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Statewide 2020
STATEWIDE 2020 HAS BEEN POSTPONED TO 2022
The Folk Dance Federation, South, Inc. holds a Statewide Folk Dance Festival on a bi-annual basis. The alternate years are hosted by the Folk Dance Federation of California, Inc. (North).
The 2020 Statewide Folk Dance Festival, PASTORAL FANDANGO, will be held at the Hermann Sons Hall, 860 Western Ave., Petaluma, CA 94952 (Google Map), on May 21 to 23, 2021.
Featuring teachers Bruce Hamilton, Ahmet Lüleçi, Gergana Panova, and Bruce Hamilton with Evening Parties by Chubritza International Folk Band.
Additional entertainment by Gradina, Chinese Performance Group with Rebecca Tsai, and The Redwood Dance Squad. Middle Eastern Dinner and Installation Lunch catered by The River Front Cafe.
There are two recommended hotels:
Hampton Inn & Suites, 6248 Redwood Dr., Rohnert Park, CA 94928 ( Google Map )
Motel 6, 6145 Commerce Blvd., Rohnert Park, CA 94928 ( Google Map )
Festival chairpersons for 2021 are Marina Troost and Steve Ayala.
For more information about the festival go to statewide.folkdance.com.
For an interesting look at past Statewide festivals, click Statewide: 42 Years and Counting.
Larry Getchel wrote them and they include scans of program covers and information about each festival from 1946 through 1987.
Past Statewide Festival Chairpersons
1946 Ojai | David Young |
1947 Fresno | Thelma Denning |
1948 Fresno | Paul O'Brynne |
1949 Santa Barbara | Bill Herlow |
1950 Monterey | Ace Smith & Chuck Reed |
1951 Santa Barbara | Bill Herlow |
1952 Oakland | Leonard Murphy |
1953 Fresno | Wait McGugln |
1954 Long Beach | Leonard Murphy |
1955 Sacramento | John Moore |
1956 Fresno | Marjorie Widman |
1957 San Diego | Vivian Woll |
1958 San Francisco | Virginia Wilder & Bill Leonard |
1959 Bakersfield | Wilma Uindscott |
1960 Long Beach | Lilly Lee & Marion Wilson |
1961 San Jose | Ken Stevens |
1962 Fresno | Mary Springs & Jim Scott |
1963 Santa Monica | Lisa Barnett |
1964 San Jose | Jack Stankey |
1965 San Diego | Vivian Woll |
1966 San Jose | Jack Stankey |
1967 Long Beach | Ed Feldman & Alice Gabrielson |
1968 Oakland | Jules DiCicco |
1969 San Diego | Alice Hauserman |
1970 San Jose | Jules DiCicco |
1971 Santa Monica | Avis Tarvin |
1972 Sacramento | Bruce Mitchell |
1973 San Diego | Vivian Woll |
1974 San Jose | Elmer Riba |
1975 Santa Maria | Audrey Silva |
1976 Hayward | Ruth Melville |
1977 Santa Monica | Sheila Ruby |
1978 Oakland | Phyllis Olsen |
1979 San Diego | Vivian Woll & Evelyn Prewett |
1980 Fresno | Frank Bacher |
1981 Santa Maria | Audrey Silva |
1982 Concord | Phyllis Olsen & Burt Sholin |
1983 Ventura | Walt Metcalf & Alex Sheyday |
1984 Sacramento | Oscar Faoro & John Alfors |
1985 Santa Barbara | Steve Davis |
1986 Santa Rosa | Frank Bacher |
1987 Pasadena | Lila Aurich & Dorothy Daw |
1988 Palo Alto | Oscar Faoro & Bill Leonard |
1989 Ventura | Walt Metcalf |
1990 Fresno | Frances Ajoian |
1991 Culver City | Marshall Cates |
1992 Dublin | Millie Von Konsky |
1993 Arcadia | Marshall Cates |
1994 San Mateo | Denise Heenan & Andy Kocsmar |
1995 Ojai | Steve Davis |
1996 San Francisco | Bill Lidicker & Louise Lidicker |
1997 Whittier | Richard Duree & Julith Neff |
1998 San Francisco | Carlos Ruling |
1999 San Diego | Renee Fryl |
2000 Fresno | Frances Ajoian, Jeanette Abrahamian, Gary Hughes, & Kathy Hindman |
2001 Las Vegas | Richard Killian |
2002 Rocklin | Bruce Mitchell |
2003 Pasadena | Marshall Cates |
2004 Modesto | Barbara Summers & Floyd Davis |
2005 Palm Springs | Sylvia Stachura, Julith Neff, & Michelle Sandler |
2006 San Jose | Marion Earl |
2007 Oxnard | Valerie Daley |
2008 Placerville | Teddy Wolterbeek |
2009 San Diego | Georgina Sham |
2010 Sonoma | Gary Anderson |
2011 Solvang | Marsha Fenner |
2012 San Jose | Ellie Weiner |
2013 Santa Barbara | Marshall Cates |
2014 Redding | Julie East & Lenore Frigo |
2015 San Diego | Georgina Sham |
2016 Albany | Marija Hillis & Bill Lidicker |
2017 Reseda | Marshall Cates |
2018 Sacramento | Barbara Bevan |
2019 Claremont | Pauline Klak, Diane Baker, Marshall Cates, Kathy Draper, Stefanie Holzman, & Darlene Wheeler |
2020 Petaluma | Marina Troost & Steve Ayala (CANCELLED) |
2021 Petaluma | Marina Troost & Steve Ayala (POSTPONED TO 2022) |
2022 Petaluma | Marina Troost & Steve Ayala |