HISTORY
A LITTLE BIT of FOOT 'N' FIDDLE HISTORY
The first mention of the "Hoop de Doo Square Dance Club" is in the "Footnotes" of May 1961 The caller was Doc Driver, and the dances were held at Toney Valley Elementary school in DeKalb County, Georgia. In April of 1962, some of the members chartered a bus to attend the "Alabama Jubilee" in Birmingham.
In the February 1966 "Footnotes" it was stated that although Belvedere Civic Center was the site for regular club dances, a benefit dance to be sponsored by the Hoop De Doos would be at Knollwood School in DeKab County. Doc Driver was still listed as calling, but in March 1966 Herb Hill was listed as the caller. It was not until the August issue that Herb was listed as welcomed by the club.
"Services" were held for the name "Hoop de Doo" on March 15, 1968. By unanimous vote, the member decided a change of name was in order. In April 1968 the "Hoop de Doo Square Dance Club" became the "Foot 'n' Fiddle Square Dance Club." The dance night was changed from the second and fourth Fridays to the first and third Fridays.
A LITTLE BIT of WHITE OWL HISTORY
In July 1965, a new square dance club was formed in Tucker, Georgia. It was, an "offshoot" of the Tucker Twirlers. It was formed by three couples: Jim and Betty Hicks, Vernon and Pat Crawford, and Dick and Margaret Wilson, who wrote the original bylaws. The caller was John White, and the club danced at the Tucker Recreation Center on the second and fourth Fridays of each month. Betty Hicks worked for the recreation center which made securing a dance location much easier than it is today.
We are proud to have taken a prominent part in the Atlanta square dance community and have a history of strongly supporting both the Georgia State Square Dance Association (GSSDA) and the Metropolitan Atlanta Square Dance Association, the local dancers' federation. Numerous members have been served either as GSSDA board members, or as MASDA officers and/or representatives and many years we have had more than one couple as Association officers.