Square Dance Callers' Association of Northern California (SDCANC)

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Next Meeting

Sunday
September 8, 2024

Round Table Pizza
504 Center Ave. (map)
Martinez, California

11:00am: Lunch & Social Hour

11:30am: General Meeting (brief)

Stars & Stripes Dance to follow at
John Muir School
(see below)

2024 Meetings

  • January 7
  • February 11
  • March 17
    (St. Patrick's Day Dance)
  • April 14
  • May 5
  • June 9
  • July 14
  • August 11
  • September 8
    (Stars & Stripes Hoedown)
  • October 13
  • November 10
    Dinner meeting
    La Strada, San Pablo?

All meetings except January, March and November are planned to be held via Zoom. Dances will be held following the March and September meetings.

Dark in December, normally

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

US Flag US Flag

Stars & Stripes Hoedown
featuring your favorite SDCANC callers!

Sunday
September 8, 2024

2:00 to 4:30pm

SSD with Plus Star Tips

LAST-MINUTE LOCATION CHANGE!!

John Muir School

205 Vista Way, Martinez CA

VFW Auxiliary will be present to accept donations supporting our troops!
(And to raffle a quilt!)

Flyer (366KB PDF)

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 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!)

All of our current 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 Sundayof 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

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

Executive Board

2024 EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBERS
- OFFICERS -
President Gary Kendall
Vice President Bob Steele
Secretary Nikki Radford Hensley
Treasurer Alanna Yoshimura
- COMMITTEE CHAIRS -
Dance Byron Yoshimura
Liaison to NCSDA Ed Kuidis
Liaison to SCVCA Jim Osborne
Membership Lawrence Johnstone
Music Lawrence Johnstone
Web Lawrence Johnstone
Publicity Lawrence Johnstone
Sunshine Lisa Steele
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