Concave

(Did you mean an Australian convention?)

A convention held in Western Kentucky since 1980. It was a sort-of-spinoff from or resurrection of UpperSouthClave and retained the UpperSouthClave numbering system in parallel with the Concave numbering, but was clearly its own convention.

It was reorganized into a separate non-profit in 2009.

• Website.
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• Gary Robe's History of Concave.

Convention	Dates	Notes	GoHs
Concave 1 / UpperSouthClave X	March 14-16, 1980		P. L. Caruthers
Concave 2 / UpperSouthClave 11	February 26-28, 1981		Ken and Lou Moore
Concave 2.5	December 4-6, 1981	First one held at Park Mammoth Resort
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		C. L. Barrett
Concave 7 / UpperSouthClave XVI	March 7-9, 1986		John A. R. Hollis
Concave 8 / UpperSouthClave XVII	March 6-8, 1987		Jane Dennis, Scott Dennis
Concave 9 / UpperSouthClave XVIII	March 4-6, 1988		Lynn Hickman
Concave 10 / UpperSouthClave XIX	March 3-5, 1989		Pat Molloy
Concave 11 / UpperSouthClave XX	February 23-25, 1990		Howard DeVore
Concave 12 / UpperSouthClave XXI	February 22-24, 1991		Nancy Tucker
Concave 13 / UpperSouthClave XXII	February 28-March 1, 1992		Peggy Rae Pavlat
Concave 14 / UpperSouthClave XXIII	February 26-28, 1993		Margaret Keifer
Concave 15	February 25-27, 1994		Ben Jason
Concave 16	February 24-26, 1995		Tony Parker and Judy Bemis
Concave 17	February 23-25, 1996		Bob Roehm
Concave 18 / UpperSouthClave XXVII	February 28-March 2, 1997	Hotel room lottery instituted	Toni Weiskopf
Concave 19 / UpperSouthClave XXVIII	February 27-March 1, 1998		Bill Cavin
Concave 20 / UpperSouthClave XXIV	February 26–28, 1999		Tom Feller
Concave 21 / UpperSouthClave XXV	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		Vince Docherty
Concave 25	February 27-29, 2004		Deb Geisler
Concave 26	March 4–6, 2005		Greg Bridges, Dana Bridges
Concave 27	February 24-26, 2006		Jim Briggs, Sandra Childress
Concave 28	February 23–25, 2007		Debbie Allen
Concave 29	February 22–24, 2008		Guy Lillian, Rose-Marie Lillian
Concave 30	February 27–March 1, 2009		Tim Illingworth, Marcia Illingworth
Concave 31	February 26–28, 2010		Annette Carrico
Concave 32	February 25–27, 2011		Steve Francis, Sue Francis
Concave 33	February 24–26, 2012		Mark Linneman
Concave 34	February 22–24, 2013		Drew Curtis, Heather Curtis
Concave 35	February 21–23, 2014		Michael Jamison
Concave 36	February 19–22, 2015		David A. Barrett
Concave 37	February 26–28, 2016		none?
Concave 38	February 23-26, 2017		none?
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	Postponed due to Covid-19	Drew Curtis
Concave 43	February 22-25, 2024		Karol Brown

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