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County Administrator's Report 11. 5.

BCC Regular Meeting

Discussion

Meeting Date:	08/20/2015
Issue: Request For Funding Pensacola Children's Chorus "Seaplane"
From:	Angela Crawley
Department:	County Administrator's Office
CAO Approval:

RECOMMENDATION:

Recommendation Concerning the Funding Request for the Pensacola Children's Chorus, "Seaplane, An All American Musical" - Commissioner Wilson Robertson, District 1

That the Board consider funding $10,000 for Pensacola Children's Chorus, "Seaplane, An All American Musical", from Commissioner Wilson Robertson's 4th Cent Tourist Development Tax Fund, and approve a Purchase Order for this purpose.

[Funding: Fund 108, Tourist Development Tax Fund, Cost Center 360105, Object Code 58201]

BACKGROUND:

On July 4, 1908, Glenn Curtiss flew his seaplane, June Bug, nearly a mile over Lake Keuka and a cheering crowd in Hammondsport, New York. He also built the Curtiss NC-4 seaplane, the aircraft that in May 1919 would become the first to fly across the Atlantic Ocean.

The hugely popular musical "Seaplane" celebrates Glenn Curtiss as the father of naval aviation and Pensacola as it cradle. Written by Carolyn and Jack Fleming and scored by Allen Pote, "Seaplane" charts the course of naval aviation from the invention of the June Bug in New York to the NC-4 being deployed from the nation's first Naval Air Station in Pensacola and climaxes with the first trans-Atlantic flight expedition led by Jack Towers.

The original 1989 stage production in Pensacola was followed by a special performance at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. in 1990, a three-year summer stock run in Hammondsport, New York that ended in 1994, and a final production in Pensacola that same year.

Now, more than 20 years after it was last performed, the Pensacola Children's Chorus want to bring "Seaplane" back for a special summer production at the Pensacola Saenger Theatre.

BUDGETARY IMPACT:

The Board placed $250,000 in the Tourist Development Tax reserves. These funds are to be allocated by the Board for events and other tourist promotion activities.

LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS/SIGN-OFF:

N/A

PERSONNEL:

N/A

POLICY/REQUIREMENT FOR BOARD ACTION:

N/A

IMPLEMENTATION/COORDINATION:

Upon Board approval, a Purchase Order will be issued by the County Administrator's Office.

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Seaplane Pensacola Children's Chorus