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Pace yourself after Lesbian
and Gay Pride so you can
dance, dance, dance
A Lesbian Pride Dance to culminate Lesbian
and Gay Pride Day, June 20, will feature Second
Wind, a two-woman band from Los Angeles. The
Lesbian Pride Dance will pack over 500 lesbians
from around the area into the Montgomery Park
Building at 2701 NW Vaughn St. The dance is
sponsored by the Lesbian Community ProjecL
Second Wind is made up of Rita Harrington
and Pattie Weber who performed at last year’s
event Harrington and Weber met at an audition in
1980 and fell in love. B u t as often happens, the
romance ended and it took over a year of healing
for them to decide to perform together again. It’s
lucky for us that they did. Their talents qualify
them as a human jukebox with a songlist of over
125 tunes including music from the 30s through
the 90s; love songs past and present; and country
dance tunes to two-step and dosey-doe. Second
Wind is by far the best dance band in the lesbian
and gay community. In the area o f entertainment,
they are a breath of fresh air that will blow you
away.
In addition to the music, the Lesbian Pride
Dance will feature a free catered buffet, a bar, and
the presentation of the Pride of Portlandia awards.
The event begins at 8 pm and lasts until lam.
Tickets are on sale at Ladd’s Editions, Its My
Pleasure, Music Millenium, at the LCP office or
through LCP board members. Ticket prices are
sliding scale $15-25.
Stride into Pride
Get ready to Stride into Pride with the Rose
City Gay Freedom Band at its spring.concert,
Saturday, June 13,at8pm . The 37-piece commu
nity concert band will play an eclectic mix of
music from around the world, in styles ranging
from classical to swing. The concert will be held
at Metropolitan Community Church, located at
1644 NE 24th, Portland. Admission is $3-7
sliding scale at the door.
The band is open to all lesbians, gay men and
their supportive friends. Founded in March of
1990, its firstofficial band roster had six names on
it. The bands first public appearance was at the
beginning of the Lesbian and Gay Pride March in
1990 at the park blocks, with perhaps 10 players
and a guest baton twirler. The band was so small
that Chuck Nance, the first conductor, sat on a
chair and conducted the band with one hand while
playing his tuba with the other.
The band will march again in this year’s Les
bian and Gay Pride Parade and perform at the
rally.
The budget for this concert and for the appear
ance at the Lesbian and Gay Pride Parade and
Rally comes from dues paid by band members
and donations received. Money recouped through
admission charges this spring will go toward
producing the next winter concert. Through its
sponsorship by Phoenix Rising Foundation of
Portland, a lesbian and gay service center, the
band has full non-profit tax status. Therefore,
donations are tax deductible.
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Constituent mail program to Capitol Hill on lesbian/gay rights. AIDS, and privacy
Largest grassroots mobilization in the history of the lesbian/gay civil rights movement
Participants get the best info on Capitol Hill developments
Helped pass the Hate Crimes. ADA. CARE/AIDS Funding. NEA Bills in 19‘H)
Sponsored by the Human Rights Campaign Fund, the largest lesbian/gay advocacy
group in America
Join us! Look for Speak Out volunteers at upcoming events. Sign up (S3.25 per message. 4 message
minimum), or write to Speak Out. HRCF. P.O. Box 1723. Washington. D.C. 20013. (202) 628-4160.
CALL 1-800-777-HRCF TO JOIN.
Robin Rower and Nancy Vogl began their
careers in early feminist groups-The Clinch Moun
tain Backsteppcrs and the Berkeley W omen’s
Music Collective, respectively-then went on to
gain respect and recognition as solo performers.
Row er’s is acclaimed internationally for the strong
voice she raises for working-class people. Libby
McLaren has been Ronnie Gilbert’s accompanist
since 1989 and Robin Flower’s musical partner
since 1987. McLaren is best known for the key
boards and vocals she brought to The Roaches.
Rower, Vogl, and McLaren play six instruments
between them: keyboard, fiddle, guitar, mando
lin, accordion, and electric bass. As individuals
they have released nine albums, appeared at every
major global folk and feminist event, and graced
mainstream venues such as Carnegie Hall and the
Hollywood Bowl.
Together as the Wild Hearts, they perform
sociopolitical tunes, music along an intimate vein,
and foot-stomping instrumentals.
The Wild Hearts will be performing Thurs
day, July 2 at 8 pm at the Northwest Service
Center, 1819 NW Everett. Tickets are $10 in
advance, $12 at the door and are available at
Artichoke Music, Music Millenium, Ladd’s Edi
tions, Catbird Seat Bookstore, and the Northwest
Service Center office. All advance ticket sales are
subject to additional charges.
The Wild Hearts: Robin
Flower, Nancy Vogl, and
Libby McLaren join talents
The Wild Hearts arc three multi-talented mu
sicians who form an ensemble full of vigor, vi
sion, technical p ro f cicncy, and imagination. They
play original music influenced by country, Cajun,
blucgrass, Irish and folk music. They incorporate
taut three-part harmonics, driving rhythms, and
engaging moments of spontaneous chat into the
show.
A funky feminist foursome
Venus Envy is a wacky, politically charged,
off-the-wall group whose powerful harmonies
and biting satire have been seen and heard
throughout the US and Canada. Based in
Seattle they have two cult recordings to their
credit. Unarmed and Dangerous and I'll Be
Homo fo r Christmas.
The group is made up of Lisa Koch, Laura
Love, Linda Noel Schierman, and Linda
Sevcrt. Lisa Koch is an ex-Dyketone and lived
in Portland. She moonlights as an actor in
various Seattle theaters and likes to play her
nose. Love began her career in Lincoln, Neb.,
and knew it could only get better from there.
Schierman grew up in a wheat farming
community and was said to have the biggest set
of lungs in the county. She has released a solo
cassette called Experienced Beginner. Scvert is
a many-faceted entertainer who embraced
percussion at an early age when she discovered
she could turn her half-eaten bowl of mush over
and thump out rhythms with a spoon.
Venus Envy is performing for a dance June
13, at 8:08 pm at the Echo Theatre, 1515 SE
37th. Tickets arc $9 in advance and are
available at Fastixx, It’s My Pleasure, and
Ladd's Editions.
Compiled by Renée LaChance