Become a Sponsor
January 04, 2010
You are invited to become a sponsor of our Gumbo of Ballroom weekend and be recognized in our competition program. All donations to Louisiana DanceSport and to USA Dance are tax deductible at their fair market value under Section 501(c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code. You can specify that your donation be used for scholarships or for general purposes. Proceeds from the competition weekend are used to expand ballroom and to nurture ballroom as a competitive sport among our young dancers.
To become a sponsor, contact Ann Durocher-Steven at 985-853-0030 or by email at fliprann@aol.com.
2009 Sponsors
July 16, 2009
Donors Make it Possible to Stage a Quality Event
By Ann Durocher-Steven and Cecil Phillips
A quality event the size of the Gumbo of Ballroom weekend cannot be put on without the financial support of individuals, businesses and the community. Both USA Dance and Louisiana DanceSport are recognized as tax-exempt charities and, when planning this year’s event, a budget was established with a goal of $14,000 of charitable contributions. When requested for contributions, individuals and organizations responded. The total of all their donations set a new record for the Gumbo of Ballroom weekend, coming in at $15,335.
Following are our generous benefactors:
Gold Level ($1,000 or more)
C. J. Brown Realtors
LA. Gumbo Chapter 5031, USA Dance
Louisiana Governor’s Games
Saturday Night Ballroom
Silver Level ($500 or more)
AccessCom
AT&T
Peggy & Charlie Clement
Carol Doyle
Jack Jaubert
Cecil & Neila Phillips
RBB Construction Company
Sterling Sightler & Jim Crowell
Bronze Level ($200 or more)
Maurice Allen
Ballroom Video
Lydia Cascio
Louis & Peggy Gebhart
Jesse Gellrich
Judith Gibson & companies
David & Darla Grashot
Carrie & Ron Magee
Don & Sandy Nijoka
Noland & Wong AAC
NRG Company
Sandy Patrick
Southern Star Chapter, USA Dance
Diana Stagg
Voltaire Sterling
Jim & Ann Durocher Steven
Anonymous (1)
Additional generous donors are: Ouida Arnold, Lane Barry, Ben & Gwen Becnel, Charles H, Coates, Jr., Scott & Sarah Coates, Audrey & Fred Corliss, Doyle & Cindy Frederic, Holiday Inn Gonzales, Jeanine & Richard Knight, Kerry Lovell, Dr. Leonard J. Pizzolatto III, Bit & Lynn Roberts, Mary Tusa, Jennifer & Joe Vaughn.
Companies, club and individuals who purchased advertisements in the competition program also helped fund the Gumbo of Ballroom event by covering the expense of printing the program, a key aid to all competitors and spectators. The combined organizations of Louisiana DanceSport, USA Dance Chapter 5031 and Saturday Night Ballroom are all grateful for the support of all the advertisers.
Thanks to our DanceSport Donors
June 02, 2008
The 2008 Gumbo of Ballroom competitions were made possible in part by charitable contributions by these benefactors:
GOLD LEVEL ($1,000 or more)
C. J. Brown Realtors
Saturday Night Ballroom
SILVER LEVEL ($500 or more)
AccessCom
AT&T
Bob & Gail Dosser
Carol Doyle
Cecil & Neila Phillips
Jack Jaubert
Jim Crowell & Sterling Sightler
La. Gumbo Chapter 5031, USAD
RBB Construction Company
BRONZE LEVEL ($200 or more)
Acadian Industrial Textiles
Don & Sandy Nijoka
Grace G. Moore
Lorraine Veazey
Louis & Peggy Gebhart
Jean Barnette
Jim & Ann Steven
Juliana Chan
Maurice Allen
Dale & Jim Bowles
Richard Obney
Southern Star Chapter, USA DANCE
Voltaire Sterling
Additional Generous Contributors
June 01, 2008
Charles & Peggy Clement
Charles H. Coates, Jr.
David Scholz
Ed Walker
Fred & Audrey Gonzales Corliss
Friends of Brad Petrie
Gwen Becnel
Joe & Bernice Gonzales
John Linn
Joy & Joseph Barreca
Judith Gibson
Kerry Lovell
Mary Tusa
Richard & Jeanine Knight
Scott & Sarah Coates
Companies, clubs, and individuals who purchased advertisements in this program also helped to fund the Gumbo of Ballroom of Dancesport events by covering the expense of printing this program, a key aid to all competitors and spectators. Louisiana Dancesport is grateful for the support of all the advertisers.
Irvin Pelegrin Memorial Scholarship Fund
June 01, 2008
Among the donations listed above were 20 contributions to Louisiana
DanceSport's Irvin Pelegrin Memorial Scholarship Fund. The total amount received
was $3,450.00.
Scholarship awards will be made to the amateur winners of selected events in the Regional Championships and Louisiana Challenge.