Stars & Squares Forever
11th Annual IAGSDC convention
Dates: 30 Jun-03 Jul 1994
Location: Washington, DC, USA
Host hotel/venues: Omni Shoreham Hotel (map)
Hosting club: DC Lambda Squares
Convention committee title:
Convention committee members:
Calling staff:
Sound staff:
Vendor list:
Fun Badge Tour stops and highlights:
- Iwo Jima Memorial
- Pentagon
- Lincoln Memorial
- Canadian Embassy (on Canadian soil)
Pre/Post convention events & tours:
Notable Notes and Highlights:
- First presentation of the Memorial Panels.
- "Trail-in" events included Gay Games IV and Stonewall 25 and dances in Hartford, CT, New York City, Philadelphia, PA, and Baltimore, MD.
- Australia was added to the IAGSDC roster with the representation of the Lismore Scooters, and the Australian National Anthem, Advance Australia Fair, was sung for the first time at an IAGSDC convention.
IAGSDC officers:
IAGSDC meeting notes: inducted clubs Lismore Scooters, Ohio City Squares, Rainbow Wranglers, Royalty Squares, MC2
Total individual membership was noted as 2,228.
Registration statistics: 1158 total, 82% male, 18% female
Attending clubs:
Honky Tonk Queen winner: Donna Matrix
Golden Boot Award recipient: presented to Bill Eyler and Luis Torres by Anna Damiani, Stan Boyden, and Bill St. John
10 Year Medallions - Recipients: 30
Media Features:
- SquareUp! issue 1
Documents:
Ephemera:
Photos:
Videos:
- Official convention souvenir video. From the collection of Karl Jaeckel.
Performances:
Concrete Canyon Cloggers. Times Squares
Dance Group
Bay City Ramblers - Gold Rush. 1st Performance
Bay City Ramblers - Gold Rush. 2nd Performance
Times Squares Dancers
Two Step Group