Pride Guide 1997
GAY PEOPLE'S CHRONICLE
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A world of entertainment
Magic, big band music, and life-size celebrity puppets will please all
by Walt Waskawicz Cleveland-Pride Family Reunion '97, Cleveland's 9th annual gay, lesbian, and bisexual Pride festival, promises to be the biggest and most exciting ever. Taking place Voinovich Pier Park behind the
Eric Brouman· ́
at
Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame, the festival will feature two stages with continuous entertainment.
The Pride committee is pleased to announce an impressive array of performers on both stages
to entertain festival goers with talent as varied as our community itself.
From bands to bards, magic to modern dance, a puppe-
teer, male and
female vocalists to solo instrumentalists, Pride '97 will showcase the Cleveland area's talent on two stages.
Pride's Mainstage welcomes back some favorite performers
Steve Goldring
from previous festivals, and has added
new and exciting acts that have never been seen on our stage before. Buck Harris, host of WERE 1300 AM's The Gay '90s joins with comedienne Dana Austin as
Nicki Benjamin
special guest emcees. Austin emceed Oven Productions' 22nd Annual Womyn's Variety Show last February.
Along with the return of festival favorite Anne E. DeChant and her band as special guest star, Mainstage welcomes vocalists Deirdre Mackey and Alexis Antes and the big band sound of the Jerry Bruno Band, featuring vocalist Deborah Vargas. Also appearing is Jamie Moore and his
"Stuffed with Love" life-sized celebrity puppets; Eric Brouman, who shows us "The Future of Magic," and singer-pianist Steve Goldring.
A little bit of country comes to Mainstage as well, with performances by the Rainbow Wranglers, the Cleveland City Country Dancers, country-western vocalist Clay Angus, and "Cleveland's Queen of Country," Ruby McEntire.
To make things complete, thrown into the mix will be performances by "the Lakefront Legend" Twiggy, Denny Roch-
Deirdre Mackey
Dana Austin
elle, Low Key, the Windsong Womyn's Ensemble, and many more. Provided by NOCI, the Northern Ohio Coalition, Pride's Dance Stage will have continuous music, dancing and performers throughout the day with emcee Miss Heather St. Clair. Special guest performances on the half-hour will give tired festival dancers a chance to rest their dancin' shoes.
Pride, Inc. would like to extend an advance note of thanks to all the performers who are donating their time and talent to appear on the Pride '97 Family Reunion stages to make this a very special event in our community.
Entertainment and dancing
Mainstage lineup
Continuous entertainment from 12:30 to 7:00 pm
Emcees
Buck Harris and Dana Austin
12:30 pm
Eric Brouman Penny Rochelle John Farina, Log Cabin Republicans Cheri Morabito, Stonewall Cleveland Deirdre Mackey Cleveland City Country Dancers Clay Angus Sheri Davidson Ramona West and Mrs. Leslie Sadasivan Ed Magiste, AIDS Taskforce of Greater Cleveland Jamie Moore
1:30 pm
Dance Stage
Continuous dancing from 2 to 7 pm.
Emcee Heather St. Clair Guest appearances by
•
Felicia Fairchild
• Erika Sable
• The artist formerly known as Magnolia Thunderpussy
• Ms. Gay Pride Lakewood, TBA
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Anne E. DeChant
2:30 pm
3:30 pm
4:30 pm
5:30 pm
6:30 pm
Lowkey
Alexis Antes
Windsong, Cleveland's Feminist Chorus Anne E. DeChant, special guest artist
Dana Austin
Nicki Benjamin
Twiggy, The Lakefront Legend
Gospel Jam
Mary Miller
Ruby McEntire, Cleveland's Queen of Country and Miss Legends 1997-98 Rainbow Wranglers
Wedge
Randy Austin, Mr. Gay Cleveland Linda Malicki, Cleveland Lesbian-Gay Center Brooke Willis, Leadership Coalition The Jerry Bruno Big Band
Keith Spears
Carol Smith
Steve Goldring
The Repertory Project
Joyce Scogletti
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