BILL NUMBER: SCR 5	CHAPTERED  03/19/93
	BILL TEXT

	RESOLUTION CHAPTER   9
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   MARCH 19, 1993
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY   MARCH 15, 1993
	ADOPTED IN SENATE   FEBRUARY 25, 1993
	AMENDED IN SENATE   FEBRUARY 25, 1993

INTRODUCED BY  Senators Kelley, Alquist, Ayala, Bergeson,
Beverly, Boatwright, Calderon, Craven, Deddeh, Dills, Greene,
Hart, Hayden, Hughes, Johnston, Killea, Kopp, Leonard, Leslie,
Lewis, Lockyer, Maddy, McCorquodale, Mello, Morgan, Petris,
Presley, Roberti, Rogers, Rosenthal, Russell, Thompson, Torres,
Watson, and Wright

                        JANUARY 11, 1993

   Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 5 Relative to the Ramona
Pageant.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SCR 5, Kelley.  Ramona Pageant.
   This measure would designate the Ramona Pageant as the
California State Outdoor Play.




   WHEREAS, The Ramona Pageant, the longest continuously running
outdoor theatrical production in the United States, is
celebrating its 70th Anniversary in 1993; and
   WHEREAS, Since 1923, The Ramona Pageant Association, Inc., a
California nonprofit public benefit corporation, and the
citizens of the communities of Hemet and San Jacinto in
Riverside County have annually presented this historical drama
based on the 1884 Helen Hunt Jackson novel, Ramona, to over two
million play attendees; and
   WHEREAS, The Ramona Pageant has a cast of nearly 375, the
largest cast of any outdoor play in the United States, and is
acclaimed for its superb acting, setting, and volunteerism; and
   WHEREAS, There have been at least eight other stage plays of
Ramona, none of which have survived, five movies made of the
story, and a song written about it; and
   WHEREAS, The Helen Hunt Jackson book Ramona has never been
out of print since it was published in 1884, an exception in
novels, and Ramona was required reading in California schools
for many years as a tool for teaching the history of the ethnic
groups and their contribution to California history; and
   WHEREAS, The Pasadena Playhouse is the "State Playhouse" but
there is no designated state play; and
   WHEREAS, Well-known individuals who have appeared in the
Ramona Pageant include Racquel Welch, Anne Archer, Victor Jory,
Jean Innes, and Jeff Meek; and
   WHEREAS, Garnet Holme, playwright and original director of
the Ramona Pageant, was named Pageant Master for our National
Parks and also wrote and directed the "Bracebridge Dinner" at
Yosemite National Park; and
   WHEREAS, Many of the Governors of the State of California
have attended and enjoyed this famous event; now, therefore, be
it
   Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the
Assembly thereof concurring, That the Ramona Pageant is hereby
designated as the California State Outdoor Play; and be it
further
   Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit a copy of
this resolution to the Ramona Pageant Association, Inc.