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            "event_id": 122,
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            "event_id": 184,
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            "description": "Mid-Atlantic - Leather Woman Bootblack, Woman Bootblack, Leather MX Bootblack, Bootblack, Leather Woman, Leather Mx - by Unity Productions.  Website not up yet.  Also FB https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61587255802167",
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            "event_id": 57,
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            "convention_name": "Midwest Leather Kink Alliance (MLKA)",
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        {
            "event_id": 226,
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            "convention_name": "Mississippi Uniform League (MAUL)",
            "description": "Join us as we celebrate twenty years of legacy, pride, and community.",
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            "notes": "",
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        },
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            "event_id": 227,
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            "convention_name": "Missouri Leather Weekend",
            "description": "Mr. Missouri Leather is celebrating its 42nd anniversary!\r\nSponsored by Gateway Motorcycle Club from 1983-2014, this event was one of the longest running annual Leather contests in the country that was sponsored by a single leather club. Terry Laupp, Mr. Missouri Leather 2010, and husband, Chad Carroll have produced the weekend event since 2015.",
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            "event_id": 141,
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            "convention_name": "Mr Rubber México",
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