And by December 1973, the doors finally opened to the public and it became an instant hit.įinding a name was especially difficult. Shelly then purchased, renovated, and decorated a hotel in order to transform it to Seattle’s first bar/disco for the LGBTQ community along with two gay men, Joe McGonagle and Pat Nesser. Three years of legal battle amounted to a $330,000 out-of-court settlement.
So when Shelly fired the cannon and it started swinging controllably it finally at hit her abdomen and ultimately took a part of her pelvis, small intestine, and leg.Īfter nine months of recovery, she pursued a lawsuit against both the cannon owner and parade organizers (the City of Seattle). There was a float that featured an antique canon that people reportedly had poured drinks into, congealing the confetti into a solid ball. At the Seattle Bastille day parade of 1970, Shelly Bauman suffered a terrible accident.
