Ascend Performing Arts, home of the Blue Knights Drum and Bugle Corps, is honored to facilitate the Dinah Owens Memorial Scholarship.
Dinah Owens was a long-time, committed volunteer for the Ascend Programs-the Blue Knights Drum and Bugle Corps and Blue Knights World Percussion Ensemble. This memorial scholarship was established to honor her legacy of supporting the members in both Blue Knights ensembles.
These memorial scholarships have supported 18 Blue Knights members to date since that time! The scholarships made it possible for these individuals to express their love of and passion for music by participating in drum corps or percussion ensemble. Each recipient was selected by a committee through scholarship applications, references, and an essay. The selection was based on the qualities that Dinah saw as important in members, passion for the Blue Knights and what it stood for: teamwork, discipline to focus on goals, potential for leadership and talent in their individual areas.
Dinah was a great advocate of making each member and his or her family a part of the Blue Knights. She reached out to make members feel welcome, developing awareness of resources available and was very generous in giving out "Ata boy or girls!"
Will you help to keep Dinah's legacy alive by contributing to the Dinah Owens Memorial Scholarship?
Donations to the Dinah Owens Memorial Scholarship are 100% tax-deductible and will benefit future members of the Blue Knights Percussion Ensemble and Blue Knights Drum & Bugle Corps. Donations must be received by January 31st to be considered for that season's scholarship recipient.