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Date Host Grotto/Survey Location Feb 15, 1958 Chattanooga Grotto Chattanooga, TN Feb 21, 1959 Auburn Grotto Auburn, AL Feb 20, 1960 Atlanta Grotto Atlanta, GA Feb 11, 1961 Florida Speleological Society Gainesville, GA Feb 17, 1962 Tuscaloosa Grotto Tuscaloosa, AL Feb 23, 1963 Chattanooga Grotto Cumberland Caverns, TN Mar 7, 1964 Huntsville Grotto Decatur, AL Feb 27-28, 1965 Birmingham Grotto Birmingham, AL Feb 26, 1966 Nashville Grotto Allen Hotel, Nashville, TN Feb 18, 1967 Smoky Mountain Grotto & East Tennessee Grotto Oak Ridge, TN Feb 24, 1968 Atlanta Grotto Atlanta, GA Sep 1, 1968 Tennessee Tech Cave Club Cookeville, TN Mar 1, 1969 Huntsville Grotto Huntsville, AL Feb 28, 1970 Dogwood City Grotto Marietta, GA Jul 4, 1970 East Tennessee Grotto Oak Ridge, TN Mar 20, 1971 Florida Speleological Society Gainesville, FL Feb 19-20, 1972 Smoky Mountain Grotto Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN Feb 24, 1973 Birmingham Grotto Birmingham, AL Feb 16, 1974 Decatur Grotto Point Mallard Park, AL Feb 15, 1975 East Tennessee Grotto Oak Ridge, TN Feb 7, 1976 Huntsville Grotto Holiday Inn, Huntsville, AL Feb 5, 1977 Nashville Grotto Fairfield Glade, TN Feb 25, 1978 Athens Speleological Society Dalton, GA Feb 17-18, 1979 Birmingham Grotto Volker Hall, Birmingham, AL Mar 1, 1980 East Tennessee Grotto Oak Ridge, TN Feb 7, 1981 Dogwood City Grotto Decatur, GA Feb 6, 1982 Huntsville Grotto Huntsville, AL Mar 26-27, 1983 Nashville Grotto Fall Creek Falls, TN Mar 17, 1984 Chattanooga Grotto Chattanooga, TN Feb 9, 1985 Clayton County Cavers Cartersville, GA Feb 22, 1986 East Tennessee Grotto Oak Ridge, TN Feb 21, 1987 Florida State Cave Club Tallahassee, FL Feb 13, 1988 Dogwood City Grotto Rome, GA Feb 18, 1989 Huntsville Grotto Huntsville, AL Mar 31, 1990 Alabama Cave Survey Birmingham, AL Feb 23, 1991 Birmingham Grotto Scottsboro, AL Feb 29, 1992 Chattanooga Grotto Walker Co., GA Feb 27, 1993 Clayton County Cavers Cartersville, GA ?, 1994 Mar 11, 1995 East Tennessee Grotto Comfort Inn, Oak Ridge, TN Apr 13-14, 1996 Flittermouse Grotto Marion Community Center, Marion, NC Apr 5, 1997 Georgia Speleological Survey Winshape Center at Berry College, Rome, GA Mar 21, 1998 Huntsville Grotto Peking Restaurant, Huntsville, AL Apr 10, 1999 Lost Mountain Cavers Etowah Foundations' "Little School House", Cartersville, GA Feb 26, 2000 Middle Georgia Grotto Museum of Science, Macon, GA Feb 24, 2001 Nashville Grotto Tiled Dining Room at Volunteer State Community College, Gallatin, TN Feb 23, 2002 Spencer Mountain Grotto Fall Creek Falls State Park in the Fall Creek Falls Inn, near Spencer, TN Mar 1, 2003 Appalachian Grotto Holiday Inn Morristown Conference Center, Morristown, TN Mar 1, 2004 Athens Speleological Society Best Western Tree City Motel McMinnville, TN Mar 12, 2005 Birmingham Grotto Stevenson Church of Christ, Stevenson, AL Feb 18, 2006 Central Alabama Grotto American Legion Post, Sewanee, TN Feb 3, 2007
Chattanooga Grotto
St. Jude Catholic Church in the Parish Life Center, Chattanooga, TN
Feb 16, 2008
Dogwood City Grotto
Bank of Lafayette, Lafayette, GA
Mar 7, 2009
East Tennessee Grotto
Oak Ridge Civic Center, Oak Ridge, TN
Feb 6, 2010
Gadsden Grotto
The Lodge, Lake Guntersville State Park, Guntersville, AL
Mar 19, 2011
Georgia Speleological Society
Bank of Lafayette, Lafayette, GA Feb 11, 2012
Huntsville Grotto
The Lodge, Lake Guntersville State Park, Guntersville, AL Feb 16, 2013 Nashville Grotto Cumberland Caverns, McMinnville, TN Feb 22, 2014 Pigeon Mountain Grotto Lafayette Community Center, Lafayette, GA Feb 21, 2015 Sewanee Mountain Grotto Sewanee Community Center, Sewanee, TN Mar 12, 2016 Smoky Mountain Grotto Unitarian Universalist Church, Knoxville, TN Mar 11, 2017 Upper Cumberland Grotto Buffalo Valley, TN Mar 3, 2018 Central Alabama Grotto Pallisades Park, Oneonta, AL Feb 9, 2019 Chattanooga Grotto Reflection Arboretum and Nature Center, Chattanooga, TN Feb 22, 2020 Dogwood City Grotto Bank of LaFayette & Community Center, LaFayette, GA Feb 20, 2021 East Tennessee Grotto Online Zoom Meeting Feb 26, 2022 Georgia Speleological Survey Walker County Public Library, 305 S. Duke St, Lafayette, GA Feb 18, 2023 Huntsville Grotto NSS Headquarters, Huntsville, AL Feb 17, 2024 Nashville Grotto Warner Park Nature Center, 7311 SR – 100 Nashville, TN Source for data prior to 1984: SERA 1983 Cave Carnival Guidebook, Larry O. Blair, Larry E. Matthews, and William W. Torode, pp. 4-5.