Paul Asente
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Paul Asente
AKA Gypsum Rock Lee
Clubs & Associations
El Camino Reelers
Heads to the Center
Midnight Squares
PACE Nor-Cal
Running Bear Squares
Quick Facts
- began square dancing with El Camino Reelers
- a Usenet Pal
- his alter-ego, Gypsum Rock Lee, won the Honky Tonk Queen contest in 2003
Service
- past board member and club administrator of El Camino Reelers
- past fly-in chairman of Slide Thru Silicon Valley in 1995, 2000, and 2001
- past fly-in chairman of Shakedown Along the Fault, the 1997 West Coast A&C Weekend
- co-chair of Star Thru The Silicon Galaxy, for which he also created two convention promotional videos
- creator of promotional videos for Weave Your Heart in San Francisco (two versions; the committee requested a revision with different music but then changed directions and never showed it)
- co-creator with Allan Hurst of a welcome video for Weave Your Heart in San Francisco. It featured Bay Area square dancers sharing 30 years of convention memories and a welcome from Gavin Newsom
- creator of promotional videos for Houston, We Have a Promenade
- helped to create the digital version of Ten Years IAGSDC by digitally recreating logos and other graphics
- board member and webmaster of All Join Hands from 2002-2009
- "stepmother" of the Travel Guide from 1994 to 2004. Created and maintained the first online club directory for the IAGSDC; you can browse past versions on the Internet Archive Wayback Machine
Medallion Dancer
- 2001 | 10 Year Medallion at Make Magic
- 2012 | 20 Year Medallion at Dance Up A Storm
- 2018 | 25 Year Medallion at Circle Back to Seattle
Photos
Paul feeding grapes to Jim Graham at Diamonds In The Desert in 1992
Videos
Star Thru the Silicon Galaxy 2004 Promo Video
Star Thru the Silicon Galaxy 2005 Promo Video
Weave Your Heart in San Francisco 2011 Promo Video
Weave Your Heart in San Francisco 2011 Alternative Promo Video
Weave Your Heart in San Francisco IAGSDC Welcome Video
Houston, We Have a Promenade 2019 Promo Video
Houston, We Have a Promenade 2020 Promo Video
