Yes, IOCA is still holding dances.  I have led dances for them in NY State and Massachusetts  since the early 1990s.  Most recently I led a dance on an island on Lake George last October.  This dance has been going since the 1920s


Paul Rosenberg
Albany, NY




On Jul 3, 2017, at 7:25 PM, jim saxe jim.saxe@gmail.com [trad-dance-callers] <trad-dance-callers@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

On Jul 3, 2017, at 2:16 PM, Sylvia Miskoe sylviasmiskoe@gmail.com [trad-dance-callers] <trad-dance-callers@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
> 
> I remember doing that jitterbug figure to Captain Jinks. First line of the song is I'm Captain Jinks of the horse marines, I feed my horse on corn and beans.................
> Sylvia Miskoe, Concord NH

A version of the jitterbug figure to "Captain Jinks" appears
on page 5 of _IOCA Barn Dance_ (1942). See

https://squaredancehistory.org/items/show/1628

"IOCA" stands for "Intercollegiate Outing Club Association." See
page 24 of the 2006 Ralph Page Dance Legacy Weekend Syllabus

https://www.library.unh.edu/special/forms/rpdlw/syllabus2006.pdf

for the story of how Ted Sannella got his start as a caller during
an IOCA-sponsored event in the Adirondacks. IOCA is apparently still\an active organization. See

http://www.ioca.org

However, I don't know how much of a role, if any, traditional
dancing still plays in the activities of IOCA or its member
organizations.

--Jim