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IN ALL OF OUR PLANNING AND IN ALL OF OUR ACTIVITIES~ WE NAVE BEEN gUIDED BY A THREE-FOLD AIM: FIRST, TO BRING NEW STRENGTH TO THE ECONOMY OF THIS COMMUNITY THROUGH AN INCREASE IN TOURIST VISITORS. SECOND~ TO ESTABLISH A RICHER LEGACY FOR THE FUTURE BY CREATING A GREATER AWARENESS OF OUR HISTORY AND HERITAGE. AND THIRD, TO STAGE A CIVIC CELEBRATION THAT WOULD PROVIDE FUN AND ENJOYMENT FOR ALL OUR CITIZENS. LET ME REVIEW NOW THE ACTIVITIES THAT HAVE BEEN STAGED TO CARRY DUE THIS AIM AND TO MARK THIS ANNIVERSARY. TRAVEL EXHIBIT To PROMOTE TOURIST VISITS TO CHARLOTTESVILLE IN 1962, THE ANNIVERSARY COMMISSION CREATED AN IHPRESSIVE EXHIBIT FEATURING AN ENORMOUS TAPESTRY OF MONTICELLO AND HIGHLIGHTING CHARLO~TTESVILLEtS 200TH ANNIVERSARY. THIS EXHIBIT WAS FIRST DISPLAYED AT THE CANADIAN NATIONAL EXHIBIT IN TORONTO~ CANADA~ IN AUGUST LAST YEAR; AND DURING THE ENSUING 12 MONTHS IT WAS DISPLAYED IN MORE THAN A DOZEN TRAVEL SHOWS AND CONVENTIONS OUTSIDE VIRGINIA, AS FAR AWAY AS LOS ANGELES, TO ADVERTISE CHARLOTTESVILLE;S BICENTENNIAL. ANN I VERSARY AUTO L I CENSE PLATE SPECIAL CITY AUTOMOBILE LICENSE PLATES COMMEMORATING THE 20OTH ANNIVERSARY WERE PLACED ON SALE ON HARCH 15. THIS LICENSE PLATE WAS DESIGNED BY THE 200TH ANNIVERSARY COMHlSSlON AND APPROVED BY CiTY COUNCIL AS THE OFFICIAL CITY AUTO TAG FOR 1962. HORE THAN 7,750 PASSENGER CARS CARE[ED THESE TAGS ON AMERICAN WAYS IN 1962. SPECIAL MUSIC C0HHISSION THE PREMIERE PERFORMANCE OF ;~VIRGINIA FESTIVAL~t, AN OVERTURE FOR BAND SPECIALLY COMMISSIONED AND DEDICATED TO THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE~ WAS GIVEN ON APRIL ~3, THOMAS ~EFFERSON~S BIRTHDAY. THIS OVERTURE WAS CON- POSED BY SYDNEY P. HODKINSON~ ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF MUSIC AT THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA~ AND WAS PERFORMED BY THE LANE HIGH SCHOOL BANO~ UNDER THE DIRECTION OF SHARON B. HOOSE~ AT LANE HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM. THE COMPOSITION WAS COMMISSIONED BY THE CHARLOTTESVILLE 200TH ANNIVERSARY COMMISSION. ANNIVERSARY CONCERT AN ~NNIVERSARY CONCERT COMMEMORATING THE FOUNDING OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE WAS GIVEN AT MEMORIAL GYMNASIUM ON MAY 7 BY THE NATIONAL GALLERY ORCHESTRA, WITH RICHARD BALES CONDUCTING. APPEARING WITH THE ORCHESTRA WERE THE CONTATA CHOIR OF THE LUTHERAN CHURCH OF THE REFORMATIOM~ WHICH PERFORMED ~ALES; PATRIOTIC CANTATA "THE REPUBLIC~; AND THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA GLEE CLUB~ WHICH SANG "THE TESTAMENT OF FREEDON~':BY RANDALL THOMPSON. EMMA ~ORRIS, CHARLOTTESVILLE SOPRANO, WAS GUEST ARTIST; SHE SANG A SELECTION FROM ~OIDO AND AEENEAS;~ BY HENRY PURCELL AND ~ALLELULIA~ BY ~OLFGANG AMADEUS ~OZART. IT WAS THE FIRST MAJOR PUBLIC APPEARANCE OF THIS YOUNG CHARLOTTESVILLE SINGER. TOURIST CENTER THE TOURIST CENTER WAS BUILT BY THE ANNIVERSARY COMMISSION TO SERVICE TOURISTS DURING THE ClTY;S BICENTENNIAL YEAR. THE CENTER WAS OPENED ON NAY 18. IN ITS FOUR MONTHS OF OPERATtON~ 1~,688 VISITORS HAVE STOPPED AT THE CENTER FOR INFORHATION~ DIRECTIONS~ AND ASSISTANCE IN OBTAINING ACCOMMODATIONS. THIS IS BETTER THAN 3,000 A MONTH. THE ANNIVERSARY COMMISSION OWNS THE TOURIST CENTER BUILDING. THE LAND ON WHICH IT iS BUILT AND THE SPACE FOR TOURI.ST PARKING W~RE LOANED US BY THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE. THE CENTER WILL CONTINUE OPERATIONS