Welcome to the official web site of the Indiana Dance Leaders Association (IDLA). We are a Dance Leaders organization providing leadership and education for over 50 years.

(ISDCA) Indiana Square Dance Callers Association was established in 1953 and has a proud history as a combined leaders organization. In late 2008 we changed the association name to Indiana Dance Leaders Association.

Membership is open to all leaders, and to anyone wishing to pursue a Dance Leader career.

  IDLA meets four times a year and conducts combined Square and Round workshops for the education of Square and Round Leaders, and any other Leader workshops as needed.

  Indiana Dance Leaders Association is the co-sponsor, along with Indiana Dancers Association, of the annual  Indiana Square Dance Convention. Our convention is held on the 3^rd Friday of October each year at the Marriott East Convention Center in Indianapolis Indiana. 

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 Indiana Dance Leaders Association

FROM THE PRESIDENTS:

Greetings everyone,

As new presidents of the association we are humbled by your faith in us and solicit your help. As a relatively new caller and new dancers, we know we will need lots of help keeping the association pointed in the right direction. No one can do this alone, and I especially thank those that have chosen to hold the other offices. By working together we can make 2012 a great one for all of us. 

With that said, I have some goals in mind that I think will help square dancing in general.  

I think really need to find a way to get more leaders trained in the southern part of the state. We have several new callers that are training, but unfortunately they are in the north eastern part of Indiana.  I believe that for our activity to grow, we have to have new callers and cuers to reach out to new dancers, and our southern counties have no new leaders in training.  In fact, we have few existing callers in our southern areas. 

Another situation that I think we need to address is the lack of new cuers that are 'training'. I really believe that a strong club needs to have square and rounds. I am not personally aware of any new cuers coming down the pike. 

These are some of the things that I believe need to be addressed in 2011. I am sure that with the many years of experience that we have in our association, that we can address these needs and move forward. If you have ideas, please be sure and bring them to our quarterly meetings. 

                                                            Gary & Deb Hutton