Bill Text: TX HR1381 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Commemorating the 30th anniversary of the Burnet Bluebonnet Festival.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-04-25 - Reported enrolled [HR1381 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HR1381-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 1381 |
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WHEREAS, The city of Burnet is celebrating its 30th annual | ||
Bluebonnet Festival from April 12 to 14, 2013, and this special | ||
anniversary is a fitting opportunity to commemorate this uniquely | ||
Texan event; and | ||
WHEREAS, Burnet County was designated the Bluebonnet | ||
Co-capital of Texas by the state legislature in 1981, and the first | ||
Bluebonnet Festival in Burnet was held two years later; Pat Riddell | ||
and Cary Johnson funded the event with the assistance of the Burnet | ||
Chamber of Commerce and dozens of hardworking volunteers; and | ||
WHEREAS, In the three decades since, the Bluebonnet Festival | ||
has been held on the second weekend of April, drawing more than | ||
30,000 attendees each year; residents and visitors alike delight in | ||
the festival's popular displays and activities, including a birding | ||
and wildflower show, a carnival, a pet parade and grand parade, arts | ||
and crafts vendors, a golf tournament, a 5K and 10K run, a | ||
biergarten, musical performances, and the Miss Burnet Bluebonnet | ||
Scholarship Pageant; and | ||
WHEREAS, For 30 years, the Bluebonnet Festival in Burnet has | ||
offered those who attend the chance to set aside the cares of daily | ||
life and to enjoy the flowering beauty of our Texas spring; now, | ||
therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas | ||
Legislature hereby commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Burnet | ||
Bluebonnet Festival and extend to the festival's organizers and | ||
guests sincere best wishes for an enjoyable and memorable event. | ||
Farney | ||
______________________________ | ||
Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 1381 was adopted by the House on April | ||
24, 2013, by a non-record vote. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||