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A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away...

Actually, it was Easter 1982 at Balticon in Baltimore, Maryland. David Keefer was in line to compete in the masquerade as yet another Vulcan Master when he decided the costume was lame. Pulling off the Vulcan ear tips and doing a quick rewrite on the emcee's cue sheet, "Theodoric of York, Medieval Disc Jockey" was born.

A couple months later, Dave had convinced a handful of friends that they should expand the concept and compete at Shore Leave. Thus, Bob Aherns, John Scheeler, Barbara Thompson, and Lance Woods -- as Syd de Vicious, John and Anne of Denver, and the Baron Manilow -- joined him on stage singing a small set of song snippets they'd written and dubbed "Stars on Two Score Five." The costume presentation was a hit.

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...story will continue when webmistress has a moment to get to it. Please be patient. Yeah, I know, it's been two years, but I'm really busy and I wasn't there for the first five years.

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