THE FIFTH ANNUAL CELEBRATION OF QUEER DIVERSITY IN THE SEAWAY VALLEY
TAKE PRIDE IN CORNWALL!
Come to Cornwall, Ontario, Canada on the Labour Day weekend for Pride/Fierté Cornwall 2008, the fifth annual celebration of Queer diversity in the Seaway Valley! Join us in Lamoureux Park on Saturday, August 30th for our Community Day. The opening ceremony begins at Noon and will include the raising of the rainbow flag at the intersection of Pitt and Water Streets. Then there'll be loads of live, family friendly entertainment from 1:00 pm at the Cornwall Lions Club Bandshell, the city's premier outdoor entertainment venue. Featured performers will include Stephanie Coleman, Leaving Beechwood, Maximum 80, Retro Crush, The Trevor Walsh Group and West 4th. We've also got the fabulous Miss Joa as your hostess with the mostest. The highlight of the day comes in the evening when The B-Girlz, Canada's most colourful Queer musical comedy troupe, take to the stage as this year's headliners. There'll also be vendors, info booths and many other activities all day and into the evening. Best of all, admission is free!
Join us again on the evening of Sunday, August 31st for our annual Pride Gala at Army/Navy/Air Force Veterans' Club #342, 14 Marlborough Street North. Admission is $20.00 and advance tickets are available at Scotiabank at the Brookdale Centre, 960 Brookdale Avenue. Phone 613-930-2565. You must be of legal drinking age (19) for admittance.
The evening begins at 7:00 pm with a wine & cheese and silent auction. Then the party gets into full gear when dancing begins at 9:00 pm. There'll be door prizes, our ever popular 50/50 draw, and we'll be announcing the winners of our annual rainbow quilt raffle. Alain Merizzi, one of Cornwall's hottest DJ's, will be on hand to spin discs all night long so be sure not to miss it!
Lush, green and a stone's throw away from the downtown core, Lamoureux Park is truly the jewel in Cornwall's crown. Pride/Fierté Cornwall is truly blessed to have this magnificent waterfront setting for our event which celebrates the diverse identities, cultures, his/herstories and lives of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Two-Spirited, Intersex and Queer community of Cornwall and the Seaway Valley.
Many details will be announced in the weeks leading up to the festival so stay tuned to this page as the countdown progresses.
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/pages/PrideFierte-Cornw...http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2584815666http://groups.yahoo.com/group/glbt_cornwall_ontariohttp://b-girlz.com
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