I have almost all good memories of the assemblies & conventions, except for the two DCs in the mid 80's when we went to Olympic Stadium in Montreal and baked in the 35-degree-celsius temps and high humidity. Brutal.
I loved the fruit bags, I loved seeing people I didn't see often, I loved getting to go in all the back halls and restricted areas of the venue with my dad who was always in charge of sound & electrical, jeez I even loved the hoagies with the little packets of Italian salad dressing! LMAO But the absolute highlight for me was always the dramas. My parents had all the dramas on tape and I used to act them out at home. SIGH. Good times. LOL