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Schedule ’12

Kitsap Pride is excited to showcase to the 2012 stage some great local talent.  We’ve got a great new layout to encourage folks to dance and soak up sounds and sun.  Plan to bring your chairs and blankets and enjoy the day.  Thanks to AT&T for sponsoring the stage.

The stage viewing area is expanded this year with plenty of room to bring your blankets, chairs and shade umbrellas. You’ll want to plan to spend the day because we have a great line up this year on the AT&T Stage sponsorship of $1,000. Check out the schedule below.

We have the Swedish Fish Mafia (DJ’s Adrian Rowe, Gary the Human and Throboy) in the Electronic Soup Bowl spinning a line up of Disco to House and everything in between over in the Amphitheater.

2012 Schedule

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE

Noon DJ Music by Throboy 

12:30 Opening remarks

12:35 Color Guard

12:40 Marching Rainbow City Band 

13:10 Welcome City Council + Pride Team 2012

13:20 Performance Katrina and Friends

14:00 Remarks County Commissioners

14:10 Performance Shawn Ellison

15:00 Remarks Derek Kilmer & Ref 74

15:10 Performance Danielle

15:40 Performance Katrina and Friends

16:15 Drawings/remarks Pride

16:30 Performance Mel Dalton

17:00 Closing Remarks Pride Team 2012/2013

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Schedule ’10

Kitsap Pride is excited to bring to the 2010 stage some great local talent.  We’ve got a great new layout to encourage folks to dance and soak up sounds and sun.  Plan to bring your chairs and blankets and enjoy the day.  Thanks to Red Star for sponsoring the stage.

The stage viewing area is expanded this year with plenty of room to bring your blankets, chairs and shade umbrellas. You’ll want to plan to spend the day because we have a great line up this year on the Red Star Stage sponsorship of $2,000. Check out the schedule below.

Noon – Music from DJ

12:50 – Welcome

Unfortunately Inga Nova had to cancel. Hopefully she’ll be back next year.

1:00– The Jbaum Band – The Jbomb Band plays all original music by Joey Walbaum and is formed with top notch musicians based out of the Seattle and Tacoma area specializing in funk, jazz and pop with hints of Latin and world music. You might describe it as vintage-pop with Influences including Jamiroquai, Sade, Prince, Michael Jackson, Jamie Cullum and Elton John.

1: 50 – Announcements/Speaker

2:00 – Drag Show Pt 1 – Bremerton’s Miss Tory Marchella & Friends

2:20 – Kevin and Shawn dueling pianos. They work at Seattle’s 88 Keys singing and playing your favorite tunes and comedians part time. Kevin been playing since he was 16 and Shawn since birth. Let them know what you want to hear and they’ll play it.

3:10 – Drag Show Pt 2 – Bremerton’s Miss Tory Marchella & Friends

3:40 – Announcements, Drawings etc

4:00 – Boy Blue and The Moon – a brand new band consisting of very talented and diversified veteran musicians including Ricky Schultz who rocked our stage last year!

5:00 – Closing – Thank You!

9:00 – Red Star presents the Pride Party with DJ Dana Dub at the Bremerton Eagles located on 6th at Washington just a few blocks from Evergreen Park. They are expecting close to 400 people this year.

Also, thanks to Gordon Sound for sound and stage services over these years at Evergreen

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Presenting Seattle Men’s Chorus

Seattle Men’s Chorus

Ole, Ole, Ole!

Saturday, April 17, 2010

ADMIRAL THEATRE

Show 7 pm

Main Floor Reserved $25; Loge Reserved $20; Balcony Reserved $12

Tickets to this show are ON SALE NOW.

Please call 360-373-6743 for tickets

Check out the event on Facebook.

Bailadores de Bronce

Dance Troupe

Bailadores de Bronce has been teaching and performing Mexican folkloric dance in and around Seattle and the Pacific Northwest since its founding at the University of Washington in 1972. In portraying the positive aspects of Mexican culture, Bailadores de Bronce seeks to break down cultural barriers and build bridges within the greater community. The dedication of the dancers is demonstrated in their intricate footwork and refined choreography, while the richness of the culture can be seen in the beautiful costumes from the various regions of Mexico. All dancers, instructors and the Board of Directors volunteer their time, energy and efforts to bring Bailadores de Bronce to the high level of professionalism for which the group is known.

