NEW ENGLAND SQUARE AND ROUND DANCE COOPERATION COMMITTEE YANKEE CLIPPER AWARD Deanna and Alfred Randall have been very active in square dancing and also in their community. They have been dancing since the 1970 starting in Colorado where they met. They moved to New England in 1996, and joined the …
NEW ENGLAND SQUARE & ROUND DANCE COOPERATION COMMITTEE YANKEE CLIPPER AWARD CITATION Ken Ritucci Ken has dedicated his adult life to the square dance community. He began dancing at the age of 17 and took up calling in 1975. In the past 40 years, Ken has established himself as a …
NEW ENGLAND SQUARE & ROUND DANCE COOPERATION COMMITTEE YANKEE CLIPPER AWARD CITATION JIM DeNIGRIS Jim and his wife, Alice started square dancing in 1968 at the Circle S’s club in Hartford, Connecticut. This was their home club and they were members for many years. He has been calling for more …
NEW ENGLAND SQUARE & ROUND DANCE COOPERATION COMMITTEE YANKEE CLIPPER AWARD CITATION BILL & NORMA BARKER Bill & Norma Barker have exhibited strong commitment, support and longevity in an activity they both love. They have one of the greatest records of dance longevity in New England. They began dancing in 1962 when …
NEW ENGLAND SQUARE & ROUND DANCE COOPERATION COMMITTEE YANKEE CLIPPER AWARD CITATION Dick and Shirley White have spread their more than thirty years of square dance involvement between New Jersey and New England. In the first decade they were active supporters of and participants in the Northern New Jersey Square …
NEW ENGLAND SQUARE & ROUND DANCE COOPERATION COMMITTEE YANKEE CLIPPER AWARD CITATION Dennis and Stephanie Coruth have been leaders in the square dance activity for nearly all of the more than three decades they have been dancing. They became treasurers of their club, the Litchfield Swingers, the year after graduating …
NEW ENGLAND SQUARE & ROUND DANCE COOPERATION COMMITTEE YANKEE CLIPPER AWARD CITATION John and Judy Thompson have made a wide variety of contributions to the square and round dance activity. They started five clubs, taught more than ninety classes and called more than 5000 dances. We say “they” because we …
Square Dance Caller Dave and Barbara Hass have been involved in square dancing as long as they have known each other. Dave began calling while still in high school and soon was teaching students in the school how to dance. A year later he was teaching their parents and had …
Round Dance Cuer & Teacher Sandi has been involved in New England square and round dancing for more than three decades. She has been a dancer, teacher, founder and leader of dance clubs and an active participant and leader of many organizations. These include local area associations, the New England …
Square Dance Leaders Judy & Bud Clifford have been square dancing for several decades. Their introduction to the modern form of this activity brought them to their first New England Convention in Burlington, Vermont in 1983. They have been very active participants ever since. The Cliffords soon became delegates …