Activity Club Dance Class Awards

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Activity Club Dance Class Awards is a picture, with genre photograph. Its dimensions are 3.25 in. x 4.25 in..

It was created in December 1954.

Activity Club of Thomas Worthington High School is the Contributor.

Winners of trophies from the 4th-6th grade ballroom dancing classes sponsored by the Activity Club in 1954 are pictured with the dance instructors. Trophies were awarded to students based on improvement in dancing, cooperation, and good manners. Left to right are Joyce Horn, Gary Wing, Jane Beaver, and Larry Horn. Students participated in a series of 10 dance classes throughout the fall.

The Activity Club was founded in 1937 as the Personality Club by Mrs. Miriam Mackay, who saw a great need to form an organization dedicated to assisting youth with their social and personal problems. The club was originally formed with sponsorship by the Worthington P.T.A. Among the first activities of the group was the remodeling of formals for girls who were in need of them. Guidance concerning proper dress, manners and hostess etiquette were in demand. Although the club's focus was initially on girls, boys soon became interested and were also included in the programs. Over the years interests broadened, and the group was reorganized as the Activity Club. Social dancing classes for students from grade 4 to 12 became a major activity of the club during the 1940s and 1950s. Interest in dancing declined during the 1960s. Following a brief renewal of interest in dancing in the late 1970s, the emphasis on dance programs was discontinued.

During the 1980s the purpose of the Activity Club broadened to fulfill changing needs. New projects were initiated, such as workshops on leadership skills, College Previews, College Fairs, and coordination of the Baccalaureate Service for graduating seniors. The Activity Club began sponsoring the Junior-Senior Prom "Afterhours" in 1986, and a "Cards Camp," a middle school drug, alcohol and tobacco prevention program in 1988. Following the opening of Worthington Kilbourne High School, the club split into two separate Activity Clubs, one for each school.

It covers the topics clubs, dance and students.

It features the people Larry Horn, Joyce Horn (née Jordan), Gary Richard Wing and Jane Beaver.

It covers the city Worthington.

You can find the original at Activity Club of Thomas Worthington High School.

This file was reformatted digital in the format video/jpeg.

The Worthington Memory identification code is twa0025.

This metadata record was human prepared by Worthington Libraries on August 4, 2005. It was last updated October 4, 2024.