Learn More about Bailadores de Bronce »

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Approve 71 Election Night Party

Kitsap Pride Netwok has organized an Election Night Party

Tuesday, November 3, 2009
7:00pm – 10:00pm
Hi Fidelity Lounge
2711 6th Street
Bremerton, WA

Many of us have Domestic Partner benefits riding on this vote. Many have waved signs, talked to friends and volunteered to make a difference.

Join the Approve 71 campaign on election night.

Enjoy complementary snacks, a cash bar staffed by the Hi Fi’s best, and music as we celebrate the hard work of so many people, organizations, and communities to approve 71. Election results will be streamed live throughout the evening.

We look forward to seeing you Tuesday!

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Approve Referendum 71

We want people to vote to APPROVE Referendum 71! We also want to encourage them to spread the word to their families and friends, and to get them more involved in the campaign as a volunteer.

The campaign – Washington Families Standing Together –
For more information please contact the organizers at [email protected] or by calling 206.324.2570.

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Vote to approve referendum 71

VOTE TO RETAIN WASHINGTON STATE’S
DOMESTIC PARTNERSHIP LAW
VOTE TO APPROVE REFERENDUM 71

Ask your friends, family and co-workers to help us keep
Washington’s Domestic Partnership Law intact.

The domestic partnership law provides important protections to gay and lesbian couples and their children, and couples where at least one partner is over the age of 62. 

A coalition of  over 130 organizations have come together to create the Washington Families Standing Together campaign to work to retain Washington State’s Domestic Partnership Law. We need you to talk to your friends and family about the importance of voting
“Approve” on Referendum 71
 

PLEASE KEEP ALL WASHINGTON FAMILIES STRONG.
VOTE TO APPROVE REFERENDUM 71

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Kitsap County Celebrates Pride

Bremerton, WA – Kitsap County will celebrate Pride on Saturday, July 18, 2009 with both old favorites, and new features. Festivities are being held at Evergreen Rotary Park in Bremerton, from noon to 5PM.

The Kitsap Pride Network organizes the annual event for the local lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and ally community, and the 2009 planning committee has been working hard to put together an event that exceeds expectations and showcases the talent and supporters in and around our community. Bring family & friends and be ready to enjoy a fabulous day at the park.

Although this year’s Kitsap Pride is being held in the same beautiful location, this year several great new features have been added, thanks to suggestions from previous year’s participants.  We’ve expanded our area for families with children to come and enjoy by adding a bouncy house. There is a covered picnic area for eating, gathering to socialize or just people watching. If you want to be closer to the action there will also be tables nearer the stage, or you can bring a blanket or stadium chairs and make your own viewing area. Don’t forget the Frisbees!

ALL FAMILIES MATTER

We’re really excited this year to be having a “Kid’s Zone”, hosted by St. Paul’s Episcopal Church of Bremerton. Also, the Kitsap Safe Schools Network is sponsoring a Teen Space that will be hosted by The Q Center. The Q is a local drop in center for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning and allied youth from 14 to 19 years old.

Non-stop entertainment from the stage, sponsored by Red Star Events, will include live music from local favorite Inga Nova and the heavy soul and funk sounds of the Kim Archer Band. Plus, local band Vera the Ghost.

This year’s Community Partner organizations the Kitsap County HIV AIDS Foundation, Kitsap PFLAG, Kitsap Safe Schools Network, Positive Solutions, The Q Center, Kitsap Unitarian Universalist Fellowship and St. Paul’s Episcopal Church.

Our vendor marketplace should be a bustling avenue of GLBT Support & Education Information, Local Businesses and Merchants. This year there will be jewelry, apparel and accessories. Many of our favorite vendors are returning again this year, as well as a few new ones. Stop by the Kitsap Pride Network booth for some great pride merchandise and this year’s t-shirt.

 

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Outrage

Kitsap Pride presents OUTRAGE on Friday, July 10.
 
Academy Award nominated filmmaker Kirby Dick (“This Film Is Not Yet Rated”) serves up a searing indictment of the hypocrisy of closeted politicians who actively campaign and vote against the LGBT community they covertly belong to. “Outrage” goes deep into the private lives of some of our nation’s most powerful policymakers and political officials, unabashedly revealing their hidden lives.
Through first person interviews with ex-lovers and LGBT commentators, the film details the harm our political representatives have inflicted on millions of Americans, and examines the media’s complicity in keeping their secrets. Well known activists from Larry Kramer to Elizabeth Birch to Rodger McFarlane to politicians including Barney Frank and former NJ Governor Jim McGreevey, all go on the offensive as they describe the destructiveness of the closeted and, especially, the Washington closeted life.

