Eighteen National Society of Arts and Letters chapter winners competed in
the 2006 dance competition, entitled Dance: Variations on a Theme, in Jacksonville,
Florida, in May 2006. They are shown here with the judges and NSAL officers and chairs.
Judges for the 2006 dance competition were Sharon Story, dean of
Centre for Dance Education and Ballet Mistress in Atlanta, left; Stephan Laurent,
choreographer and former chair of Butler University Dance Department, second from left;
and Daniel Lewis, internationally recognized dancer, teacher,
choreographer and author, far right. They are joined by Maria Bujones,
second from right, who accepted NSAL’s Gold Medal award for her late husband,
Fernando Bujones.
National NSAL President Barbara Branscum presents the first-place award
of $10,000 to Krista Ettlinger, who represented the Boca Raton/South
Florida Chapter. View video clip from competition
John Mark Giragosian, from the Washington, D.C. chapter, received his
award from Betty Bergmark, category chair for the dance competition. He
received the $7,000 Mary Rich Fife Award in memory of the Washington Chapter member. View video clip from competition
Cyndy Jelinek, career award chair, presents the third-place award to Nicole
Maple, who represented the Greater Arizona Chapter. Nicole received the $5,000
Helen Irene Weinhardt Award, honoring a woman who was instrumental in founding three NSAL
chapters. View video clip from competition
Summer Catlehe accepts the fourth-place award from Margaret
Ludwig, chair of the 2006 Jacksonville, Florida, Convention. Summer, who won the
San Antonio Chapter’s competition, received the Estelle Campbell Memorial Award of
$4,000, honoring the Pittsburgh philanthropist and very generous donor to the
Nicholson-Nielsen Trust Fund.
Alicia Klaffky, of the Washington, D.C. Chapter, presents the fifth-place
award to Kelly Yankle, who represented the Kentucky Chapter. Kelly
received the Audrey Peery Memorial Award of $3,000, which remembers Mrs. Peery’s
selfless commitment to NSAL.
Member-at-large Adela Zunas presents the sixth-place award to Tara
Bizub, who represented the New Jersey Chapter. Tara received the $2,000 Dorothy
and Bruce Strong Award, honoring the memory of Dorothy Strong, a charter and life member
of NSAL.
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