Prime 8s President

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.

Prime 8s Secretary/Treasurer

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.

Prime 8s Director at Large

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.

Prime 8s Director at Large

A long-time Sacramento square dancer, Sara is a Past President of Capital City Squares (Prime 8s’ sibling club), served as Cap City’s delegate to ASDSC, was the chair of Cap City’s “SacTown Stomp” fly-in, and served as ASDSC’s Treasurer for three years. Currently, Sara is serving on the committee for the 2025 IAGSDC Convention, “Hitchhike Across the Galaxy.”

Prime 8s Secretary

A long time dancer with Stanford Quads, El Camino Reelers, Rosetown Ramblers, Heads to the Center, Joe recently relocated to Sacramento, and has joined the Prime 8s board.