State Sen. Eric Fingerhut addresses the Pride '91 Festival.

Photos by Tam Ritter (3)

August, 1991 GAY PEOPLE'S CHRONICLE

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Bowlers from all over compete in gay invitational tournament

by Ed Progar

Nearly 180 bowlers and guests attended Cleveland's sixth annual Gay Invitational Fellowship Tournament the weekend of June 15 and 16 as the greater Cleveland gay and lesbian community kicked off Pride Week '91. Legends hosted registration on Friday evening, during which bowlers received information materials, discounted cocktails, and viewed a video of the festivities from G.I.F.T. '90.

Bowling competition was once again hosted by Buckeye Lanes, with the Singles and Doubles events taking place on Saturday. That evening, bowlers and guests joined over 700 other gay men and women aboard the Goodtime III cruise ship for a trip on Lake Erie under a fabulous light show provided by Mother Nature. Even the torrential rains, when the thunderstorm finally arrived after the cruise, could not stop the bowlers as they partied the night away at several local clubs.

Bowling continued with the Team event on Sunday. The weekend concluded with cocktails, dinner, and the Awards Ceremony at the Top of the Town on the 38th floor of Erieview Tower, overlooking the lake and the ever-changing Cleveland skyline. Entertainment was provided by

Committee plans for 1992 event "The Coastliners," a chamber group of the

by Marne Harris

Declaring the Pride '91 March and Festival a success, the Cleveland Lesbian and Gay Pride Committee is moving on to plan a bigger and better celebration for 1992.

"This year we had over 1,000 people marching. We would like to double that for next year," said '91 co-chair Martha Pontoni. "The only real disappointment was the weather at the festival. I think if it had been warmer, we would have had greater attendance."

The festival was attended by approximately 2,000 people, but the cold and windy weather in the afternoon sent people home early or prevented them from ventur-

ing out. Vendors selling ice cream or cold foods were disappointed, but vendors with sweatshirts and hot foods were overwhelmed with business.

"We prepared for everything except winter,' "Pontoni said.

Pride '91 did better financially than the Pride '90 event. Organizers report a surplus of approximately $1,000. (See related story.) The money will be used to pay for more entertainment for the Pride '92 festival.

The Pride '92 march and festival is slated for June 20 of next year. The Pride Committee is considering a new location and other events to make the celebration even bigger.▼

North Coast Men's Chorus. Over the Rainbow once again hosted a very tropical Farewell Party into the wee hours, and rumor has it that bowlers from Calgary,

Dallas, Pittsburgh, and Tonawanda are still there.

The G.I.F.T. tournament is one of the premier sporting events in Cleveland and awarded nearly $4,800 in prize money and over $1,500 in raffle prizes.

Tournament High Scores

Singles

1st Place (703) Josh K., Cleveland 2nd Place (681) Glenn Y., Michigan 3rd Place 670) Dan H., Cleveland

Doubles

1st Place (1297) Robb K./Gene F., St. Louis 2nd Place (1296) Bob L./Jim G., Buffalo 3rd Place (1289) Ted H./John M., Cleveland

Team

1st Place (2,563) Flo and Alice's Flourescent Bitches, Cleveland

2nd Place (2,528) Tournament Trash, Cleveland/Dallas

3rd Place (2,518) Three Tigers and a Wildcat, Detroit/Lexington

All-Events

1st Place (tie at 2,009) Tony W. and Dan H., both of Cleveland

2nd Place (1,980) Ken S., Detroit

Men's Hi Scratch Game

(268) Tony W., Cleveland Men's Hi Scratch Series

(716) Tony W., Cleveland Women's Hi Scratch Game

(212) Penny R., Cleveland Women's Hi Scratch Series (574) Pam P., Cleveland

Financial Report

Steffen and Hayes of Cleveland, entertain the crowd at the festival.

