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Celebrate Pride 2004 throughout the Pacific Northwest
July 10 or July 31
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by Jim R a d o sta
ride will be busting
out all over the
Pacific Northwest
this summer.
The
region’s
biggest event is Seattle Pride,
which will be held June 26
and 27. T h e them e is
“i-scream PRID E!”
“T h e ice cream adds a lot
of fun to the event— youth-
fulness that we can all
remember from our child
hood,” says Melissa H o l
loway, Seattle Pride co-chair
woman. “In our current
political climate, ‘1 scream’ is
a statem ent about making
yourself heard, being proud of
who you are and standing up
for your rights as part of this
world. We are encouraging
everyone to scream PRID E.”
T h e Seattle Pride March
will run from 11 a.m. to
2 p.m. June 27. It starts at the
com er o f Broadway and Pike
and continues north on
Broadway up to Volunteer
Park, where all of the festival Crystal W aters will headline Seattle Pride 2 0 0 4 on Ju n e 27 in
events will be held:
Volunteer Park
• Seattle Pride Festival:
For more information visit groups.msn.com/
11 a.m. to 6 p.m. June 26 and 27. Headliner
Crystal Waters will perform from 3 to 3:30 p.m.
sitp2004.
• Salem: Capitol Pride will be held from
June 27.
• Reception: noon to 7 p.m. June 26 and noon
11 a.m. to 6 p.m. July 25 at Cascade Gateway Park.
This year’s celebration, “Picnic in the Park,” will
to 6 p.m. June 27 at the Seattle Asian Art Muse
feature live music, a softball game, races and other
um. Proceeds benefit Seattle Pride. Beer and wine
activities for kids and adults, information booths,
will be served. Admission is by invitation only
voter registration cards and a free barbecue, Capi
because of park regulations. To reserve a space call
tol Pride organizers will furnish hamburgers, hot
206-324-0405 or e-mail info@seattlepride.org.
dogs, buns, condiments and chips; people are wel
• Bingo in the P ark: 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
come to bring other items to grill and are asked to
June 26.
provide their own refreshments. Drugs and alcohol
• Movie N ight in the P ark: W atch 9 to 5 on
are prohibited. Donations to help defray the cost
a big screen from 8:45 to 11 p.m. June 26. Bring
will be accepted but are not necessary.
lawn chairs and blankets.
For more inform ation visit www.capitol
For more inform ation visit www.seattle
pride.org.
pride.org.
• Eugene: This year’s Pride Festival will he
held from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Aug. 1 at A lton
n addition, Pride parties will be popping up in
Baker Park. “Equality in Our Lifetime” will
smaller cities from central Washington to
include music, entertainm ent, food, a beer gar
southern Oregon:
den, craft and merchandise booths, community
• Ashland: T h e Abdill-Ellis Lambda C om
organizations, the popular Bachelor Auction,
munity C enter presents southern Oregon’s first-
performers from the Imperial Sovereign Court of
ever Pride from June 4 to 13. See calendar of
the Emerald Empire, Soromundi: Lesbian C h o
events on Page 24.
rus of Eugene, the Rainbow Wranglers, the first-
• Yakima: Yakima Pride will celebrate its
ever Community Member of the Year Awards
10th year with speakers, information tables,
and many more surprises. A n after-party starts
entertainm ent, a picnic and a potluck from
7 p.m. at Neighbors, 1417 Villard St.
10 a.m. to 3 p.m. June 12 at Fulbright Park.
A special SH E B A N G ! show will precede the
• Olympia: T he theme for this year’s Capitol
festival
July 31 at Neighbors. Admission buttons
City Pride is “Best Supporting Activist: Behind-
are $7.50 at the gate, $5 in advance. A limited
the-Scenes Stars of the Community.” Gather
number o f reduced-price and free buttons are
between 11 and 11:45 a.m. June 19 at the foun
available
for
low -incom e
people; call
tain on the State Capitol campus for a parade and
541-342-1490
or
e-mail
pride@rockergirl.net.
rally, which will march down Capitol Way at
In addition, a Stonewall Commemorative
noon. A festival will follow from 12:30 to 5 p.m.
Ceremony will be held June 28 at a location to
in Sylvester Park, which is located at the comer of
be announced. T h e event will honor the heroes
Capitol Boulevard and Legion Way downtown.
and sheroes who started the fight for queer
For more information visit www.rainbow
equality 35 years ago. T h e ceremony will
centeroly.org.
include speakers and community groups, a cele
• Vancouver: T he 10th annual Saturday in
bration o f victories and inspiration for the work
the Park will take place from noon to 5 p.m.
still to do. Admission is free.
July 10 at Esther Short Park downtown. T he
For more inform ation visit www.eugene
theme is “Your World Is Our World: Freedom,
pride.org. JT1
Faith and Equality.”
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