Gaslight Squares

Location: Tacoma, WA, USA

Started: 1985

Admitted to IAGSDC:

Status: Folded, 1991 or 1992

Founding Members: Early club representatives were Art Smith and Jim Goeres

Classes:

Club Caller[s]: Mostly danced to records

Levels: Basic, Mainstream

Dance Location[s]:

Fly-Ins Hosted: None

Conventions Hosted: None

History:

From the Program Book of the 5th IAGSDC Convention, held in Phoenix, AZ in 1988:

Gaslight Squares, Tacoma, WA was first organized in March, 1985 as a Basic-Mainstream level club. The club meets on Mondays, 7:30- 9:30 p.m. at Club-733. The group's goal for 1988 is to start one of our biggest classes this September and to have enough returning dancers to advance to Plus.

Newsletter:

Clippings:

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  Article (Seattle Gay News)

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  Calendar Listing (Seattle Gay News)

Ephemera:

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  Badge

Photos:

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  At Explode The Rose, 1987

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  At Cross Trails In The Desert, 1988

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  At Northstar Promenade, 1990

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  At Cast A Shadow In The Sun, 1991

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  At Diamonds In The Desert, 1992

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  At Remake The Circle, 1993

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  At Stars and Squares Forever, 1994

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  At Track 2 Chicago. 1995

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  At Stars, Thars and Cable Cars, 1996

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  At Wheel & Deal, 1997

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  At Weave The Rose, 1998

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  At Touch A Quarter Century, 2008

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  At DC Diamond Circulate, 2009

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