International Association of Gay Square Dance Clubs

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The International Association of Gay Square Dance Clubs (or IAGSDC) is an international umbrella organization for gay square dance. The association includes over eighty clubs. Most clubs are in the United States and Canada, with one club in Japan. There are no longer any active clubs in Britain, Denmark, or Australia.

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[edit] Annual conventions

An annual convention is held usually in early July drawing gay and lesbian dancers, their partners and other friendly square dancers from around the world. In addition to 4 days of dancing to top callers, other highlights of the conventions include "The Honky Tonk Queen Contest"— a ribald country-western drag queen contest and show, the "Fun Badge Tour""— a bus tour of the hosting town with stops to square dance at the most unexpected places, and the convention banquet.

An extensive guide to IAGSDC conventions has been independently published annually since 2001 by Allan Hurst. The guide may be downloaded free of charge from http://www.danceinfo.org/articles/guide.pdf

[edit] List of annual conventions

[edit] References

  1. ^ Archives of the IAGSDC Convention Advisory Committee, and various reports and closing documents released at past IAGSDC delegates meetings and convention planning meetings.

[edit] External links

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