Jeff & Joanna White, Gay & Lynn Broad
Michelle Epling, Marie Newberry, Kathi Tew
Community Ballet Association Honors Volunteers PEOPLE • PLACES • PARTIES
Photos by Stephanie E. Jennings Community Ballet Association held its 54th annual awards ceremony and dinner on September 23 at The Ledges. The Virginia Hammill Simms Award is a communitydriven award, recognizing the volunteer efforts of individuals contributing to the arts in the Huntsville/Madison County community. The award is sponsored and administered by Community Ballet Association, and has been annually awarded since its inception in 1967.
Lyda Smith, Lynn Kerkhof, Joan May
Jodi Stephens, Susan Ozment, Susan Anderson
In 2015 a new award category was included as part of the Virginia Hammill Simms Awards ceremony: the Katherine & Richard Lester Emerging Arts Contribution Award. The award was created to recognize an individual that is newer to the arts community, but whose volunteer contributions over the past year has made a dramatic impact in the Huntsville/Madison County arts community. The new award recognizes young volunteerism in the arts, and in turn encourages the same level of engagement in the arts community. n
Elise Taylor, Sherry Polk, Phillip Otto, Latika McCrary
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Rana & John Burt
John & Elaine Hubbard
Patti & Paul Allen, Annelle Craig
Sarah Hereford, Kati Lassus, Karen Madison
Joanna White, Michelle Epling, Sherry Polk, Nancy Van Valkenburgh
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