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Lyn's invitation said "Look for the Possum". As you see there was was not one, but THREE possum skins, sans vicious leers, beckoning us to the second annual Billy Convention .  |
Decorations |
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The decoration committtee had outdone itself with a movie marquise, built just for the convention by Lyn's dad, Elton, and Billy movie posters by Jan. Here and to the right was the Rocky Top Horror Picture Show; Oklahoma, starring Billy Elvis as Curley and Mandolin Billy as Laurie; Bye Bye Billy featuring Elvis Billy and our hostess, Lyn, and many others. You can see some of these on Jan's Extremely Unofficial Billly Hill site. |
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To make the Hillbillies feel at home, and ensure that no animals gave their lives just for their fur, there was plenty of possum for all.  It was served with corn bread, a myriad of salads and potluck specialties. |
Food |
Possum pie
might have been a nice main course, but BBL Laurie went for possum
CAKE. Personally, I found it to be too rare.  |
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The menu agreed with Hillbillies John & Evan Marshall  Billy Bass, left, sports Hillbilly baseball shirt made just for him, Some folk said the possum tasted just like chicken. |
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Wearing apparel
de regueur this evening was any variety of Billy and the Hillbillies tee shirt,
in combination with denim -- especially denim overalls. Claudia sports a Billies in Space shirt custom designed by Amber in honor of the famous Area 51 series of the same name. |
Fashion | Keith, one of
our newer members, arrived in the famous embroidered Hillbilly Concert Series
shirt. |
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Hillbilly Kirk was the height of fashion in this
Amber-designed, one-of-a-kind Hillbilly baseball shirt |
 Margaret, auction organizer extraordinaire and hostess of the first Billy Convention, is fashionable in overalls. Crazy John sports a limited-edition #1 Billy fan baseball shirt by; who else? Amber! |
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 Emcee and official greeter, Clark, was resplendent in the ORIGINAL Hillbilly instrument shirt, a DA/Amber design, with straw hat and (not shown) cumberbund. Sassy Sarah, raffle ticket sales, opted to look lovely, rather than Hillbilly fashionable. |
Yours truely, in the Hillbillies' Red
White and Bluegrass Long Beach Concert shirt with kerchief, surrounded by
substitute Hillbilly Dave Eastley and Fiddle Billy Dennis. Dave was rather
formally dressed due to coming straight from a swing gig. Looks like Dave's
never seen a Hillbilly tee shirt. |
 Hostess, Lyn, stylish in overalls, with old friend, Brock |
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Posted August 21, 2001
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Fine print: All photographs on this webpage © KAT Moser 2001 and are not to be used for commercial purposes or on other web sites. Da Billy Club is not administered by Billy and the Hillbillies and does not necessarily reflect their views. |