THE FUND
The Dean Kenty Scholarship Fund was created to fund PCDC members to attend dance and music camps and workshops. The scholarship fund is currently primarily funded by the proceeds from the annual Megaband dance, usually held the second Saturday in March.
RULES AND CRITERIA
1. The applicant
must be a current member of PCDC, and must have been a member for at least six
months.
2. The applicant must not have received a scholarship in the previous fiscal
year. (Our fiscal year ends on May 31st.)
3. $100 dollar scholarships are given to those applicants attending workshops/camps
that are five days or longer. $50 dollar scholarships are given to those applicants
attending shorter events.
4. PCDC will not fund greater than 100% of any event, e.g. if the workshop costs
$35, we will give a scholarship no greater than $35.
5. All PCDC members are encouraged to apply for scholarships. We typically advertise
their availability at least once a year in Footnotes, our bi-monthly newsletter.
6. Scholarship recipients are expected to give back to PCDC. This can be by
participating in Megaband, performing volunteer work for PCDC, serving on the
PCDC Board, serving on a PCDC related committee, calling at dances (including
the open mic nights), playing music at dances (again, including the open mic
nights), and other similar activities.
7. The PCDC Board must receive the completed scholarship
form no later than two weeks prior to the event.
8. Scholarships are given at the PCDC Board’s discretion. However, it
should be noted that the PCDC Board has not, in recent memory, denied a scholarship
except for the above reasons.
9. Northwest Passage work scholarships are handled entirely by the Northwest Passage
Committee. They set their own eligibility rules, and define their own criteria
for acceptance.