Our Memorial Book
The Memorial Book was presented to the New Zealand Branch in the 1960’s by Gary Morris, in memory of his parents who were foundation members of the Hastings Club. The Memorial Book records the contribution to Scottish country dancing in New Zealand, of dancers who have passed away. It is held by a custodian who arranges for it to be and displayed at Summer School every year.
The Memorial Fund
Entries to the Memorial Book are accompanied by donations to a Memorial Fund that was set up in 1975. The primary purpose of this fund is to bring an examiner from the RSCDS Headquarters at regular intervals; it may also be used for other purposes not inconsistent with the general desire to maintain the high standard of dancing in New Zealand.
Process for Memorial Book entries
- Clubs, Regions or individual dancers may request an entry by clicking the Submit button above. The completed form includes the name and date of the deceased person and suitable wording for the entry.
- They submit the form on-line, or print it and post, to the New Zealand Branch Secretary.
- They also make a donation made to the Memorial Fund account 01-0235-0104533-50 with the reference ‘Memorial Fund’ and name of the deceased.
- The Branch Secretary types the entry using Monotype Corsiva font and forwards the file to the person who requested the entry, for checking.
- When finalised, the Secretary prints the page and inserts it in the New Zealand Branch Memorial Book; this task can be done annually when the book is displayed at Summer School.
- The Secretary prints and posts a copy of the entry to the person who submitted the request with a letter to give to the family of the deceased.
- The Secretary files an electronic copy and also sends it to the New Zealand Branch IT Coordinator for the New Zealand Branch website.