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  1. #1
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    Thumbs up Rock'n'Roll Dance Hall of Fame Inductees 2015

    The Victorian Rock’n’Roll Dance Association (VRRDA) is pleased to announce that Barbara Mitchell, from the Geelong Juke Box Rockers, and Mel Hogan, the creator of VicRock, are the 2015 inductees to the Victorian Rock’n’Roll Dance Hall of Fame.

    The VRRDA established the Victorian Rock’n’Roll Dance Hall of Fame to recognise those special people who have made a notable contribution to Rock’n’Roll dancing over a significant period of time.

    Barbara Mitchell. Geelong Juke Box Rockers began operations on 28 June 1998. Barbara was one of the main instigators in the creation of this highly successful, community based Rock’n’Roll dance club.
    Barbara served as the club’s President for 14 ½ years. She still plays a particularly active role in the organization of the club’s regular calendar of monthly dances, the weekly social nights and the weekly dance class nights. Barbara is involved in the club’s annual charity fund raiser dance. She is also deeply involved with the annual three day summer festival.
    Barbara is renowned for her warm personality and her generous spirit. She has encouraged families & young people to be active club members and she seeks out opportunities for the club to perform charity dancing demonstrations.
    On top of all this Barbara served on the VRRDA committee for three years.


    Mel Hogan. Mel, a quiet, unassuming, almost invisible member of the Rock’n’Roll dance community, has made an enormous contribution by providing us with the VicRock website.
    The web site www.vicrock.com.au has continued to provide Rock’n’Roll dancers with up to date information since its launch in 2002.
    Mel is the site’s creator and web master. It may be that Vic Rock was the world’s first Rock’n’Roll dance focused web site. It certainly can be argued that, both in Australia and internationally, it is possibly one of the best, if not The Best. The gig guide is a particularly useful asset.
    Mel has arranged the site so that there is plenty of opportunities for registered members to play an active role; to contribute information, to list on the gig guide and to interact with other members. This interaction has really helped to build the feeling of community between dancers.
    Mel is noted for his integrity and discretion. Unlike some other web operations which harvest user details for resale, the details of registered VicRock members are sacrosanct.

    Barbara and Mel will be invited to receive their Victorian Rock’n’Roll Dance Hall of Fame certificates at the 2015 Victorian Rock’n’Roll Dance State Championships.
    The State Championships will be held on Saturday 23 May 2015, again at the Furlan Club in Thornbury.

    Quite a range of valued members of the Rock’n’Roll dance community were nominated for this year’s Hall of Fame considerations. Each of these people will be receiving a letter of congratulations from the VRRDA.

    Nominations for 2016 Victorian Rock’n’Roll Dance Hall of Fame presentations will be invited in the latter part of this year. The nomination form will be available from www.vrrda.org.au.

    The names of all inductees are listed on the Hall of Fame page on the web site www.vrrda.org.au.
    Last edited by RobE; 08-01-2015 at 06:55 PM. Reason: Improved accuracy
    Rob Ewart
    Victorian Rock'n'Roll Dance Assoc

    www.VRRDA.org.au

    It's your Association, get involved. Good ideas are always welcome.
    Make sure your R'n'R club or dance school is getting best value.

    .

  2. #2
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    Re: Rock'n'Roll Dance Hall of Fame Inductees 2015

    Congratulations to the new inductees of the Rock 'n' Roll Dance Hall of Fame for 2015 - Barbara and Mel.

    RobE sums up Mel very well - a quiet and behind the scene operator of arguably the world's best R&R online site in my view. I said it once before here but will say it again. I just think the concept of an online R&R website is relevant and revolutionary as a medium of communication and as a social media tool as we operate in our new but ever fast moving computer age. It's the only way to go as we move into Gen X and Y environment and beyond. Vicrock is dedicated to promoting 1950's style Rock & Roll and associated music genres and dance styles. We can thank Mel for this .....

  3. #3
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    Re: Rock'n'Roll Dance Hall of Fame Inductees 2015

    Well done to both inductees. Both well deserved. Congratulations.

  4. #4
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    Re: Rock'n'Roll Dance Hall of Fame Inductees 2015

    Well said. Vicrock is a great asset to the rock n roll community and we all owe Mel a big thanks for creating it and keeping it running for us all to use. A well deserved tribute.

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