Summer 2006 issue - Department of Dance - Wayne State University

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dancersAbout
Debbie Bernstein-Siegel, Maggie
Allesee and Laurie Eisenhower at the
Choreographers Dinner at the Detroit
Kathryn Ellis, Eva Powers and Dr. Louise Jefferson
enjoy the Choreographers Dinner in the Crystal
Gallery before the 77th Annual Spring Dance Gala
Concert.
Prior to the 77th Annual Spring Dance
Gala Concert at Detroit Institute of
Arts, dance supporters and
friends gathered in the Crystal
Gallery of the Detroit Institue
of Arts for the Choreographers
Dinner on March 30.
This year’s lovely event was
chaired by Choreographers
Dodie David, Gloria Clark,
Maggie Allesee and Associate
Professor, Eva Powers.
Donors and their endowed
scholarship recipients were
honored at CFPCA’s Scholarship
Donor Brunch at St. Andrew’s
Hall on
campus in
April.
S t u d e n t s ,
donors, and
their families
gathered for
ceremonies
r e c o g n i z -
Junior Lauren Cansler (BS ‘08), 2006
recipient of the Ruth Lovell Murray
Endowed Scholarship in Dance conveys
her gratitude at the Scholarship Donor
Brunch
ing outstanding student achievement,
as well as the visionary commitment of
endowed scholarship donors to the College.
In May, dance
alums and
friends honored
Garth
Fagan (’69) at
a special reception
hosted by
CFPCA Dean
Sharon Vasquez
at Detroit’s
Seldom Blues.
In celebration of Mr. Fagan’s WSU honorary
Doctorate of Humane Letters, friends, faculty,
and current and former WSU Dance Workshop members
paid tribute to Garth’s innumerable and long-lasting contributions
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Garth Fagan (‘69) implores
current WSU dance students to
“relish every minute in the dance
studio” at a reception in his
honor at Detroit’s Seldom Blues
Senior Megan Conway (BFA ‘07), 2006
recipient of the Harriet Berg Endowed
Choreography Award with donor
Harriet Berg (BA ‘47, MFA ‘68)
Described by many as a “WSU Dance Workshop Reunion,”
alums and friends celebrate Garth fagan’s honorary doctorate
Ellen Kahn, Dee Andrus and Carol Halsted
were among the many supporters at the
Choreographers Dinner in March..
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