The purpose of this award is to honor outstanding members of
WOMEN BAND DIRECTORS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
who have actively participated on the national level.
Criteria for selection:
1. Consistently produces bands of high performance level.
2. Consistently performs programs of high musical quality.
3. Has made an outstanding contribution to the community and the country through music.
4. Has made an outstanding contribution to the improvement of bands through participation and leadership
in professional organizations.
5. Must be an active member of WOMEN BAND DIRECTORS INTERNATIONAL, INC. and have made an
outstanding contribution to the association through participation.
This award shall consist of a silver medallion.
Recipients:
2017 - Terri Palazzolo
2016 - Marilyn Bennett
2015 - Val Sherman
2014 - Linda Thompson
2009 - Frances Shelton
2005 - Donna Wirth
2005 - Robyn Bell
2003 - Deborah Bradley
2003 - Patricia Backhaus
2001 - Carol Nendza
1998 - Kathy Harbuck Cox
1997 - Sue Glossop
1997 - Cheryl Newton
1996 - Linda Moorhouse
1996 - Susan Creasap
1993 - Lorraine Paris
1992 - Marianne Sandstrom
1991 - Patricia Root
1990 - Major Virginia Allen
1990 - Judith E. Grimes
1989 - Marguerite Wilder
1988 - Lucille Alexander
1987 - Laurie Neeb
1986 - Catherine Heard
1985 - Barbara Lovett
1985 - Marie Cotaya
1984 - Noreen Linnemann
1983 - Donna Wirth
1982 - Patricia Garren
1981 - Jacqueline Hunt
1980 - Judith Grimes
1979 - Mildred Reiner
1977 - Ileane McElwee
1977 - Mary Ann Dalton
1977 - Dorothy Dugger
1975 - Nora Arquit
1975 - Mildred Black
1975 - Gladys Stone Wright
1975 - Ramona Meltz
1974 - Dorothy Stewart Jones
1972 - Faye Hanson