
Gloria Medel - Chicago's Windy City Jitterbug Club
Gloria has been a member of Chicago’s Windy City Jitterbug Club since 1993 and was the Dance Lesson Director for many of those years. She fine tuned the dance lesson program, organized and taught dance classes, created workshops, trained fellow dance instructors, and donated time to local charitable events. Gloria has been active in the organization of CWCJC’s weekend event Sweet Home Chicago. She is often invited to teach workshops and do dance exhibitions both nationally an

Tommy & Emily Roberts - Little Rock Bop Club
Dancing since 1950, Tommy has taught dance classes, won dance championships, judged competitions, and held board positions in many dance clubs in the USA and overseas, including the Little Rock Bop Club, where he has held the positions of Vice-President, Membership Director, Newsletter Editor, and now Webmaster. He is also the current Newsletter Editor for the National Associational of Rhythm&Blues DJ’s. Introduced to partner dancing in 1991, Emily joined the LRBC in 1992. Sh

Susan Ward - Cincinnati Bop Club
A co-founder of the Cincinnati Bop Club, Susan prepared the club’s bylaws and became CBC’s Secretary and Newsletter Editor. Her creativity has allowed her to become the main force behind CBC’s newsletter, writing countless articles on the history of dance and its music, some of which have been published in the SOS Carefree Times and Jitterbug Magazine. Susan has created flyers and signs used by CBC. Since 1994 she has taught dance lessons. Her biggest feat each year is Move A