MUSICAL SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS
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MUSICAL SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS
Donations to Pacoima Middle School, Pacoima, CA and
The Ritchie Valens Recreation Center help with their music programs.
We also assist the Guitars Not Guns! program in Watsonville, CA.
The Winter Dance Party - JP (THE BIG BOPPER) RICHARDSON - Musical Awards
Donations to Winborn Elementary School, St
Bartholomew Music Ministry
and Calvin Nelms Charter School (all in Katy, TX) assist their music programs.
Elsewhere, Musical Scholarships are in place at the following High Schools.
To be eligible for such a scholarship, aspiring students should be graduating
to university
to major or minor in Music, preferably with the aim of seeking a career in music
teaching
The Winter Dance Party - BUDDY HOLLY - Musical
Scholarship
This is at Lubbock High School, Lubbock, TX from where Buddy Holly graduated in
1955.
The Winter Dance Party - ROGER PETERSON - Musical Scholarship
Honoring the pilot of the airplane, this scholarship is at Storm Lake High
School, Storm Lake, IA.
The Winter Dance Party - DARREL HEIN - Musical Scholarship
This scholarship is at Clear Lake High School, Clear Lake, IA. It honors a
former manager
of the Surf Ballroom, Clear Lake where the 1959 Winter Dance Party gave its
final performance.
The arduous route of the original Winter Dance Party Tour played a significant
part
in what was to happen, so we decided to mark the significance of the States
toured in 1959
The Winter Dance Party WISCONSIN STATEWIDE
Musical Scholarship
High School graduates from those cities visited by the 1959 Winter Dance Party,
i.e. Milwaukee, Kenosha, Eau Claire and Green Bay,
and who intend to major or minor in Music at university, are invited to apply
for a musical scholarship.
HONOR
ROLL - Award & Scholarship Winners