Square Dance Callers' Association of Northern California (SDCANC)

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Next Meeting

February 12, 2012

Rollingwood Recreation Center
2395 Greenwood Dr. (map)
San Pablo, California

Record Review at 11:30am
Meeting at 12:30pm
Program follows meeting
(approximately 1:30 or 2:00)

2012 Meetings

  • January 8
  • February 12
  • March 10
    (Before Buddy Weaver seminar; day before St. Patrick's Day Dance)
  • April 15
  • May 13
  • June 3
    (After Deborah Carroll-Jones seminar)
  • July 8
  • August 12
  • September 9
    (Indian Summer Hoedown)
  • October 14
  • November 11
    Dinner meeting
    La Strada, San Pablo
    (Tentative)

Dark in December

Meetings are normally held on the second Sunday of each month, but dates are not formally set until checked for conflicts. This takes place no later than at the January meeting.

Upcoming Events

Buddy Weaver Photo

Caller's Seminar

Featuring Buddy Weaver from San Marcos, CA

Owner/Producer of Blue Star Records, Hi-Hat Records, et. al.

Topics include:

  • Showmanship
  • Music
  • Choreography and Management
  • One-nighters

Saturday, March 10, 2012
1pm - 4pm

Rollingwood Recreation Center
2395 Greenwood Drive
San Pablo, CA

Free to members of SDCANC and neighboring callers' associations
$10 for non-members

Flyer (238KB PDF)

St. Patrick's Day Dance

Left-hand leprechaunRight-hand leprechaunMarch 11, 2012
2:00 to 5:00pm
Corned Beef & Refreshments will be served!

Temple Beth Hillel
801 Park Central
Richmond, CA
Flyer • Map

Purchase Advance Tickets from a SDCANC Caller
(starting late November)
Adults $8 • Teens $5
(At the door: Adults $10, Teens $7)
Buddy Weaver Photo

Caller's Seminar

Featuring Deborah Carroll-Jones from Arlington, TX

CALLERLAB-Accredited Caller-Coach

Program details to be finalized later

Sunday, June 3, 2012

Rollingwood Recreation Center
2395 Greenwood Drive
San Pablo, CA

Free to members of SDCANC and neighboring callers' associations
$10 for non-members

Association Information

From the by-laws:
The Association is a non-profit organization whose purpose is to foster and encourage American Square and Round dancing, to exchange calls and ideas among callers, to provide members with an information service covering music, equipment and facilities, to publish a Code of Ethics to which all members shall subscribe, and to support State and National organizations that dedicate themselves to the orderly promotion of Square and Round Dancing.

Current membership dues are only $35.00 per year (January thru December), payable by January 1. See the table below for the Treasurer's email address. (Click on the name -- it's a link.)  Or, see the Contact page for a postal address.

We subscribe to Al Stevens' and Lorenz Kuhlee's note service, Notes for European Callers, which is available to members right here in the Members Area. (Note: you must have a username and password to enter the Members Area. When you join the Association, send the username and password you wish to use to the Web Committee via email. If we pick them for you, you might not remember them as well!)

Over 90% of our Association membership has Internet access. A great deal of our business and discussions between meetings are now done electronically, both through this website and through our "SDCANC-Forum" email list for discussing Association business. This has shortened our business meetings considerably.

The Association is also affiliated with CALLERLAB and receives their newsletter Direction. We also purchase some of the CALLERLAB convention session recordings which are available to our members to check out and return.

Most of our meetings are on the 2nd Sunday of the month. Contact any member or board member (below) to get the meeting location and come as our guest. You will also see the date and location of the next meeting at the top of this page.

For additional information contact the Membership Chairman or any member of the board below. You can also download a copy of our Membership Application in PDF format to complete and bring to a meeting, if you are ready to join. You'll need Adobe Reader (or a compatible program like Foxit Reader) to view and print the application.

[NOTE: Please read the Association Bylaws and Standing Rules before completing the Application.]

50-Year Callers

Two of our members (present and past) who have called for 50+ years:

Executive Board

2012 EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBERS
- OFFICERS -
President Bill Silver
Vice President Lawrence Johnstone
Secretary vacant
Treasurer Bert Swerer
- COMMITTEE CHAIRS -
Historian Mike Amell
Liaison to NCSDA Bill Silver
Liaison to SCVCA Bob Elling
Membership Lawrence Johnstone
Web Lawrence Johnstone
Program Lawrence Johnstone
Publicity Bert Swerer
Sunshine Darlene Culligan
This page address is: www.sdcanc.com/index.htm
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