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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The city of Burnet is celebrating its 30th annual |
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Bluebonnet Festival from April 12 to 14, 2013, and this special |
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anniversary is a fitting opportunity to commemorate this uniquely |
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Texan event; and |
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WHEREAS, Burnet County was designated the Bluebonnet |
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Co-capital of Texas by the state legislature in 1981, and the first |
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Bluebonnet Festival in Burnet was held two years later; Pat Riddell |
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and Cary Johnson funded the event with the assistance of the Burnet |
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Chamber of Commerce and dozens of hardworking volunteers; and |
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WHEREAS, In the three decades since, the Bluebonnet Festival |
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has been held on the second weekend of April, drawing more than |
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30,000 attendees each year; residents and visitors alike delight in |
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the festival's popular displays and activities, including a birding |
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and wildflower show, a carnival, a pet parade and grand parade, arts |
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and crafts vendors, a golf tournament, a 5K and 10K run, a |
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biergarten, musical performances, and the Miss Burnet Bluebonnet |
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Scholarship Pageant; and |
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WHEREAS, For 30 years, the Bluebonnet Festival in Burnet has |
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offered those who attend the chance to set aside the cares of daily |
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life and to enjoy the flowering beauty of our Texas spring; now, |
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therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas |
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Legislature hereby commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Burnet |
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Bluebonnet Festival and extend to the festival's organizers and |
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guests sincere best wishes for an enjoyable and memorable event. |
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Farney |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 1381 was adopted by the House on April |
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24, 2013, by a non-record vote. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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