History


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Board Meeting Minutes

Minutes of past board meetings are available here

Past Presidents

Folk Dance Federation North only. Names in bold are still living as of June 2023.
TermPresident
1942-43Henry “Buzz” Glass
1943-44Ed Kremers
1944-45Clarice Wills
1945-46Lucille Czarnowski
1946-48Walter Grothe
1948-49Larry Getchell
1949-50Danny McDonald
1950-51George Murton
1951-52Bill Bastner
1952-54Leonard Murphy
1954-55Bill Sorenson
1955-56Bev Wilder
1956-57Frank Kane
1957-58Dan Spier
1958-59John Mooney
1959-60Millie von Konsky
1960-61Lawrence Jerue
1961-62Robert Chevalier
1962-64Carolyn Riedeman
1964-66Ned Gault
1966-67Eldon Kane
1967-68Bill D’Alvy
1968-69Bruce Mitchell
1969-70Ernest Drescher
1970-72Elmer Riba
1972-74Dolly Barnes
1974-76Ernest Drescher
1976-78Raymond Olson
1978-80Bruce Wyckoff
1980-82Frank Bacher
1982-84Burt Scholin
1984-86Oscar Faoro
1986-87Florence Haas
1987-88Burt Scholin
1988-89Leona Faoro
1990-92Lupe Barton
1992-94Frances Ajoian
1994-95Dolly Barnes
1995-97Carlos Ruling
1997-99Barbara Bruxvoort
1999-2001Craig Blackstone
2001-03Greg Mitchell
2003-05Laila Messer
2005-07Vick Vickland
2007-09Bill Lidicker
2009-11Loui Tucker
2011-13Lucy Chang
2013-15Memo Keswick
2015-17Kevin Greek
2017-2020Joe Croco
2020-2022Marian Snyder

Let's Dance! Magazine Editors

Let's Dance! magazine has been published by the Folk Dance Federation of California since 1944. The current editor (as of 1/1/2017) is Loui Tucker, but there have been almost two dozen editors in the 70+ years it has been published. Below is a list of the editors and when they served.
TermEditor
1944Bret van Kriedt
1945Buzz Glass
1947-48Millie Von Konsky
1948-49Wayne Wills
1950Robert Lamont
1951-52Lawton Harris
1953-54Robert Chevalier
1955-56Charles Alexander
1957-58Jane Molinari
1959-72Vi Dexheimer (13 years)
1973-74Leslie Pryne
1975Vi Dexheimer (3 months as interim editor)
1975-77Linda Horn
1978-87June Horn (9 years)
1987Audrey LaPell
1988-92Jeanne Bertolina
1992-98Genevieve Pereria (6 years)
1998-99Barbara Bruxvoort
2000-03Nadine Mitchell
2004-16Gary Anderson (13 years)