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• Center Stage for the Performing Arts 1968 for Contribution
  
• City of Rockville Achievement Certificate in
  Recognition of Outstanding Service to Senior Citizens, January 1975
  
• Best Teacher Award from students
  
• American Academy of Middle Eastern Dance, November 1993
  
• Veterans of Foreign Wars, NEN Post, Meritorious and Distinguished Service on Furthering the Aims and Ideals of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States.
  
• Maryland Rehabilitation Center Department of Recreation M.R.C
  (4 shows)
  
• Community TV of Prince Georges 1998 Cam Awards First Place Documentary for "Adriana: Shadows on Yellow Silk." Ray Schmidt, Producer.
  
• Artistry of performances resulted in Newsweek, U.S. News and World Report, The Washington Post, The Baltimore Sun, The Washingtonian Magazine, and numerous dance magazines.
  
• The Award winning Documentary "Adriana: Shadows on Yellow Silk"
  is the life story of acclaimed Middle Eastern dancer Adriana. Adriana dazzled audiences throughout the country during the 1960's and 1970's. Against a backdrop of fabulous "Belly Dancing," the video documents and personal tragedies and handicaps that threatened adriana's very life and career, along with her rebound as a teacher, chorographer, and a producer. A world of dance at its most fantastic - and realistic! The video was produced by Ray Schmitt and John Wayne.

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