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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).
Past Statewide Festivals
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 (Postponed to 2021) |
| 2021 – Petaluma | Marina Troost & Steve Ayala (Postponed to 2022) |
| 2022 – Petaluma | Marina Troost & Steve Ayala |
| 2023 – San Pedro | Diane Baker & Julith Neff |
| 2024 – Newark | Evan Chu & Rebecca Tsai |
| 2025 – Arroyo Grande | Billy Burke & Margaret Lange |