NASHCON '00 May 26-28 Day's Inn International Plaza, Nashville, TN Key Baxter, 2929 Kraft Dr., Nashville, TN 37204. E-mail: gaserco@aol.com

BAYOU WARS 2000 June 9-11 Quality Inn, Metaire, LA Hilton McManus, 6612 Colbert St., New Orleans, LA 70124. (504) 486-5340, or e-mail: HCMcManus@aol.com

AUSTERLITZ JODIECON WEEKEND June 9-11 West Point USMA Prep School, Ft. Monmouth, NJ Jodie Panzeri, PO Box 372, Oceanport, NJ 07757. (732)376-1661, or e-mail: JodieCon@yahoo.com. Web site: http://users.nac.net/jthomas/Jodie/JodieCon.html

MICHICON 2000 June 23-25 Italian Community Cultural Center, Warren, MI Dave Durocher, (734) 261-3014 or e-mail: DurochD@BASF.COM Web site: www.oeonline.com/~dolphin2/index/html.

ORIGINS 2000 July 13-16 Columbus Convention Center, Columbus, OH WOTC, Event Management, PO Box 1740, Renton, WA 98057-1740 For info on HMGS Effort at Origins, contact Pete Panzeri, Academic Dept, West Point Prep, USMAPS, Ft. Monmouth, NJ 07703. (732) 460-0250, or e-mail: yp0558@exmail.usma.army.mil

HISTORICON July 20-23 Lancaster Host Resort, Lancaster, PA. Thomas, Jr., 8314 Sprague Pl., New Carrollton, MD 20784. (301) 552-4879, or e-mail: kingjt@aol.com

CASTLECON II Aug. 18-20 Muskogee, OK Cal Kinzer, (918)366-4833 , or e-mail: ckinzer@juno.com

ADVANCE THE COLORS 2000 Sept. 8-10 Sharonville Convention Center, Sharonville, OH Darryl Smith, 2251 Wayne Madison Rd., Trenton, OH 45067. (513) 896-1098, or e-mail: HMGSGL1@aol.com. Web site: http://members.aol.com/garbee/hmgsgl/Main.html

BORDER WARS Oct. 6-8 Heart of America Hall, Independence, MO Todd Carter, 11711 E. 55th St., Kansas City, MO 64133. E-mail: cartertm@att.com. Web site: http://WWW.HAHMGS.ORG/

BUCKEYE GAME FEST Oct. 27-28 Signature Inn, Westerville, OH. Lind Pratt, 5249 Westbreeze Ct., Hilliard, OH 43026. (614) 777-9262.

TOLCON 2000 Oct. 21 UAW Local 14 Hall, Toledo, OH. Pat, 2115 N. Reynolds, Toledo, OH 43615. (419) 531-5540, or e-mail: mggames@aol.com.

FALL IN Nov. 3-5 Eisenhoweer Inn & Convention Center, Gettysburg, PA Bob Giglio, 5732 Goldfinch Ct., Ellicott City, MD 21043. (410) 465-7688 (before 9 pm), or e-mail: ECWCaptain@aol.com

CONCLAVE: BETA! Nov. 24-26 Arlington Park Sheraton, Arlington Heights, IL Contact James L. Patterson, III, (773)534-7305x116, or e-mail: Kraal_of_KaJames@Yahoo.com. Web site: www.enteract.com/~milenko/cgc.html

(This column uses information courtesy of Maj. Bill Harting, HMGS Mid-South and S. Richard Black of the Midwest Wargamer's Association Newsletter.)

New Site Chosen for Advance the Colors 2000

Advance the Colors 2000 will be held at the Sharonville Convention Center, located just off I-75 (exit 15, Chester Rd.), in Sharonville, OH, Sept. 8-10. There will be 9,600 square feet, enough for plenty of gaming and dealer booths. Also, there are numerous hotels and restaurants in the area, a shopping mall and a Walmart. There are also a quite a few Òwatering holesÓ in the area. Event coordinator is

David Van Hoose, 10518 Brookview Dr, Carmel, IN 46032. (317) 581- 8840, or e-mail: DavidKvh@aol.com. Dealer coordinator is
Darryl Smith, 2251 Wayne Madison Rd., Trenton, OH 45067. (513) 896-1098, or e-mail: HMGSGL1@aol.com

-- Jack Shaw, Great Lakes Board of Directors.