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17th Annual IAGSDC convention

Dates: 30 Jun-03 Jul 2000

Location: Baltimore, MD, USA

Host hotel/venues: Hyatt Regency & Sheraton Inner Harbor

Hosting club: Chesapeake Squares

Convention committee title:

Convention committee members: Kirk Hurley, Steven Hunnicutt, Michael Pemberton, Cameron Aishton, Russell Cashdollar, Ett McAtee

Logo Design: Russell Cashdollar

Calling staff:

• Barry Clasper
• Mike DeSisto
• Pete Diven
• Todd Fellegy
• Betsy Gotta
• Dayle Hodge
• Mike Jacobs
• Kris Jensen
• Linda Kendall
• Ben Rubright
• Anne Uebelacker
• Paul Waters

Sound staff:

Vendor list:

Fun Badge Tour stops and highlights:

Pre/Post convention events & tours:

Notable Notes and Highlights:

• Bill St. John and Stan Boyden's 50th anniversary
• First appearance of the Hunky Trunk King Contest. Won by John Pope's boyfriend Wayne.
• Crack The Crab followed the National Square Dance Convention, which was held in Baltimore the preceding week. This was the only time that the IAGSDC and the National 'straight' convention have been held in the same city in the same year.
• So that the hotel staff didn't know what was actually happening, the Moonshine Tip was renamed the Moonlight Cotillion and all participating dancers were given white gloves and a dance card. The idea for this came from Kirk Hurley.

Specialty Tips: (per convention program)

IAGSDC officers:

IAGSDC meeting notes: Bathing Beauties became affiliate members

Registration statistics: 1015

Attending clubs:

Honky Tonk Queen winner: Ucanleime Amy

Golden Boot Award: presented to Darrell Ertzberger by Paul Waters

10 Year Medallions - Recipients: 43

Newsletter: "The Crab Mallet"

• Vol. 1 (October 1999)
• Vol. 2 (February 2000)

Ephemera:

• Convention Program
• Dance Schedule

External Links:

• Convention website via archive.org

See Also:

• SquareUp! issues 21, 22