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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, January 1, 2008, will mark the end of an era in the |
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Austin arts community as Pebbles Wadsworth steps down from her |
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position as director of the Performing Arts Center at The |
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University of Texas at Austin; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Wadsworth came to the Capitol City from the UCLA |
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Performing Arts Center in 1992, and she has served in the position |
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longer than all four of her predecessors combined; the UT |
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Performing Arts Center, which is currently celebrating its 25th |
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anniversary, consists of Bass Concert Hall, Hogg Memorial |
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Auditorium, the Bates Recital Hall, the B. Iden Payne Theatre, |
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McCullough Theatre, and the Oscar B. Brockett Theatre, and together |
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these six venues host more than a quarter of a million visitors |
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annually; and |
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WHEREAS, Over the course of her career at the PAC, Ms. |
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Wadsworth has helped transform the center into one of the most |
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preeminent performing arts venues in the country; in addition to |
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bringing world-class artists and programs to UT, she has |
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established an endowment fund, promoted the institution as a |
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rehearsal and development facility for musical productions, laid |
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the groundwork for a $14.7 million renovation of Bass Concert Hall, |
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and founded ArtesAmericas, a program encouraging Latin American |
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artists to use UT as a point of entry for North American tours and a |
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key element in extending the university's artistic reach into Latin |
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America; and |
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WHEREAS, The first female president of the International |
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Society for the Performing Arts, Pebbles Wadsworth has been the |
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heart and soul of the PAC for 15 years, and her exemplary efforts |
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not only have been of immeasurable benefit to Austin and Texas but |
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have distinguished her as a professional of the highest caliber; |
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now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 80th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Pebbles Wadsworth on her |
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retirement as director of The University of Texas at Austin |
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Performing Arts Center and recognize her as an honorary Texan in |
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acknowledgment of her myriad contributions to the cultural vitality |
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of the Lone Star State; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Ms. Wadsworth as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives and as formal proof of her new status |
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as an honorary Texan. |