Karl Jaeckel
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Karl Jaeckel
Clubs & Associations
Mile High Squares
Rocky Mountain Rainbeaus
Quick Facts
- lives in Denver, CO
- maintains a substantial archive of ephemeral materials relating to the IAGSDC
- instrumental in the formation of two gay square dance clubs, Mile High Squares and Rocky Mountain Rainbeaus
- founding member and first instructor for the Rocky Mountain Rainbeaus [1]
- attended the 1983 fly-in in Miami at which the IAGSDC was founded [2]
Service
- serves as archivist for the IAGSDC and the Rocky Mountain Rainbeaus
- served on the IAGSDC Executive Committee as Vice Chair, 1989-1990
- served as Administrator for the IAGSDC
Golden Boot Award
In 1990, Freeman Stamper presented Karl with the Golden Boot Award.
In 1991, Karl presented the award to Harlan Kerr.
Medallion Dancer
- 1993 | 10 Year Medallion at Remake The Circle
- 2003 | 20 Year Medallion at Anchors Aweigh With a Half-Sashay
- 2008 | 25 Year Medallion at Touch A Quarter Century
- 2013 | 30 Year Medallion at Weave Your Heart in San Francisco
Photos
Art Smith and Karl Jaeckel at Promenade Along The Rockies, May 1985. Art distributes his gay square dance club “Orientation and Information” booklet.
1991 Golden Boot presenter Karl Jaeckel and recipient Harlan Kerr
Karl Jaeckel (C) receives his 10-year medallion form Freeman Stamper (L) and Skip Rognlien (R), at Remake The Circle, Seattle, 1993. (Photo courtesy of Jim Pellmann & Mike Sellers.)
Karl Jaeckel and Steve Browning at Stars, Thars and Cable Cars, 1996
Karl Jaeckel and Dana Andersen at NACC, 1996
"Karl the Archivist" in the office, 2010
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Sources
- ↑ Rocky Mountain Rainbeaus website accessed 06 Apr 2022
- ↑ Torres, Luis, compiler. Ten Years IAGSDC: A Collection of Pages From Our Memory Book, 1993, p.19
