevel chose to be a part of team Kelly;

and WHEREAS, Chevel was raised on country music and the outdoors, often doing crafts, feeding the animals and fixing SM 52 up cars with her dad;

and Page 1 WHEREAS, since Chevel was eight, she has been singing wherever she can;

and e e 17 WHEREAS, when Chevel performed Loretta Lynn's song "You're e e n d 18 Lookin' at Country" during the live top ten performances, she = = l ] 19 got feedback on her facebook page from Loretta Lynn herself, a l r i 20 who wrote, "Loved it, honey!";

and t e a t WHEREAS, through her choices in music, Chevel has m m 21 e d r e 22 confirmed that she considers herself "an old soul";

and c e r c 23 WHEREAS, Chevel loves the sound of older country music, e a n b 24 from the storytelling to all of the instruments and the u [ musicality of it;

and .212797.1 - 2 - WHEREAS, Chevel is doing something different from modern country music and would like to bring back old country music and yodeling;

and SM 52 Page 2 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this memorial be transmitted to Chevel Shepherd.

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