GOLDEN STATE ROUND UP
Lodi Grape Festival Event Center
413 E. Lockeford St., Lodi, CA 95240


May 24, 25, 26 2024


Golden State Round Up

Featuring:
Deborah Carroll-Jones
Dan Nordbye
Jet Roberts
Vic Ceder

Cuers: Peter & Chama Gomez

 

 
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History

Past Presidents of NCSDA

It Began in January of 1951 when square dance clubs in the Bay Area received an invitation to attend a
meeting to organize an association of square dance clubs. The success of the square dance associations
in Southern California was already well known but as yet no association existed north of Fresno.
Representatives of 17 clubs met on February 4, 1951 at the San Leandro City Hall. Only 10 clubs had
 authorized their delegates to vote, 9 voted to organize. A committee was selected to draft a proposed set
 of bylaws and a nominating committee was chosen. On March 4, 1951 at the South San Francisco
Elm Court Recreation Center delegates from 9 clubs adopted the association bylaws and officers were
 elected. The New Association was divided into three districts: District I that extended from San Francisco to
San Jose, District II that included the whole East Bay, District III that covered Marin County. The name
chosen was Northern California Square Dancers Association. Before the meeting was adjourned
two more clubs requested and received membership. It was official, this organization of 11 clubs that would
one day be one of the largest square dance associations in California. In the next five years of its existence
the NCSDA adopted policies and procedures that are still being followed. NCSDA sponsored dances were presented on a regular basis exposing the dancer to out-of-area callers that few clubs could have afforded
individually. A quarterly membership card system was established and the Fifth Saturday Stampedes
evolved.  In August of 1954 the NCSDA was incorporated as a California not for Profit Corporation.
In 1954 the first two-19day festival, called the Golden State Round Up, was held over the Memorial Day
weekend. For twenty years square dancers flocked to the Oakland Auditorium over the Memorial Day
weekend and by 1974 the need for more space was obvious and the Round Up moved to San Francisco.
The Civic Auditorium was home for the Round Up the next ten years, and then with the opening of
Oakland's new Convention Center, it was back to Oakland for the next 16 years where it all began.
With the new century the Round Up is held at the Alameda County Fairgrounds in Pleasanton.
 In 1956 the newly named California Square Dance Council was reorganized and the NCSDA was among
 its first members. By 1964 the expense of traveling the long Distances to council meetings was the cause
for the decision to withdraw. They rejoined in 1975 and members to present. As new associations were
formed NCSDA boundary lines receded, but always the roster of new member clubs continued to grow.
The 110-19club membership of the NCSDA reached its apex in 1984, within our ten districts, then caller's
fees began spiraling along with climbing insurance rates. The Civic Center Act no longer seemed to apply
to square dancers as school and recreation centers began charging larger and larger hourly rates for the
use of halls for dancing. The economic crunch was beginning to take its toll. Today the NCSDA lists 25
clubs, The fundamental principles adopted by the association in 1951 have stood the test of time and the
 NCSDA role in the square dance picture is just as vital today as it was in the beginning.

NCSDA Historians
Ramona Gauthier Report adopted May 21,1989
Joann and Ron Swanson April 22, 2002

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1951-1951) Walt & Mary Wells
(1951-1952) Bill & Dorothy Reiley
(1952-1953) Lois George
(1953-1954) Bob & Bea Copes
(1954-1955) Fred & Betty Kennedy
(1955-1956) Frank & Alma Hill
(1956-1957) Gene George
(1957-1958) Irv & Lola Encinas
(1958-1959) Mel & Phyllis Grems
(1959-1960) Bob & Jane Barthol
(1960-1961) Max & Alta Harn
(1961-1962) George & Helene Norton
(1962-1963) A.A. Turk & Tiny Turcott
(1963-1964) Larry & Fay Butzer
(1964-1965) Dick Crooke & Florence Roberts
(1965-1966) Ed & Margaret Kettwig
(1966-1967) Bill & Betty Sweigart
(1967-1968) Walt & Charlotte Tupitza
(1968-1969) George & Lu Freeman
(1969-1970) Stitt* & Florence Pool
(1970-1971) Maynard & Audrey Bish
(1971-1972) Don & Betty Bowlby
(1972-1973) Jim & Billie Morgan
(1973-1974) Jerry & Dorothy Kent
(1974-1975) Bob & Betty Coates
(1975-1976) John & Mary Lou Richter
(1976-1977) Don & Wilma Tinsley
(1977-1978) Jim Giesbrecht & Laurie Copley
(1978-1979) Allen & Louise Conroy
(1979-1980) Vern & Minnie Branco
(1980-1981) Norm & Sharon Frank
(1981-1982) Harry & Dorothy Waters
(1982-1983) Ed & Carol Lewis
(1983-1984) Bill & Ramona Gauthier
(1984-1986) Ron & Ginger Hodges
(1986-1987) Bill & Anne Rigsby
(1987-1988) Jack & Linda Aydelott
(1988-1989) Eunice Bowen
(1989-1990) Juan & Betty Salcedo
(1990-1991) Warren & Georgia Potts
(1991-1992) Herman & Sue Lafferty
(1992-1993) Norm & Marnie Frank
(1993-1994) Gabe & Linda Moretti
(1994-1995) Dennis and Dorian McBride
(1995-1996) Ed & Diana Wahl
(1996-1997) Ron & Joann Swanson
(1997-1998) Jerry & Dona Janke
(1998-1999) Chet & Maggie Arcaya-19Ireton
(1999-2000) Bill & Joanne Price
(2000-2001) Tom & Ann Marie Corral
(2001-2002) Paul & Rosemary Barker
(2002-2003) Jerry Janke & Sue Kabage
(2003-2004) Linda Blagg & Wayne Swift
(2004-2005) Peggy Brock Ciccone
(2005-2006) Arnold Rose
(2006-2007) Bill & Joanne Price
(2007-2008) John Flora & Dolores Ferrero
(2008-2009) Richard & Ruann Dizmang
(2009-2010) Sue Kabage & Dennis Grohnke
(2010-2011) Scott Erwin
(2011-2012) Stephen Bath
(2012-2013) John Flora & Dolores Ferrero
(2013-2014) Carolyn McWalters
(2014-2015) Stephen Bath
(2015-2016) Susan Williams
(2016-2017) Lynn Allen & David Zachry
(2017-2023) Karen & Harry Davis