GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1991

S	1 

SENATE BILL 882*

Short Title:  Eastern Music Festival Funds.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Senators Seymour; and Martin of Guilford.
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Referred to:  Appropriations.
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May 9, 1991

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO THE EASTERN MUSIC FESTIVAL TO SUPPORT ACTIVITIES COMMEMORATING THE THIRTIETH ANNIVERSARY SEASON OF THE FESTIVAL.
Whereas, the Eastern Music Festival is an arts, education, and tourism resource that offers opportunities for students and audiences throughout the State; and 
Whereas, the Eastern Music Festival has presented its programs for 30 years on the Guilford College Campus, producing concerts, housing and feeding students and professional musicians, and offering instruction in its classroom facilities; and 
Whereas, the Eastern Music Festival has regularly been selected as one of the top 20 tourist attractions in the South by the Southeast Tourist Society of Georgia; and also recognized by the Christian Science Monitor as one of the top six festivals in the United States; and 
Whereas, the Eastern Music Festival attracts both national and international attention and offers scholarships specifically for North Carolina students, foreign students, and minority students; Now, therefore,
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Eastern Music Festival, Inc., of Greensboro the sum of $30,000 for the 1991-92 fiscal year to support the activities commemorating the thirtieth anniversary of the Eastern Music Festival.
Sec. 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1991.