Pride '91 March and Festival

Interpreters

369.00

Office Supplies

489.57

(unaudited as of 6-25-91)

Permits

156.00

Police Officers

360.00

Income

13, 606.40

Postage & Mailing Supplies

1,748.95

Printing

1,263.84

Expenses

Refreshments

27.95

Advertising

241.53

Stage and Canopy Rental

472.64

Auxiliary Police

50.00

Tables, Chairs

800.00

Bank Charges

60.51

Portable Toilets

265.00

Banner over Detroit Ave.

254.00

Two-way Radios

100.00

Electrical Labor

100.00

Entertainment

1,000.00

178.75

Van for march and shuttle Videos, T-shirts, Buttons Total Expenses

93.00

2,472.18

11,995.92

33.00

840.00

Balance as of 6-25-91

1, 610.48

The Cleveland City Country Dancers kick up a storm square dancing.

Dykes To Watch Out For

MOUS LAST

GINGER

HAS CONFESSED ・TO INDULGING

IN

FLIRTATIOUS BEHAVIOR AT THE NATIONAL LESBIAN CONFERENCE.

OH, WOW. LET ME

GET THIS RIGHT. YOU SPENT

A WHOLE WEEKEND TOGETHER, AND DIDN'T EVEN HAVE

SEX?

LOIS, WE WERE BUSY!

THERE WAS RACISM TO CONFRONT! BATTLES TO JOIN! STAGES TO STORM! AND ANYHOW, WE ONLY JUST MET.

Film Festival

Generator Insurance

GINGER, DID YOU EVER HEAR THE PHRASE "CARPE DIEM?" WHAT IF SHE GOES HOME AND FALLS FOR SOMEONE ELSE OR GOES STRAIGHT OR WANDERS OFF TO FOLLOW HER GURU?

WHAT IS WITH YOU TWO?

LOOK. I MET A WOMAN AT A CONFERENCE, SHE WAS ATTRACTIVE, WE HAD SOME GREAT CONVERSATION, WE BOTH FLEW BACK TO OUR RESPECTIVE HOMES WHICH ARE 2,000 MILES APART, THE END.

SLURP LAP LAP

HAS SHE

DONE THERAPY?

DID YOU GET HER RELATIONSHIP HISTORY?

IS SHE EMOTIONALLY AVAILABLE?

MAT'S SME

LOOK LIKE?

HOW BUTCH

IS SHE?

DID YOU SWIM NAKED TOGETHER IN THE HOTEL POOL?

IT DOESN'T MATTER BECAUSE NOTHING IS GOING

TO HAPPEN.

DID I EVER TELL YOU ABOUT JASMINE?

I MET HER AT A MEDITATION RETREAT WHERE

NO ONE WAS ALLOWED TO TALK. AT THE END

OF THE WEEK SHE GAVE ME HER ADDRESS AND WE EXCHANGED ARAMS OF COSMIC LETTERS AND EROTIC POEMS. SO ROMANTIC!

META WOMAN AT AN ANTIRACISA CONFERENCE ONCE... WE HAD PHONE SEX LIKE YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE FOR MONTHS AFTER, TILL HER BOSS FOUND OUT SHE WAS USING THE WATS-LINE.

WELL THAT'S ALL VERY TOUCHING, BUT I DON'T WRITE POETRY AND I PREFER TO HAVE SEX IN PERSON.

DING

DONG!

IT'D BE CRAZY! PHONE BILLS! PLANE TICKETS! TORMENT AND LONGING! UN-UNY. THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO WAY I AM GETTING INVOLVED IN A LONG-DISTANCE RELATIONSHIP. EVEN SUPPOSING MALIKA WAS INTERESTED. BOW OW OWOWOW!

A GINGER

JONES LIVE

YES, SHE

DOES! THANK

HERE, SONNY? YOU KINDLY,

MA'M!

ROSES? FOR ME?

ARE YOU SURE YOU DIDN'T HAVE SEX WITH HER?

SCRABELS

KLIK KLAK

ARF!

SNARRL

URF!