While ‘outing’ closeted gays has long been considered out of bounds, Dick explodes this nicety as he shows the relationship between closeted lawmakers and their anti-LGBT voting records. From the beginning of the fight to gain funding for HIV/AIDS education and treatment, through the current battle over marriage equality, closeted gay lawmakers repeatedly voted against their communities.

This is a benefit for Kitsap Pride

For more information, visit www.outragethemovie.com

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General Admission: $12.00 includes a sm. popcorn & a sm. drink
*Tickets available at the Orchard Theater Box Office
Date:          Friday, July 10, 2009
Time:         7:00pm – 9:00pm
Location:    Orchard Theater
Street:       822 Bay Street
City/Town:  Port Orchard, WA
View Google Map
Phone:       3608501082

 

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Pride Party ’09

Pride season is here.  I know many of you made it to Seattle this past weekend.  The ferry I was on was packed with pride goers.  I even got the ferry to wish everyone off to the parade to have a good time as we pulled in to Coleman Dock.  Next year we should have a pre-party on the morning ferry!  The parade was fabulous and the Pride fest at Seattle Center was nuts!  Up on the hill was crazy too.  Our two favorite DJ’s were spinning together at the Cuff Complex for Sunday’s Block Party.  Last year’s Pride Party DJ Martin “Funkybear” Petersen and this year’s Pride Party disc jockey DJ Matt Stands.  We are so excited to bring Seattle caliber DJ’s to you.  We work hard to create a club night that you would expect in a much larger city.  More than that we are proud at the response from you for turning out each month and every month. Kitsap Pride is Saturday, July 18th at Bremerton’s Evergreen Park.  This year’s theme is “Our Rights – Your Rights – Human Rights.”  Red Star is a major sponsor this year at $1,000.  This is where the money goes.  After expenses and some investments we give back to the community.  There is a great line up that will be posted soon at Kitsap Pride’s website.  Pride starts at noon and goes to 5pm.  Stop by the Red Star booth for fun & prizes!  We have a beautiful new t-shirt design that we expect to sell out of so get yours early!  The day doesn’t end there; at 9pm doors open for Red Star’s Pride Party!

This year’s party will be bigger and better that any year before!  We have so many surprises up our sleeves.  We expect to have well over 200 people this year.  The place will look swanky with exciting lighting and posh décor.  DJ Matt Stands, resident DJ at Seattle’s Cuff Complex, returns to spin the dancefloor into a frenzy like he did for our MAYDAY Party.  We’ll be at the Eagles again but don’t worry if you don’t recognize the place.  Cover is still only $5 and doors open at 9pm.  The door and bar are CASH ONLY.  There is a typical bar ATM downstairs and a Chase ATM located on the same block.  Susan will be rocking the bar again and keeping the lines down.  The Pride Party is 21 and over only.

Enter the Eagles upstairs at 205 6th Street.  If you drive, there is plenty of parking available in the area.  Most of it is free and the word on the street is that the nearby pay-lots are not checked that late.  The lot next to the Eagles on Washington is reserved for their members – the good people who allow us to turn their hall into the biggest gay bar around.

Michael, Brian & Jay

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Celebrate Pride

It’s not too late to save the dates. That’s right, DATES! Kitsap Pride Festival is almost here. This is the 40th anniversary of Stonewall, so even more reason to come out and celebrate with your Kitsap Gay, Lesbian, Bi, Trans and allied community.

Based on your valued feedback from last years festival, we are excited to announce a few new additions to this years festival.  New and returning entertainment. More diverse food choices along with the usual favorites.  New stage placement, which allows for a dryer and more family friendly time. Bigger “Kid Zone” including a bouncy house. Bring your family, your friends your four legged kids too! Don’t forget your appetite for great food and even greater fun!

So here’s the where and when of Kitsap Pride

Where: Evergreen Rotary Park in Bremerton                  
When: Saturday, July 18th 2009  12pm-5pm
Also, before you join us at Kitsap Pride, you are also encouraged to join us in walking in support of pride at the Bainbridge Island 4th of July parade. We always get a warm response and it’s a fun time for all. This is a great family event, so bring your kids! For more information on the parade and parking details, check out www.bainbridgechamber.com