A Brief History of The Double SD's

The Club was founded in 1948 as the "Square Dancers of San Dieguito", but was commonly referred to as the "Double SD's".

The purpose of the club was stated:

"To promote friendliness, fun, and good fellowship to those interested in Square Dancing and to encourage a high standard of Square Dancing in this area."

George Lancaster holds the honor of being the first caller.

In 1960, The Double SD's joined the Palomar Square Dance Association. With the formation of CallerLab, the club became a mainstream club. Prior to that time, no specific levels of dancing had been defined.

Prominent callers for the Double SD's in the 1960's were Homer Rightmer, followed by George Willis.

Dances were held at the Oak Crest Junior High School in Encinitas.

Wil Eades later took over the calling duties.

In the late 1970's the club danced Plus 1 and 2.

In 1982, the Square Dancers of San Dieguito moved to a church in Vista, danced there for about a year and then changed their name to "The Silver Dollar Square Dancers".

The club then moved to its current location and changed its name to "The Square Dancers of San Diego County".

In 1985, one semi-monthly dance was an Advanced dance, A1 with A2 star tips, and the other semi-monthly dance was a Plus dance.

Around this time our logo was officially adopted.

Wil Eades continued to be the main caller for workshops and dances, except for guest callers on the first Saturday of each month.

In 1994, Wil's third Saturday calling was replaced by various callers.

In 1996, Steve Woodard took over the third Saturday slot.

In the fall of 1996, Wil Eades retired from the Double SD's and Steve Moore and Steve Woodard shared Tuesday's workshop.

Currently, we dance A2 on the first Saturday, with guest callers, and A1 with A2 Star tips on the third Saturday with Steve Woodard.

Many thanks to Beth Burton for researching this material.