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This is the official MySpace page of Grand Cities Pride, which will be hosting its first Pride Day on May 10, 2008!
Grand Cities Pride will be a celebration of community activism and support. We want to celebrate the local GLBT community through our programming and hope to grow into a larger Pride festival as the years pass. Please check back for more information.
We can also be contacted at: GrandCitiesPride@hotmail.com
EVENT INFORMATION:
Saturday, May 10, 2008
1 pm - 5 pm: Pride Festival and Community Gathering
Town Square on Demers and 3rd Street (Water Wheel Park)
Please join us for the first annual Grand Cities Pride celebration! Information will be updated as it becomes available, but there will be informational booths and activities for kids, and we hope to have local restaurants providing concessions. Plus, there will be speakers and other entertainment, the presentation of the Pride Award and Mary Wiper Ally Award (for more info on these awards, please see our blog section), and a chance to meet and socialize with other queer people and our allies! This is an all ages, family-friendly event; everyone is welcome! Please come check it out!
* * * UPDATE 4/18/08 * * *
The Pride Festival will feature entertainment by Mallory Rose Kroschel. Mallory Rose was born in St. Paul MN and has resided in Afton MN most of her life. She graduated from Stillwater Area High school in 2003 and attended college at Moorhead State. She later transferred to Le Cordon Bleu college for the culinary arts from where she graduated this past December. She has been writing and playing her own music since the age of 12. Mallory will be playing at the Festival in Town Square from approximately 2-3 pm.
9 pm: Pride Drag Show and Dance
Drag Show by Champagne Dreams Productions, Music by Trevor D.
Sensations Nightclub, 42nd Street N, 21+, $5 cover
Come join all of your favorite regional performers including Kelly Coxsyn, JJ King, Raya Riviera, BJ Armani, and more, in a fabulous Pride Drag Show hosted by Miss Janessa Jaye Champagne! All of the usual fun and fabulousness that you expect from these lovely ladies and charming gentlemen, with a dance to follow featuring music by Trevor D.
Who I'd like to meet: Gays, Lesbians, Bisexuals, Trans people, Queer people, Intersex people, Ally people, Cross-dressers, Genderqueers, Drag Performers, Androgynous people, Questioning people, "Straight but not narrow" people, Activist people, Artistic people, Dykes on Bikes, Leather Men, Bears and Cubs, Chubby Chasers, Twinks, Fun people, Cool people, Kinky people, Polyamorous people, Monogamous people, Tops, Bottoms, Versatile people, Asexual people, Shy people, Masters and Mistresses, Slaves, Sexy people...let's celebrate all of our People!
Thanks for the add! I'm working on Central Dakota Pride so I'm gittin' pride-ful! Who knows maybe I will be able to spread some Pillsen-Licher pride your way... best of luck with the new venture!
