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Held at a private home, this conference was necessarily limited to the number that could attend. About 40 Billy and the Hillbillies fans parked on the street after seeing "Reserved for Real Billys" signs (with stars yet) on a wide driveway. One Hillbillly said he felt strange parking on the driveway, as his car was leaking oil. Not to worry, said a DBC member. We'll put it in a bottle and auction off Billy Oil next year. |
 Woody, wearing the requested fashion attire for the evening, overalls, welcomes guests. The four honored guests, Dennis, Kirk, John and Evan, aka Billy and the Hillbillies, were NOT asked to wear overalls or bring musical instruments. |
 Made by Jan, webmaster of Extremely Unofficial Billly Hill site Distributed by Sarah at the entrance door. The big question: Will Billy card trading replace pin trading in the DBC? |
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Official Convention Banner Crazy John, Marcy, KAT Photo by ? on Marcy's camera |
 Dozens of photos donated by Hillbilly webspinners were doctored and captioned by hostess Margaret, Jan and Sara, and displayed ALL OVER the house. (John Eadon would be so proud of the Powder Room Sign.) Click here for a closeup of one of the favorites. |
Decorations The BBL's were there and they made Hillbilly fountains. |
 Crazy John, Claudia, Dennis Fetchet, John "Little-Katie's-Dad", Little Katie, Pattie (hidden), Captain Mike & Barbara (Teen Katie's parents). One of many happy dinner groups. |
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Guests were given numbered bandanas at the door, and used these numbers to bid annonymously for memorabilia the Hillbillies and DBC members donated. As the 8:30 deadline approached the numbers became less anonymous as fans followed one another to get the last bid. |
 Bidding was from 6:30 - 8:30 and several items went to two bid sheets. |
Some items bringing the biggest prices:
More great memorabilia
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| Music: CD's by the Hillbillies, Bridges and Big Shots, of
course. Big screen entertainment: Home videos of The Jets, by fan Dennis; Hillbillies, by Andy; and 1989 Hillbillies video brought by Dennis Fetchet. |
 John playing two instruments at the same time (one with his bare toes through a hole in his sock) and cheeseburger harmonicas were among the many highlights of this video of the Hillbillies' first gig together. |
 One of MANY guests wearing Billy badges tonight |
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Clark & fan Dennis |
At right Crazy John holds photos of Early European Billy Le Mound and Baby Billies. |
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 We tried so hard to behave and limit photos of honored guests (REALLY I did) but the temptation of finally getting a bandana signed by all four Hillbillies was too much for this webspinner. |
Lots of guests and all the Hillbillies were talking and laughing when it was time to move the party indoors. At that point several fans looked at their watches. What? It CAN'T be 11:30! Ah, but alas, it was. Just when hostess Margaret was ready to sit down and enjoy herself guests were realizing it would be well after midnight when they got home this fine Sunday evening, and there was work tomorrow. So the goodbye hugs began. |
 Both the webspinner and her camera had slowed down by this point, and just missed the moment John Marshall hugged Diane goodbye. |
 After hugging all the fans, Billy-Kirk hugged bro' Billy-John and everybody left with full tummys, favorite memorabilia, and wonderful memories of the first-ever Hillbilly Convention. |
| Our thanks and first-ever
Dynamite
Award to Margaret, for planning and hosting the convention. Thanks also to
Clark, Jan, Sarah, and all the others who worked to make it such an
overwhelming success. Maybe we should make reservations now at the new Anaheim
Convention Center for the next Billy Convention. |
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Updated August 19, 2000
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Fine print: All photographs on this webpage © KAT Moser 2000 and are not to be used for commercial purposes. Da Billy Club is not administered by Billy and the Hillbillies and does not necessarily reflect their views. |