The Folk Dance Federation supports and promotes folk dancing, conducts dance research, provides scholarships, publishes books, syllabi and Let's Dance magazine and maintains a web site: www.folkdance.com.
The by-laws of the Federation are available.
Federation Officers:
- President -- Bill Lidicker
- Vice President -- Loui Tucker
- Treasurer -- Irene Croft
- Recording Secretary -- Teddy Wolterbeek
- Let's Dance Editor -- Gary Anderson
- Membership --
Sidney Messer
Much of the Federation work is done by the following committees:
- Finance -- Louise Lidicker (chair), Irene Croft, Bill Lidicker
- Institute -- Judy Kropp (chair), Toba Goddard, Dick Rawson, Denise Heenan
- Insurance -- Elsa Bacher (chair), Margaret Harrison, Tianne Duncan
- Nominating -- Andy Kacsmar (chair), Toba Goddard, Susan Gregory, Ann Kleiman
- North/South -- Laila Messer
- Promotion -- Ann Brown (chair), Gary Anderson, Marion Earl, Bruce Mitchell, Loui Tucker
- Publications -- Joel Bruxvoort (chair), Dick Rawson, Vick Vickland
- Publicity -- Eileen Kopec (chair), Donna Frankel, Susan Gregory, Davida Munkres
- Research -- Bill Wenzel (chair), Martha Awdziewicz, Laura Bremmer, Bill and Louise Lidicker, Mary Painter, Cricket Raybern, Rick Sherman, Loui Tucker, Joyce Uggla Carol Wenzel, Karen Wilson-Bell, Teddy Wolterbeek, Sabine Zappe
- Scholarship -- Mel Mann (Chair), Esther Mann, Enriquette La Verne, Mercedes Tappe
- Statewide Festival -- Teddy Wolterbeek (Chair), Vick Vickland, Lorraine Biner, John Hingtgen, Philip Liberman, Marilyn Piazza, Andy Schlidt, Joan Stouffer, Al Wolterbeek, Marion Earl, Bruce Mitchell, Karen Powell
- 501c(3) ad hoc committee -- Dick Rawson (chair), Bill Fleenor