Hall of Fame Dance Challenge, Inc. is pleased to introduce to you the Hall of Fame Dance Foundation, a fund which will provide college scholarships to hardworking dancers, as well as grants to public schools in order to help further students’ education.  In addition to the need-based competition scholarships we provide so that all dancers have a chance to compete, we also wanted to be able to help support all of the hardworking dancers and teachers whose dedication and commitment to dance deserve recognition.

On this page, you will find information about and applications for our college scholarship program for graduating senior dancers and our college and high school grant program.  Please don’t hesitate to contact us at 1-866-Dance99 or info@halloffamedance.com if you have any questions about the Hall of Fame Dance Foundation.

We hope that others will follow our lead in giving back to the dance community that gives so much to us.

Hall of Fame Dance Foundation College Scholarships

We’re excited to announce the details of the Hall of Fame Dance Foundation College Scholarships.

Beginning in June of 2008, we will be awarding up 30 or more college scholarships to graduating high school seniors, which will include:

• 10 $1000 scholarships
• 20 $500 scholarships

In order to apply, you must:

• Be a graduating high school senior dancer
• Have earned a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher
• Secure a letter of recommendation from your studio director
• Write a 1-page personal essay regarding the importance of dance in your life and your future

All application materials are due by May 31, 2009.  Scholarship award winners will be notified by the third week in June.

Mail your completed application form (which can be downloaded here), official high school transcript, letter of recommendation from your studio director, and personal essay to:

            Hall of Fame Dance Foundation
            3160 Haggerty Rd. Suite E-F
            West Bloomfield, MI 48323

Scholarships will be awarded based on the combined factors of your GPA, letter of recommendation, and your personal essay.  The ten applicants with the highest point totals will be awarded $1000, and the 20 applicants with the next highest point totals will be awarded $500.  The point breakdown is as follows:

The essay will be scored independently by the directors of the Hall of Fame Dance Foundation, and the given scores will be averaged together to form the point total for the personal essay. The owners and directors of Hall of Fame Dance Challenge, Inc. will not be a part of the decision making process.

*All scholarships go directly to the university/college that the scholarships winners will be attending.

*The names and photographs of the scholarship award winners will be posted on halloffamedance.com.  Scholarship award winners will be required to submit a photograph to the Hall of Fame Dance Foundation upon notification of their award.  

College and High School Grant Program

Hall of Fame Dance Foundation will award grants of up to $1000 to accredited public high schools and colleges for the purpose of inviting guest artists to the school to further students’ dance education.

Interested schools should fill-out an application form, which can be downloaded here, and send their application materials to:

            Hall of Fame Dance Foundation
            3160 Haggerty Rd. Suite E-F
            West Bloomfield, MI 48323

Please allow up to 60-days for a response.

Hall of Fame Dance Foundation College Scholarship Application

Hall of Fame Dance Foundation College and High School Grant Application

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