45th annual Virginia Hammill Simms Memorial Award

The Community Ballet Association celebrated the 45th annual Virginia Hammill Simms Memorial Award on Friday, April 12, 2013. The dinner was held at the East Hall at the VBC. This prestigious award honors and recognizes our local volunteers who have continually given so much of their time and talents to the arts in Huntsville. The nominees for 2013 are Carmelita L. Budge with GFWC du Midi Woman’s Club, Fairee S. Bridges with Early Works Society, Billie Grosser with The Women’s Guild of the Huntsville Museum of Art, Elaine Lucas Hubbard with The Huntsville Community Chorus Association, Judy Hart Link with The Huntsville Symphony Orchestra Guild, Thomas F. Morris with The Fantasy Playhouse Children’s Theater, Lorraine Agacinski Mullin with The American Association of University Women, Susan Berry Stricklin with Independent Musical Productions, Inc. and Amelia McDonald Summerville with The Gothic Guild. Following the dinner held in honor of all nominees, the winner was announcing during intermission at Huntsville Ballet’s performance of Billy the Kid. This year’s winner was Elaine Lucas Hubbard.