You decide who gets in Hall of Fame!
Here is why:
- There
is no International Swing Hall of
Fame;
until now!
- There
is no Dancers Choice voting for ANY
existing Hall of Fame; until
now!
- There
has never been an actual Swing Dancers
Museum™
or an existing physical Hall of Fame;
until
now
in our dance studio located inside
the Live Art Gallery, 151
Potrero Ave. (near 15th St.)
San Francisco, CA 94104. We
will be collecting soon (street Parking
is plentiful during weekends; Hide
your valuables.)
- Voting
Closed December 13, 2008. (Nominations
were public and made by you online
by October 31st!)
1.
Vote for most notable POSTHUMOUS SWING
CREATOR award: A deceased Master ('old
timer') who danced in the 1920-1940's
swing era:|
Ann Johnson, Dean Collins, Fred Astaire,
George Snowdon, Herbert "Whitey"
White, Maxie Dorf, Shorty George Snowden,
The Nicholas Brothers, or Willie Desatoff.
2. Vote
for most Notable SWING CREATOR:
A living Master ('old timer') who
danced in the 1920-1940's swing
era documented in film, print...
etc:
Dean Raftery, Frankie Manning, Freda
Angela Wycoff, Hal Takier, Marge
Takier, or Ray Hisch.
3. Vote for the most notable COMMUNITY
CONTRIBUTOR: This can be any Joe or
Jane Blow, to a historian, or to any
organizer; it doesn't have to be a
teacher or champion:
Chris Chapman (seattleswing.com),
Benji Schwimmer, Chad Kubo, Dwight
Lupardis, Frankie Manning, Freddie
Dickinson, Gabe Takacs, H. Leon Raper
(swingdance.com & dancedictionary.com),
Jonathan Bixby & Sylvia Sykes,
Lennart Westerlund, Peter Loggins,
Sonny Watson (streetswing.com), Teddy
Kern & Elena Iannucc (owners of
Dance Manhattan), Tena Morales, Terry
Monaghan, or Trevor Gattis.
4. Vote for most INSPIRATIONAL MALE
DANCER: a male dancer who has inspired
you with their dancing:
Blake Hobby, Frankie Manning, George
Lloyd, Manu Smith, Mario Robau Jr.,
Nick Williams, Steve Garrett, or
Trevor Gattis.
5. Vote for most INSPIRATIONAL FEMALE
DANCER: a female dancer who has
inspired you with their dancing:
Dawn Hampton, Frida Segerdahl, Heidi
Salerno, Natalie Gomes, or Sylvia
Sykes.
6. Vote for most INSPIRATIONAL TEACHER(s):
a teacher or teachers who has inspired
us or made a substantial change
in the swing dancing community:
Chris Chapman (seattleswing.com),
Dean Collins, Debbie Figeuroa, Joel
& Allison Plys, Jonathan Bixby,
Mario Robau Jr., Mike Faltesek,
Peter Loggins, Rob & Diane Van
Haaren, Robert Royston, Sylvia Sykes,
or Trevor Gattis.
7. Vote for most notable CHOREOGRAPHER:
Busby Berkeley, Carla Heiney, Chester
Whitmore, Dean Collins, Janice Wilson,
Jean Ma & Bromeley Palamountain,
Kevin Saint Laurant, Mario Robau
Jr., Nathalie Gomez, Norma Miller,
or Trevor Gattis.
8. Vote to add additional nomination
catagories for 2009:
Favorite live band! Favorite social
dance Follow! Favorite social dance
Lead! Favorite 'SWING' Dance "Step"!
Favorite Venue! Favorite DJ! Most
notable aerialist!
9. What would you add to the Hall
of Fame?
The
Plan is to have a Hall of Fame will
actually be a place to visit housed
at Live Art Gallery, 151 Potrero
Ave. in San Francisco, California!
The plan is to have the Hall of
Fame book (with all nominees and
awardies) will travel with the North
American Open to your city in 2009;
Nominate your event to house the
2009 North American Open with International
Hall of Fame Awards at your event:
Organizers we will host the Championships
and Awards Ceremony at your Festival
with no additional work for you;
Contact us by email or phone for
more details.
Post this along to other dance boards
but let us know where you posted
it so we can keep track of the nominations.
Email: gayjitterbug@yahoo.com
or Call: 415-305-8242
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"...This is a neat idea!"
~ Susan from MinnesotaLindy.com
"This is a great idea..."
~ Rebecca, SwingTalk.com
San Francisco, CA
A
hall of fame (sometimes HOF) is a type of museum established
for any a field of endeavor to honor individuals of
noteworthy achievement in that field. In some cases,
these halls of fame consist of actual halls or museums
which enshrine the honorees with sculptures, plaques,
and displays of memorabilia. In other cases, the hall
of fame is more figurative, and simply consists of
a list of names of noteworthy individuals maintained
by an organization or community.
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