CDSS Lifetime Contribution Awards

2012 Award Winner

We are pleased to announce that George Fogg, of Boston, MA, is the recipient of CDSS’s Lifetime Contribution Award for 2012. A teacher of country dance since 1968, he is an expert at getting beginners out onto the dance floor, is endlessly enthusiastic about dancing and dancers, and full of good humor that quickly makes everyone around him smile. A volunteer extraordinaire, he has put in an astonishing amount of hours organizing, promoting, archiving, and doing committee work for many dance organizations, some of which he helped found. His five books (the popular “Neal Book,” co-authored with Rich Jackson; his own “Country Dances from Colonial New York,” a.k.a. the “Alexander Notebook”; and three books co-authored with Kate Van Winkle Keller) are invaluable. Details about the presentation celebration will be announced later. Congratulations, George.

Past Award Recipients

• 2011  Bob Dalsemer
  For photos of Bob's award ceremony held in December 2011 in Brasstown, NC,
  see the album posted by Keather Weidman.
  See also Bruce Hamilton's report of the event on the CDSS blog.
• 2010  Tom Kruskal and John Ramsay
  For photos of Tom's award ceremony held in April 2011 in Framingham, MA,
  see the album posted by Marty Stock.
• 2009  Bob McQuillen and Chuck Ward
• 2008  Tony Barrand
  For photos of the award ceremony held in March 2009 in Brattleboro, VT,
  see albums posted by Jeff Bary, Emily Ferguson, Chris Levey, Marty Stock.
• 2007  Margot Gunzenhauser, Dudley Laufman and Patrick Napier
• 2006  Fried De Metz Herman
• 2005  Jack Langstaff
• 2004  Larry Jennings
• 2002  Helene Cornelius
• 1996  Sue Salmons
• 1992  Kate Van Winkle Keller
• 1990  Marshall Barron

Seeking Future Nominees

Do you know someone who has made a long-term and exceptional contribution to the mission of CDSS? Has this person's contribution benefited more than one geographical area or generation? Has he or she worked in conjunction with CDSS for more than twenty years? If you answered "yes," you may know future recipients of the CDSS Lifetime Contribution Award.

A significant contribution may consist of:

• increasing the quality of what we do by inspiration, instruction or excellent example;
• bringing what we do to new communities;
• expanding the repertoire of country dance, music and/or song, whether through scholarship or by original composition;
• working behind the scenes, enabling others to make any of the contributions listed above (i.e., music or dance event organizing or programming).

Each year the Awards Committee reviews recommendations and submits a short list of nominees to the CDSS Governing Board for its decision in the spring. Nominations for 2012 awards will close on January 31, 2012.

Please send nominations to awards@cdss.org.