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The coronavirus caused uncertainty in many institutions and wreaked havoc on gatherings for the past year. Last year’s 16th A.G. Gaston Conference was held just in time to avoid the impact of the pandemic.
It ended in mid-February 2020 right before things began to shut down. Conference organizers Bob Dickerson and Gaynell Jackson breathed collective sighs of relief just after the 2020 Gaston Conference ended as other gatherings were cancelled.
Even as plans began for the 2021 conference Dickerson and Jackson assumed that things would be back to normal so they booked space and started making plans for the 17th annual conference. As the months and weeks rolled on not only did the virus not subside but it actually increased.