Florida State Square & Round Dance
Hall of Fame
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Hall of Fame Committee |
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Chairman: |
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Chuck & Mary Gierra (904) 262-9907 |
Rod & Carol
Barngrover (386) 749-4767 |
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Sandy Sturgis (850) 814-3861 |
Alec & Kay Schmidt (850) 865-8105 |
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Florida State Square & Round Dance Hall of Fame Members
CRITERIA
This award is not just for dancers!
It was organized to also honor:
callers, cuers, publishers, teachers, organizers, promoters, vendors and/or others,
for their STATEWIDE contributions made to our square dance activity.
Please think of someone who might qualify and send a resume to
your Association President, or to my committee, for consideration.
Nominees must have a minimum of ten years statewide involvement
with the Florida Square and Round Dance activity.
Their contributions must encompass the entire state of Florida,
not just one or two areas.
This should require unselfish dedication of time and labor. Being an area president,
Federation president, Caller/Cuer Association president and/or State Convention
chairman is not enough.
For a resume outline
Please visit our
RESUME page
Preparing a nominating resume will take some time and
investigation to make it complete.
Talk to other dancers,
callers and/or cuers for dates, places and times the nominee was
involved in statewide participation.
Follow the who, what,
when and where rule as you investigate and prepare the
resume.
The more information submitted, the better.
Once the resume is finished there are two ways in which to present the
information to the Hall of Fame Committee.
The resume may be
submitted to the board of directors of any of the five area
associations, callers association or cuers association.
The area or association board of directors will review the resume
and vote to reject or pass it on to the Hall of Fame Committee.
Resumes May Also Be Submitted To Any Committee Member.
Resumes must be received by the Hall of
Fame committee by September 1st of each year.
It is suggested
that any association not submit more than 2 resumes for
consideration per year.
The Hall of Fame Committee shall meet, review all resumes presented and vote, by secret ballot, to forward such resumes to the Selection Committee for the final vote.
By submitting the Resumes on or before
September 1st this gives the Committee time to review the
resume(s)
and submit them by mail to the Selection Committee for final
consideration in time for presentation at the Florida State
Convention.
Ailene Picheco
345 Hula Circle
Merritt Island, FL 32952
321-652-0680
The Hall of Fame was organized to honor dancers, callers, cuers,
publishers, teachers, organizers, promoters and/or vendors
for
their contributions made to the dance activity statewide.
The Hall of Fame became a reality due to the work of Chet &
Julia Vetter, Mori & Phyllis Sogolo, Art & Martha Springer and
Marty & Birdie Martin.
The first inductees were made May 19,
1983 at the state convention.
The square dance hall at
Strawberry Square became the permanent home of the Hall of
Fame at a Grand Opening dance held on December 4, 1983.
At
the State Convention, new members are presented with a small
plaque to keep and a larger plaque is installed at Strawberry
Squares Hall for public viewing.
As of the State Convention in the year 2017,
90 inductees have been
installed in the Florida Hall of Fame.
These inductees
consist of dancers, callers, cuers, publishers and vendors.
Some have qualified in two categories.
Display cases for past presidents of the Florida Federation of Square
and Round Dancers,
the Florida Callers Association and the
Round Dance Council of Florida
have been provided by the Hall
of Fame Committee.
Each of the five area associations have a
plaque displaying persons from their area who have been
honored as person or couple of the year.
An additional plaque
lists the State Convention General Chairman and Caller
Chairman & Cuer Chairman for each of the State Conventions.
The Hall of Fame is financed through funds derived from State
Conventions. The Selection Committee is a group of dancers, callers & cuers
from every area of the state and both sexes are represented.
The three sponsoring associations, Florida
Federation, Callers Association and Round Dance Council, each
contribute one-third (1/3) of expenses.
These are known only to the Hall of Fame Committee and not to
each other.
Members of the Selection Committee must have been
active in the Florida dance activity for at least 10 years,
have visited & danced in a number of areas within the state and
be knowledgeable of what is going on.
Voting is done in
secret by sending resumes & ballots to each voting member;
ballots are completed & returned to the Hall of Fame Committee
Chairman without revealing the name & address of the voter.
The ballots are opened in the presence of a quorum of the Hall
of Fame Committee.
For a resume outline
Please visit our
RESUME page
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