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Supposedly they play soccer, too: Portland plays host to Festival of the Bahes on Aug. 30
and 31 at Femhill Park
n Labor L>ay weekend, Portland will play
blown Gay Pride celebration. Games and par
host to the 1 3th annual Festival of the
ties? Why the hell not?"
San Francisco babe Jane White has attend
Babes, a two-day tournament celebrating
ed the festival every year. “There were eight
lesbians and soccer. A total ot 24 teams
and 250 babes will converge on Femhill Park
teams in the first (festival], played on a very
foggy Saturday morning, and the games were
for games played with a backdrop ot music that
started and ended by the honking of a car
inspires impromptu dancing on the sidelines.
horn. Not one player could wipe the smile oft
Unlike regulation soccer with 11 players on
because the idea of a soccer festival for dykes
a side, this tournament favors a more intimate
was stt amazing that it didn’t seem real.”
seven vs. seven format with 25-minute halves.
The San Francisco squad continued organizing
And while shin guards are required, players
trade their uniforms for costumes that may
the tournament and parties for nine years in a row
before passing the baton to the Vancouver teams,
range from formal (as in prom dresses) to
who played host to the 10th and 11th tourna
gningy (as in flannel shirts and suspenders).
ments in Canada. The festival then returned to
“If you take the Dyke March and mix it
San Francisco for a “homecoming" last year.
with Halloween and Womens World Cup Soc
cer, what you get is Festival of the Babes," says
For the past three years, Portland teams such
Myra La Venue, one of this years organizers.
as Bite Me Bait (every player is a good catch),
Artemis (toga, no bra) and
Everyone associated with
the Babeticians (free breast
the tournament is referred to
exams) have traveled to Fes
as a “babe,” and players may
tival of the Babes. With the
be heard yelling “babe-on"
encouragement of the other
instead of “man-on.” Fun
cities, Portland decided to
and flirtation on the field
take a turn hosting.
appears to be much more
important than who wins or
As described in the pro
loses. In fact, some teams
gram, the theme of this
year’s tournament is “Get
favor losing, and losing big,
Lucky,” as in “Gtxxl luck in
because niles state that a
your game! Be lucky in love.
winning team must take off
an article of clothing (cleats,
There’s no such thing as
tough luck at FOB.”
socks and shin guards not
While most of the teams
included) each time it is
—Myra LaVenue
ahead by five or more goals.
come from the West G)ast,
this year’s tournament also includes the G)lorado
Babe-ly behavior may include flashing the
Trojans and the mild-mannered Boston lesbians
goalkeeper before taking a penalty shot, hug
who change into Superdykes on the field. Port
ging an opponent in the middle of a game or
land will he represented by the Angels, Artemis,
letting a player who has never scored have a
the Babeticians and Beaver Believers.
free shot at the goal. Why isn’t professional
Games take place at Femhill Park, North
f(X)thall more like this?
east 37th Avenue and Ainsworth Street, from
9 a.m. to 4 p m. Aug. 30 with an hour break at
estival of the Babes began in San Francisco
nixin for the opening ceremonies, which will
in 1991 after a team called the Follies
include an introduction of the teams and a spe
attended the 1990 Gay Games in Vancou
cial performance that promises to he hot, hot,
ver, British Columbia, and got a taste of an all
hot. Games begin again at 9 a.m. Aug. 31 with
queer tournament.
the finals taking place at 1 p.m.
The next summer the Follies attended a
Festival organizers encourage fans to come
Seattle tournament that lacked that celebrato
out and cheer because, hey, the more bahes the
ry atmosphere. “We thought we could do way
better. J H
better,” says Helen Whitaker, a founding mem
ber of the festival. “We also wanted an excuse
Find F estival of the B abes players off the field
to get the really cute Vancouver babes down to
from 9 p.m. Aug. 31 at the Egyptian Club,
San Francisco.”
3701 S.E. Division St. To volunteer or team
Chris Mock, another founder, explains: “I
think that the Vancouver Gay Games just blew
more, visit wuw.fesavalofthehahes.com.
us all away with the idea that you could have a
soccer tournament going on as well as a full-
KAREN K u DEJ is a free-lance uniter and soccer hahe
“I f you take the
Dyke March and
m ix it with
Halloween and
Women’s World
Cup Soccer ; what
you get is Festival
of the Babes”
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