Yellow Rock Award

The Eric B. Calimag Yellow Rock Award

For square dancers, a "Yellow Rock" means a friendly hug. In 1995, our long-time class instructor and caller, Lin Jarvis, donated the Yellow Rock Award to Chi-Town Squares to annually honor a club member for outstanding service. Each recipient then chooses whom to pass it along to the following year.

Chi-Town's president in 1995, Steve Miller, awarded the first Yellow Rock Award to John Pope, the year of our first national convention. In 2005, the award was renamed the Eric B. Calimag Yellow Rock Award, in the memory of Eric Calimag, who passed away shortly after receiving the award in 2004.

Congratulations to all past and current recipients for their contributions to the success of Chi-Town Squares over the years.

Recipientsː

• 1995 | John Pope
• 1996 | Allan Rosen
• 1997 | Ian Henzel
• 1998 | Mike Flynn
• 1999 | Fred Steinhauer
• 2000 | Michael Brown
• 2001 | George Nelson
• 2002 | Chuck Pease
• 2003 | Peter Holden
• 2004 | Eric Calimag
• 2005 | Bob Sundal and Ken Jancy
• 2006 | Larry Tradup
• 2007 | Nancy Vedder
• 2008 | Rob Sierzega
• 2009 | Rick Simkin
• 2010 | Andrew Mondt
• 2011 | Arlene Kaspik
• 2012 | Richard Sehnert
• 2013 | Kate Reed
• 2014 | Bob Siegel
• 2015 | Rich Jentzen and Jim Cosenza
• 2016 | Jeff Hutchins and David Stewart
• 2017 | John Wood
• 2018 | Joe Kerouac
• 2019 | Diva Mihelic
• 2020 | Julia Sportolari and Mark Seaman
• 2021 | Lee Casteel
• 2022 | Kevin Randall
• 2023 | Phil Davis
• 2024 | Michael Maltenfort
• 2025 | Sandie Bryant