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2008 Session

Budget Amendments - HB30 (Member Request)

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Chief Patron: Alexander
Virginia Ballet Theatre

Item 493 #1h

Item 493 #1h

First Year - FY2009 Second Year - FY2010
Nonstate Agencies
State Grants to Nonstate Entities-Nonstate Agencies FY2009 $30,000 FY2010 $0 GF

Language
Page 444, after line 34, insert:
"Virginia Ballet Theatre                           30,000                 0".


Explanation
(This amendment provides $30,000 the first year from the general fund to the Virginia Ballet. It serves as the only professional ballet company serving one of the largest communities in the Commonwealth, namely Hampton Roads. It serves as a performing company and one of the finest training facilities on the East Coast. The services include a full subscription season featuring a core company and some of the finest dancers in the world serving as guest artists. The outreach programs in Athletes for Kids, a partnership with the National Football Players Fathers association, provide week-long residences for those children in challenged socioeconomic areas. Last year residencies included Chicago, Philadelphia, Norfolk, and Belfast, Ireland.)