HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

KENTUCKY GENERAL ASSEMBLY AMENDMENT FORM

2006 REGULAR SESSION

Amend printed copy of HB 76

Amendment No. / Rep. / Rep. M. Harmon
Committee Amendment / Signed:
Floor Amendment / LRC Drafter: / Alisha Miller
Adopted: / Date:
Rejected: / Doc. ID: / XXXXX

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES / Rep. Rep. M. Harmon
2006 REGULAR SESSION / Doc. ID: XXXXX
Amend printed copy of HB 76

On page 1, following the title, insert the following:

"WHEREAS, the Pioneer Playhouse in Danville, Kentucky is the first and oldest outdoor theater in Kentucky, founded in 1950 by Colonel Eben C. Henson; and

WHEREAS, the Pioneer Playhouse was instrumental in the development of other state outdoor theaters, helping to pioneer the outdoor theater movement in the Commonwealth; and

WHEREAS, the Pioneer Playhouse has also been a School of Drama and was the first Governor's School of the Arts in the state for the school's initial ten years; and

WHEREAS, the Pioneer Playhouse has pioneered tourism, arts, and education programs in the state for over 55 years and has been a training ground for over 3000 actors; and

WHEREAS, the Pioneer Playhouse was the first statutory state theater in the United States; and

WHEREAS, the Pioneer Playhouse was the first theater group to tour the Kentucky state parks system, creating a desire for more outdoor theater; and

WHEREAS, the Pioneer Playhouse has helped create numerous state arts agencies, including the Kentucky Arts Council; and

WHEREAS, the Pioneer Playhouse was instrumental in advising and creating the Kentucky Theater Association and Kentucky Film Commission; and

WHEREAS, the Pioneer Playhouse has brought national recognition to the Commonwealth of Kentucky as a progressive arts leader; and

WHEREAS, the Pioneer Playhouse has enlightened the region culturally and benefited the area economically for over five decades; and"; and

On page 1, after line 4, by inserting the following:

"SECTION 2. A NEW SECTION OF KRS CHAPTER 2 IS CREATED TO READ AS FOLLOWS:

The Pioneer Playhouse in Danville, Kentucky, is named and designated as the official outdoor theater capital of Kentucky.

SECTION 3. A NEW SECTION OF KRS CHAPTER 2 IS CREATED TO READ AS FOLLOWS:

The J. Dan Talbott Amphitheater in Bardstown, the theater home of the official state outdoor musical of Kentucky, "Stephen Foster -- The Musical," is named and designated as the official outdoor musical theater of Kentucky."

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