HM 46 — CHEVEL SHEPHERD, IN RECOGNITION

HOUSEA MEMORIAL 46RECOGNIZING 54THTHE LEGISLATURE-AMAZING STATETALENT OF NEWCHEVEL MEXICOSHEPHERD, -WINNER FIRSTOF SESSIO,THE 2019VOICE INTRODUCEDSINGING BYCOMPETITION. Anthony Allison and Doreen Y.

Gallegos5 6WHEREAS, 8Chevel 10Shepherd Ais MEMORIALa RECOGNIZINGsixteen-year-old THEresident AMAZINGof TALENTFarmington OFwho CHEVELwas SHEPHERD,catapulted WINNERto OFfame THEwhen VOICEshe SINGINGearned COMPETITION.the crowning title on The Voice, a singing competition television series;

14and WHEREAS, Chevel Shepherdwas is a sixteen-year-oldmember resident of FarmingtonKelly whoClarkson's wasteam catapultedand towas fameannounced whenthe shewinner earnedof theseason crowningfifteen titleof on The Voice,Voice aon singingDecember competition18, television2018; e t 17 series;

and wWHEREAS, lin n2018, d 18 WHEREAS, Chevel wasentered athe memberfifteenth season of KellyThe Clarkson'sVoice team and =in =her 19blind aaudition lsang was"If announcedI theDie winnerYoung" ofby season fifteen of The VoiceBand onPerry; i a e r 20 December 18, 2018;

and aWHEREAS, tKelly mClarkson, mJennifer 21Hudson WHEREAS,and inBlake 2018,Shelton Chevelgave enteredtheir theenthusiastic fifteenthapproval season of dChevel's rperformance, e 22 The Voice and inChevel herchose blindto auditionbe sanga "Ifpart Iof Dieteam Young"Kelly; 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 .213852.1 Chevel chose to be a part of team Kelly;

and HM 46 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 .213852.1 - 2 - WHEREAS, Chevel is doing something different from modern country music and would like to bring back old country music and yodeling;

and HM 46 Page 2 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this memorial be transmitted to Chevel Shepherd.

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