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    Adrian & Jeff are the Hall of Fame Inductees for 2017

    Each year the Rock’n’Roll dance community is invited to submit nominations for the Victorian Rock’n’Roll Dance Hall of Fame.

    The VRRDA is pleased to announce that this year’s inductees are Adrian (Adrian Spadaro - Red Hot Rockers and Adrian’s RnR Dance Lessons) and DJ Jeff (Jeff Poole).

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    The Victorian Rock’n’Roll Dance Association 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.

    Adrian and Jeff have been active in the Rock’n’Roll dance community for as long as most dancers can remember. They have both, in their own way, encouraged people to become dancers and have provided opportunities for people to enjoy their dancing.

    Adrian & Jeff will be presented with their Hall of Fame awards at the Victorian Rock’n’Roll Dance State Championships on 20 May 2017 at the Hungarian Centre in Wantirna.

    Everyone who was nominated for the 2017 Hall of Fame will be receiving an official letter of congratulations.

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    www.VRRDA.org.au

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    Re: Adrian & Jeff are the Hall of Fame Inductees for 2017

    Congratulations to Red Hot Rockers dance teacher Adrian Spadaro for his nomination for Victorian Rock n Roll Dance Association Hall of Fame for 2017.

    Adrian has made a considerable contribution to the Melbourne rock n roll scene over the past 25 plus years, firstly as a dance competitor, then as a dance teacher and dance promoter. Adrian and dance partner Chris Black were well known on the dance competition scene in the early 1990’s, and together built up one of the biggest rock n roll dance schools in Melbourne.

    Adrian started teaching rock n roll in 1991, and has continued to teach each week in many areas around Melbourne, including Camberwell, Burwood, Coburg, Surrey Hills and Wantirna. Over that time he has taught thousands of people to dance, not only rock n roll, but also swing, jive, salsa, cha cha, westcoast and line dancing.

    Many of the current rock n roll dance teachers started their teaching careers with Adrian. Adrian mentored them, encouraged them to teach and also employed them. Jon Hannon of Alley Catz, Debbie Krause of Swing Dance with Debbie, Pat Noakes of Swing Central, Rhonda Watts of Renegade Rockers, Dave Dooley, Wendy Gapper and Gavin Preston are all well-known teachers in the rock n roll scene due to Adrian’s encouragement.

    In 1995 Adrian introduced swing dancing to Melbourne when he put on a swing workshop on 20th Aug with Rob Bloom, who was teaching lindy hop in Sydney. He then hosted Catrine Ljunggren, from Sweden's “The Rhythm Hot Shots” the following December, later followed by a workshop and dance with Silvia Sykes from California. Although Adrian is not generally known around town as being part of the Lindy Hop scene now, without his initial contribution the swing dancing world in Melbourne would have taken a much more difficult road to arriving where it is today.

    Adrian has employed many people over the years to help run his social dances. Some, like Little Maria, Debbie and Angelo, have then gone on to run their own dances after learning the ropes with Adrian. Maria Battaglia started working for Adrian to help run social dances many years ago, then went on to run “Little Marias” dances for 13 years, and was also nominated for the VRRDA Hall of Fame.

    Adrian has continued to run social dances all over Melbourne for many years, making sure dancers have somewhere to go and bands have somewhere to play.

    A considerable contribution to rock n roll over many years and a deserving recipient.

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    Re: Adrian & Jeff are the Hall of Fame Inductees for 2017

    For details on Adrian's dance classes and social dances view the website

    http://redhotrockers.webs.com

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