B-2 GAY PEOPLE'S CHRONICLE AUGUST 5, 1994

ENTERTAINMENT

Cher Andreas and Victoria Parker take pageant titles

Photo and Story by Jimmie

The Miss Gay Cleveland America pageant was held June 24 at LOU4ia, featuring four contestants: Cher Andreas, Tasha James, Simone Baker, and Andrea Michaels.

Chante Seville, the current titleholder, performed several numbers flawlessly, as usual, before relinquishing her crown. Champagne Bourdeux, Miss Gay Ohio America, also performed throughout--she is always amazing to experience. Other performers were Ivana Grump and the newly-crowned Miss U4ia, Jennifer Phillips.

The pageant's categories were evening wear, daywear, interview and the always popular talent. Simone, an ex Mr.and Miss Gay Akron, seemed to rule the crowd with her flawless Janet Jackson impersonation. If you missed this pageant, you also missed Kimberly Adrian out of drag, a rarity.

Cher Andreas won Miss Gay Cleveland America 1994. First runner up was Simone Baker; second, Andrea Michaels; and third, Tasha James.

June 19 featured porn star Matt Guenther at Cleveland's Numbers. Those in the crowd saw why this guy is in the dick trade. He definitely has the instrument, but his dancing ability is lacking.

He could use a few lessons from the Kelly Cheval school of dance. I've seen Kelly do a header off the stage at U4ia. Needless to say she was carried off; but that girl can tap dance. You go, girl!

Miss Ohio USA at Large was held at U4ia on July 15, with Carla Visconte, ending her reign, performing throughout the show. Jacqueline St. James, Miss USA at

by Steven St. James

Large; Roxie Hart, and emcee Denise Russell were among the entertainers. In the crowd were Jennifer Phillips, Kari Nickels, and Kiki DeCarlo.

The five entrants for the pageant were Michele Preston and Heaven Sinclair from Indiana, Victoria Parker from North Carolina, Frenchy Fox, and Josie Desmond from the Youngstown suburb of Austintown. Victoria Parker definitely won the talent segment with her sign language interpreta-

tion the crowd loved it. It must be said that Miss St. James and Miss Visconte are classic performers, flawless to the core.

The "At Large" in the pageant's name refers to a rule that contestants and winners must weigh at least 200 pounds, or risk losing the crown. These pageants are rough!

Victoria Parker won Miss Ohio USA At

Large 1994. First runner up was Josie Desmond; second was Frenchy Fox.

July 17 was the day for Dancin' in the Streets, with upwards of 5,000 people in attendance. Afternoon entertainment featured Melissa Ross, Twiggy, Shane Kelly (my personal fave), Jacqueline Rhodes, Bobby Beech and various others.

The Miss Ohio USA at Large pageant. Carla Visconte, Frenchy Fox, Victoria Parker, Josie Desmond, Jacqueline St. James

The show was emceed by Melissa Ross, who had a change of wardrobe for every artist introduction. Her

wardrobe put the Jacqueline Smith line at KMart to shame! The crowd loved her!

Boys in videos are Ohio studs

by Jimmie

Those who have seen Tony DiAngelo and Chase Hunter in porn videos surely have lusted for them, or perhaps dreamed about them afterwards. These boys are ours from Ohio, not Los Angeles or New York. But more important than that, they are my good, good friends.

Born and raised in southern Ohio, they met when they were in the Mr. Gay Columbus '89 pageant. Needless to say there was only one winner: Tony. Chase will not admit where he finished, but it was surprisingly near the end. In addition to the Co-

lumbus pageant, Tony also holds the titles Mr. Bretz, Mr. Ohio USA, and Mr. Gay Ohio Universe.

Tony, 26, and Chase, who is older, have been a couple for about five years. When asked if they will have a ceremony in the future, Tony said, "I really don't think it brings people closer together."

Last November they both decided to get into videos and now have six under their belt, so to speak. Tony is with Catalina and Falcon, while Chase is solely with Falcon. Falcon has named Chase "the dick of the decade," and those who have seen his films

HOUSE OF ST. JAMES

A look at the latest in underground dance music from the host of One Brother in the Basement, featuring tribal, house, trance, and breakbeat, Wednesdays on Cleveland's WRUW-FM, 91.1.

House

Sleepy C, Soundtrack to Imagination, Psychoactive Records

Cleveland's very own Sleepy C, a DJ and composer in his own right, has developed and crafted his own style of moody chill-out

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melodies, from the Hard Floor label influence. With artists such as this, Cleveland may have its own music scene like Detroit, London, Chicago and Berlin. Buy this before he's signed to Hard Floor-when it will cost a lot more.

Trance

D.O.P., Electronic Funk EP, Guerrilla Records

This is moving more into progressive trance territory, with good uses of drum rolls and funky break rhythms. A four-track double pack, all remixed by D.O.P. Pretty

Liliane

... you know, liliane; you're really argument-

ative.

no,

I'm

not.

good, but I'd love to see what remixes by other diverse artists would sound like.

Techno

Moby, Hymn, Elektra Records

Moby has been a pop cross-over since he left Instinct to join Elektra, which I always felt was a mistake: soon afterward, he was remixing for Michael Jackson. I can't fathom what took him so long to come out with this generic techno cut. It sounds like he made this between his MTV interviews.

Yes you are,

liliane!...

...that's discussing, not arguing.

you Contradict Everything!!

... face it; You're LARGUMENTATIVE

!!!

know why. In their films Tony usually plays the "versatile" role while Chase mainly plays the top. In real life, however, they both tend to be "versatile" for each other.

But they do not speak highly of their experiences from film work. After having danced locally and nationally for five years plus, they got into videos to get more name recognition to promote themselves as dancers.

Chase seems to have the higher visibility in magazines; however, both have had a favorable mention in the Gay Video Directory '94. A few months ago both appeared at U4ia's White Party, Tony wrapped in leather and Chase glistening in a simple Gstring.

They admit they do not see videos as a career, and are unsure of how long they will stay in the field. Chase said, "People seem to have misconceptions when they meet us in person after seeing our films. Most take for granted that we either are from L.A. or living there now. This is exactly what we are not interested in. The drugs, the hustling, the 'escorting,' just being there to be close to the industry."

They have established their lives in Ohio, Chase being an avid horseman. Chase also hopes to be a centerfold for Playgirl within the next year or so. Kris (oh my) Lord. move over!

No, i'm NOT!! Why isn't there room to have different opinions? What's

wrong

with that?

nothing. But

YOU ALWAYS disagret

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Yes, you do! You can never Concede a point!

Sure i can!! I concede that i am argumentative. I often think so myself.

So then why

did you say

You aren't

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oh, just for the sake of argument.

DONALD RE

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