Bill Text: VA SB1123 | 2013 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Virginia Shakespeare Festival; designating as official Shakespeare festival.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-03-22 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0702) [SB1123 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2013-SB1123-Chaptered.html
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Whereas, the Virginia Shakespeare Festival (the Festival) is the oldest Shakespeare festival in Virginia celebrating its thirty-fifth season in 2013; and Whereas, the Festival is produced in Williamsburg, Virginia, the location of the first performance of Shakespeare in the New World; and Whereas, the Festival is housed at The College of William and Mary, the second oldest university in America; and Whereas, the Festival has consistently produced excellent educational programs for youth summer camps in addition to providing quality college internships; and Whereas, over its existence, the Festival has served in excess of 300,000 Virginians; now, therefore Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia: 1. That §1-510 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows: §1-510. Official emblems and designations. The following are hereby designated official emblems and designations of the Commonwealth: Artisan Center - "Virginia Artisans Center," located in the City of Waynesboro. Bat - Virginia Big-eared bat (Corynorhinos townsendii virginianus). Beverage - Milk. Blue Ridge Folklore State Center - Blue Ridge Institute located in the village of Ferrum. Boat - "Chesapeake Bay Deadrise." Cabin Capital of Virginia - Page County. Coal Miners' Memorial - The Richlands Coal Miners' Memorial located in Tazewell County. Covered Bridge Capital of the Commonwealth - Patrick County. Covered Bridge Festival - Virginia Covered Bridge Festival held in Patrick County. Dog - American Foxhound. Emergency medical services museum - "To The Rescue," located in the City of Roanoke. Fish (Freshwater) - Brook Trout. Fish (Saltwater) - Striped Bass. Fleet - Replicas of the three ships, Susan Constant, Godspeed, and Discovery, which comprised the Commonwealth's founding fleet that brought the first permanent English settlers to Jamestown in 1607, and which are exhibited at the Jamestown Settlement in Williamsburg. Flower - American Dogwood (Cornus florida). Folk dance - Square dancing, the American folk dance that traces its ancestry to the English Country Dance and the French Ballroom Dance, and is called, cued, or prompted to the dancers, and includes squares, rounds, clogging, contra, line, the Virginia Reel, and heritage dances. Fossil - Chesapecten jeffersonius. Gold mining interpretive center - Monroe Park, located in the County of Fauquier. Insect - Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly (Papilio glaucus Linne). Motor sports museum - "Wood Brothers Racing Museum and Virginia Motor Sports Hall of Fame," located in Patrick County. Outdoor drama - "The Trail of the Lonesome Pine Outdoor Drama," adapted for the stage by Clara Lou Kelly and performed in the Town of Big Stone Gap. Outdoor drama, historical - "The Long Way Home" based on the life of Mary Draper Ingles, adapted for the stage by Earl Hobson Smith, and performed in the City of Radford. Shakespeare festival - The Virginia Shakespeare Festival held in the City of Williamsburg. Shell - Oyster shell (Crassostrea virginica). Song emeritus - "Carry Me Back to Old Virginia," by James A. Bland, as set out in the House Joint Resolution 10, adopted by the General Assembly of Virginia at the Session of 1940. Sports hall of fame - "Virginia Sports Hall of Fame," located in the City of Portsmouth. War memorial museum - "Virginia War Museum," (formerly known as the War Memorial Museum of Virginia), located in the City of Newport News. |
