The Association, once known as "Border Booster Square Dance Association" was born in the basement of a caller in February 1967. Charter member clubs consisted of:

The Association expanded from the 6 original clubs of 1967 to 16 in the late 60's, then 23 by 1972, reaching 30 clubs in 1976. In 1993, we numbered 40 Square & Round dance clubs in Canada and the United States. In 2003 we number 20 square and round dance clubs.  Today in 2011 we have 14 square and round dance clubs under the BBS&RDA banner, 10 in Québec, 3 in Ontario and 1 in New York.

By the mid 1970's a "New Dancers' Jamboree" was instituted, bringing the new graduates in contact with other club members and giving them the opportunity to be exposed to other callers. This "Spring Jamboree" has always taken place on the first weekend in May and now includes dancing at all levels. The BBSRDA "Fall Festival" was also introduced then and is held annually on the fourth weekend in October.

During its short life, the Association has grown to include Round Dance Clubs, another type of dancing which has attracted a large number of participants. We now have some dual dance clubs which enjoy both Square and Round dancing. With the advent of Round dancing, the Association changed it's name from Border Boosters Square Dance Association to Border Boosters Square & Round Dance Association.

During the course of years, many changes and additions have taken place within the Association. For example:

• "Banner Napping" was introduced to promote inter club visiting.
• "Annual Dance Schedule" listing all the BBSRDA affiliated clubs, locations, callers/cuers and schedules. Also includes a listing of the  Association Executive Committee members.
• "Web Page"  http://www.borderboosters.qc.ca or http://www.squaredance.qc.ca

BBSRDA is constantly striving to improve the quality of Square and Round dancing for its membership.

In July 2008 a Bursary Committee was set up. 

The committee will be Ruth Cunningham ,Gisèle Gosselin & Monique Harris for the year 2011/2012 ; any BBS&RDA member dancer may apply for this bursary, please see the application on the web page :

2011/2012  Executive Committee

President :........................................................................ Madeleine Witthoeft

Past President :..........................................................................Erwin Rollauer

Vice-President :.........................................................................Lynn Trepanier

Treasurer : .............................................................................. Bob Plamondon

Secretary : ..................................................................................Erwin Rollauer

Publicity :....................................................................Earleen & Russell Biggs

Dance Committee :................................Madeleine Witthoeft ,Ken Chisholm

            Bernice Chisholm, Florence Czako, Laura Louttit, Monique Harris

Badge Director :..............................................................................André Paré

Good & Welfare :......................................................................Gisèle Gosselin

Webmasters :......................................................Glenda Harris & André Paré

Perpetual Calendar :.................................................Earleen & Russell Biggs

Disbursement Committee :.....................................Russell & Earleen Biggs,

                             Gisele Gosselin,Ron Agnew, André Paré, Denis Lemay

Graduates Packages : ............................................................Monique Harris

Bursary Committee :.........th Cunningham,Gisèle Gosselin, Monique Harris