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Corky began dancing with Capital City Squares in 1982. In 1985, Corky, along with 7 others, became one of the founding members of Prime 8’s. During that same era, he became a member of Midnight Squares in San Francisco. Corky was a proud member of the Gold Rush Performance Team from San Francisco and TnT’s in Sacramento.

For over 18 years, Corky served as Prime 8’s delegate to the Associated Square Dancers of Superior California. Corky also served on the committee for the 2014 West Coast A&C Weekend, “Do the Funky Monkey,” held in Sacramento, CA.

Currently, Corky serves as President of Prime 8’s, previously having held the position of Vice-President since 2015.

Corky received his 30-year medallion in 2018 at the “Circle Back to Seattle” convention

Billy began dancing with Capital City Squares in 1992. He served as Newsletter Editor from 1997 to 2000, Secretary from 1999 to 2000, and Administrator from 2002 to 2004. In 2005, Billy advanced to dancing with Prime 8’s.

Billy was a Capital City Squares delegate for the Associated Square Dancers of Superior California from 2002-2004 advancing to Vice-President from 2004 to 2006.

He also served on the committee for the 2014 West Coast A&C Weekend, “Do the Funky Monkey,” held in Sacramento, CA.

Billy has been serving as Secretary/Treasurer of Prime 8’s since 2015.

In 2018, Billy received his 25-year medallion at the “Twin City Spin” Convention in Minneapolis, MN.

James has been a club member and officer of Prime 8s since 1991, and is the co-founder of the Bradley Bell directory and the Bay Area Dance Calendar. He is also a member of the Bradley Family (Blanchie Jo).

James received the Golden Boot Award from the Ceder family in 2023.

He currently serves as the coordinator of the IAGSDC Memorial Panels project, and works with the IAGSDC History Project to memorialize late dancers in the IAGSDC History Wiki.

George received his 10 year IAGSDC Medallion in 1998 at Portland’s Weave The Rose. He is a member of the Bradley Family (Bradley Train Tots).

Allan has served on various IAGSDC convention and fly-in committees, including 2014 Squeeze The Hive (Salt Lake City, 2015 Swing Me In St. Louis, 2021 Houston We Have a Promenade (Mission Simulation), 2022 Twin City Spin (Minneapolis), and 2024 SacTown Stomp.

Allan has been dancing since 1995, and calling since 1997. He moved from the SF Bay Area to Sacramento in 2022, and is presently the caller for both Prime 8s and Capital City Squares.

Previously, he has called for a number of Bay Area clubs, including El Camino Reelers, Foggy City Dancers, Western Star, Diablo Dancers, and Oaktown 8’s.

He is a member of both CALLERLAB and the Gay Callers Association, and produces the GCA Call Sheet, a technical journal for square dance callers. He received the Golden Boot Award from Barry & Pam Clasper in 2019.