Concave

(Did you mean an Australian convention?)

A convention held in Western Kentucky since 1980 when . It was reorganized into a separate non-profit in 2009.

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Convention	Dates	Notes	GoHs
Concave 1 / UpperSouthClave X	March 14-16, 1980		P. L. Caruthers?
Concave 2	1981		Ken and Lou Moore
Concave 2.5	December 4-6, 1981
Concave Three / UpperSouthClave XII	March 5-7, 1982		Irv Koch
Concave 4 / UpperSouthClave XIII	March 4–6, 1983		Dalvan Coger
Concave 5 / UpperSouthClave XIV	March 2–4, 1984		Mike Lalor
Concave 6 / UpperSouthClave XV	March 8-10, 1985
Concave 7	1986
Concave 8	1987
Concave 9	1988
Concave 10	1989
Concave 11	1990
Concave 12	1991
Concave 13	February 28-March 1, 1992		Peggy Rae Pavlat
Concave 14	February 26-28, 1993
Concave 15	February 25-27, 1994	also UpperSouthClave	Ben Jason
Concave 16	1995		Tony Parker and Judy Bemis
Concave 17	1996	(315 members)
Concave 18	February 28-March 2, 1997	Hotel room lottery instituted
Concave 19	February 27-March 1, 1998
Concave 20 / UpperSouthClave XXIV	February 26–28, 1999		Tom Feller
Concave 21	February 25–27, 2000	Last at Park Mammoth Resort	Stephen Boucher
Concave 22	February 23–25, 2001		Janice Gelb
Concave 23	February 22–24, 2002		Bill Francis
Concave 24	February 28–March 2, 2003
Concave 25	2004
Concave 26	March 4–6, 2005		Greg and Dana Bridges
Concave 27	2006		Jim Briggs and Sandra Childress
Concave 28	February 23–25, 2007
Concave 29	February 22–24, 2008		Guy and Rose-Marie Lillian
Concave 30	February 27–March 1, 2009		Tim and Marcia Illingworth
Concave 31	February 26–28, 2010
Concave 32	February 25–27, 2011		Steve and Sue Francis
Concave 33	February 24–26, 2012		Mark Linneman
Concave 34	February 22–24, 2013		Drew and Heather Curtis
Concave 35	February 21–23, 2014		Michael Jamison
Concave 36	February 19–22, 2015
Concave 37	February 26–28, 2016
Concave 38	February 23-26, 2017
Concave 39 / DeepSouthCon 56	February 23-25, 2018		Jack Campbell, Rick Norwood, Five Year Mission
Concave 40	February 21-24, 2019		Bill Plott, Five Year Mission
Concave 41	February 20–23, 2020	Archived website	Brandy Spraker, Five Year Mission
2021 Concave Virtual Consuite	February 25–28, 2021 (virtual)	Held online due to Covid-19	None
CONlineCAVE TOO	February 24–27, 2022 (virtual)	Held online due to Covid-19	None
Concave 42	February 25–28, 2021 February 24–27, 2022 February 23–26, 2023		None

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