Before Jeremy Pringle, there were other vice chairman who ran the show in the build-up years of the N.O.R.L. Extravaganza Series. The vice chairman position was initially temporal, removed after 1952 when series founder "Big" Butch Forester unanimously took complete charge of all operations. When the Series grew in the late 50's, the position came back as the official "right-hand man" of Extravaganza.

"Happy" Hobe Forester (1952)
Father Mitchell (1962-1977)
Franz McFerrend (1978)
Rounder Renfroe (1979-1998)

The most renowned of all was "Big" Butch Forester, founder, chairman and CEO of the Extravaganza Series from 1952 to to 1975. Harrison James Jr. currently holds the position.

Butch Forester circa 1954