51st National Square Dance Convention Corporation
    Educational Grant Application for 2006
    Applications will be accepted from any organization or individual in the Convention Impact Area.
This includes Minnesota, South Dakota, North Dakota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Nebraska, Ontario and Manitoba.
    Grant money can only be given to educational activities related to Square Dancing, Round Dancing, Clogging, Contra, Country Line and Folk Dancing.  Grant money will be paid directly to the grant
recipient upon receiving copies of paid statements and/or receipts.
    Club lesson grants apply to lessons started and completed between June 10, 2006 and June 11, 2007.
    Grants will be judged by their educational merit, their overall benefit to the square dance activity, the number of people that could benefit from the project or activity, credibility and accountability.  Grants
will not necessarily provide 100% of the project funding.             
                                                                                                   Date:________________________________

1.  Applicant Name:________________________________ Address:_______________________________
     (If your application is for lessons and lessons are shared with other clubs, please list all clubs involved)
     
    Phone: ________________________________________ Email:________________________________
   
    If applying as an organization or club:
   
Contact Person:_________________________________ Address:_______________________________  
    Phone:________________________________________Email:_________________________________
    
    Member of what Square Dance Federation or Organizations?__________________________________

2.  Date of event:____________________________ Amount Requested:____________________________

3.  Please itemize vendor(s) and identify expected expenses and amount for each:
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4.  Describe the educational project you would like funded:
_______________________________________________________________________________________

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5.  How do you see this as a qualifying educational event for square dancing?
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(Additional items and/or comments may be attached on a separate sheet of paper or continued on the back of this form.)

Applications must be postmarked no later than March 1, 2006 and received by the committee by  March 15th. Grant applications will be reviewed and the recipients will be announced at the Minnesota State Square and Round Dance Convention - Federation Annual Meeting June 12, 2006 at St. Cloud, MN.  
   
             Send application to: Kermit & Betty Twait, 528 19th Street, Windom, MN  56101
                                                           Phone:  507-831-3550       Email:  kbtwait@windomnet.com              


Revised 10/2005