Thursday, July 24, 2008
The General Assembly is not in session.
Tracking Virginia’s General Assembly
since 2007.
HB2662: Virginia, Ever Enshrined; designating as official state song.
Chief Patron
Del.
Dave Marsden (D-41)
Dave Marsden
(D-41)
Burke, VA
Served: 2006–
Progress
 |
Introduced |
 |
Passed Committee |
|
Passed House |
|
Passed Senate |
|
Signed by Governor |
|
Became Law |
Status
Bill is Dead
Summary
State Song. Designates "Virginia, Ever Enshrined" as the state song of the Commonwealth.
View Full Text »
Poll Results
10 votes
Tags
Bill Text
Related Bills
Introduced: January 03, 2007
Status: Failed to Pass in Committee
: Ginger Gold Apple; designating as official state fruit..Status: Failed to Pass in Committee
Comments
The audio of the song is available here, on the website of the woman who wrote it. There's no way to say this without offending its writer, but oh my God this is bad.
Waldo, you are correct. This song is terrible. I have no idea what Marsden was thinking. It hardly lends itself to "pride and affection". Can you imagine trying to teach this song to grade school students?
I think this is a very nice song. Wonderful lyrics, and the melody is beautiful. It's a song that could be performed in a variety of styles .... by choral groups, soloists, and I think it would grow on citizens of the Commonwealth.