Prime 8s

New club logo designed by Bonnie Abramson and Billy Hinson, 2018

Started: October 1985

Admitted to IAGSDC: 03 Jul 1987 as Full Member

Status: Active

Classes:

Club Caller[s]: Allan Hurst as of July 2024
Previous Club Caller[s] and dates: Dick Houlton, Del Powell (until May 2019), Byron Yoshimura (June 2019 to June 2024).

Levels: as of 2025: teaching and work shopping A1 and dancing full A2

Dance Location[s]: as of 2025: Fruitridge Community Center, Sacramento, CA

Fly-Ins Hosted:

West Coast A&C
- 1994 | Tahoe Tally Ho!
- 1999 | Tahoe Rewind
- 2004 | Tahoe Mirror Touch Of Class
- 2014 | Do The Funky Monkey
- 2025 | Funky Monkey Regroup

Conventions Co-Hosted:

History:
From the Program Book of the 6th IAGSDC Convention, held in New York, NY in 1989:

Prime 8s was founded in October 1985 by a group of Capital City Squares members wanting to progress beyond the basic and mainstream levels then danced by that club. After a year or so of Plus dancing we are now finishing the A-1 class and starting A-2 in 1989. We became official members of IAGSDC at the Portland Convention in 1987.

From the Program Book of the 10th IAGSDC Convention, held in Seattle, WA in 1993:

Prime 8s was founded in October, 1985, as an outlet for learning successive levels beyond those taught and danced by the Capital City Squares. Initially teaching plus and later advanced, the club remains an arm of Capital City Squares and participates in its functions as well as hosting our own A level dances. The founders were Greg Loe--club instructor until he recently took a hiatus to spend more time with his lover--Stan Boyden, Bill St. John and Art Katz currently still dancing with the club; as well as Joy TeSelle, Corky Bolin, Rich Wilkes, Janelle, and Kim Brownlee.

We are currently dancing on club night to caller Dick Houlton from Stockton, California. Dick has been calling for more than 40 years and has been a great addition to our weekly program.

Additional Info: Prime 8s is a member of the Associated Square Dancers of Superior California (ASDSC) (since 199x) and has non-profit status as member of the Country Dance and Song Society (CDSS) since 2013.

Ephemera: