History of Gay Square Dancing
- 1976 -December Miami Double-R Bar 1st Gay Square Dance
- 1980 – Miami Mustangs club formation (founder: Chris Phillips)
- National Gay Rodeo
- 1982 – Reno, NV
- Feb 1983 – Miami fly-in at Crossfire Bar in Hollywood
- 1984 – Seattle first convention of National Association of Gay Square Dance Clubs
- Name change to reflect Canadian clubs
- First ten years explosion
- Non-North American Clubs: Australia, Japan, Denmark
- March 2008 – Colorado is first state to appoint a gay square dance couple to chair the State's Festival
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