Purpose

The round dance teachers of the RDTA work together to:

	Promote all aspects of the round dance activity to the general community
	Foster friendship and communications among our members
	Increase our members' skills in teaching and leading round dancing Conduct area-wide round dances two or three times a year featuring all RDTA teachers

	Annual Sunday morning round dance teacher’s clinic after WASCA Festival in March, featuring one of the festival’s national leaders.
	Two teacher clinics each year conducted by one of our members.
	Programming and cueing the "local cuer’s hour" at the WASCA Festival.
	Holding the "Autumn Leaves Ball" each year during the first Sunday in October.
	Holding the "Snowflake Ball" each year during the second Sunday in February.
	Holding the "Butterfly Ball" in late spring dedicated to newer dancers, thus mostly phase II with the rest phase III and easy phase IV.
	Maintaining a video library of clinic tapes and ROUNDALAB tapes that members can borrow and view.
	Maintaining an RDTA web site.
	Mentoring new prospective round dance cuers/teachers.
	Showcasing new round dances that members have recently taught or written.
	Work with WASCA (local dancer’s association) and NCASDLA (local caller’s association) on joint projects such as advertising and benefit dances.