Scholarship Awards for 2010
Sixteen area youth have been awarded $3200 of scholarships from the Dan Falley Memorial Fund. Recipients will receive from $100 to $300 worth of guitar and bass lessons from local instructors.
Honorees include: Sean Arndt; Fallyn O’Malley; Cael O’Malley; Jamias Stewart; Elijah Steward; Tre Stewart; Lucas Farmer; Seymour Farmer; Sean Donnelly; Forest Evans; John Sanchez; Natalie Haushalter; Tristan Fulzenloger; Emily Hollaway; Sierra Mason and Samantha Crouse.
The proceeds of Jam4Dan III, held January 2010, generated the scholarship resources.
Scholarship Guidelines for 2011
Any guitar/bass student currently taking lessons in Shawnee County or intending to take lessons (especially if they could get financial assistance) is eligible to apply for a scholarship. The application will consist of three parts, two filled out by the student and a third by the instructor. (Grammar, punctuation, spelling and other components of quality writing will be considered when scoring the student-written parts.) All parts need to be typed or computer generated. (Electronically submitted applications will be accepted.)
The first part of the application is a basic statement of need for a scholarship. What challenges already exist or are possibly on the horizon that might make it difficult for the student and/or his or her family to pay for lessons? The second part is a reflection by the student of the impact the instrument, the instruction/instructor or the study of music in general has positively affected his or her life. The third part, by the instructor, is an assessment of the student's commitment to his or her instruction and the instrument in general.
We will begin taking applications for next year in early January 2011.
* The Dan Falley Memorial Fund & Scholarships Trustees:
Tom Krebs
Mike Fox
Danl Blackwood
Joel Edison
Jam4Dan III Sponsors
Guitar Hero ($750)
J. Edison Guitars
Gold ($400)
The Celtic Fox
Manning Music
Live Music Institute
Sonny Heller's Music Box
Window Design Company
Supersonic Music
Silver ($200)
TopekaTonight.com - Doug Ruth
SevenEightFive.com - Kerrice Mapes
danlnet.com - Danl Blackwood
Kansas Guitar Exchange - Rick Roberts
Steam Music
RØDE Microphones
Bronze ($50)
Best Buy
Previous Scholarship Recipients
We were very pleased with last year's turn out at the Jam4Dan II and we were able to award three scholarships. We hope to do better this year and make this into something that would make Dan proud.
The scholarships awarded last year (2009) were:
Dyllan Donald, Joseph Miller, and Keaton Meeks
While we hope to expand the scope of students eligible for scholarships, unfortunately we don't have the funding yet to accomplish that. Maybe you can help? This year however we are expanding the eligibility to include students that have not yet started taking lessons.
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