Qualifications: The Tom and Cona Hipps
Scholarship is a $500 scholarship awarded
annually by the Gulf Jazz Society to a successful applicant from the
Panhandle Region of North Florida including the counties of Bay, Gulf,
Franklin, Wakulla, Liberty, Calhoun, Washington, Holmes, Leon, Okaloosa and
Walton. Applicants may be any student entering his or her junior year of
high school in the year that the scholarship is offered, or a lifelong
learning student. Any musician or vocalist seeking admission to a jazz study
program or camp, for the pursuit of jazz education or jazz performance is
qualified to apply.
Student applicants should have a recommendation from their music teacher and
have a minimum of a 2.5 grade point average. Community service is helpful
but not required. Cash disbursement will be made on proof of acceptance into
a music program. Final decisions will be made by the Gulf Jazz Society Board
of Directors upon recommendations from the Scholarship Committee.
To apply: Print
the application, fill it out, attach three (3) letters of recommendation
and complete the essay. Mail the package to:
Gulf Jazz Society
P. O. Box 1535
Panama City, FL 32402
The $500 Tom and Cona Hipps Scholarship for 2006 was awarded to Robert
Hansford. Hansford is a piano and composition student at Gulf Coast
Community College who has applied at Berkeley School of Music and other top
ranked music colleges to continue his music education.
Shown presenting the award to Robert is Gulf Jazz Society Board President Tom Hipps and Committee Chair Amanda Matthews.
The Tom and Cona Hipps Scholarship for 2005 was awarded to Raymond East, a jazz studies major at the University of North Florida.
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