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Dworschak says the freedom hand is looking
forward to enthusiastic and supportive reactions
from the audience. “We always get a warm
imagine
“I feel like Pride is my hometown crowd,”
she says.
Besides singing and songwriting, Hsu-Li is a
talented painter who delves into the art world
with an equal depth, pro
ficiency and maturity as
her work on vocals, guitar
and piano.
To her, Pride provides
a safe place for people to
express themselves openly
and in public.
“It’s a chance for the
community to show pride
in who they are," says
Hsu-Li, who is expecting
Pride to be “one hell of a
good time.”
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reception. It’s given me goose bumps before.”
Pride is special to the marching band
because it plays to its largest audience of the
year. “It’s our chance to show our pride through
music,” says Dworschak.
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The Portland Gay Men’s Chorus
(1:15 p.m. June 19) performed its first show at
Portland Pride in 1980. This year, the choir is
celebrating its 25th anniversary.
The chorus’ Pride set will serve as a warm
up for a concert at Arlene Schnitzer Concert
Hall on the following weekend.
“Pride is the week before our really big con
cert at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, host
ing choirs from Canada and Southern
California, so it’s a windup to our big concert the
week later,” artistic director Bob Mensel says.
According to Mensel, the chorus views
Pride as a chance to relax and reconnect
with the sexual minorities
community.
“PGMC, by its very mission,
is an outreach organization. We
sing in mainstream concert
halls...at formal events. Pride is
a chance to kick back, have
some fun and reconnect with
the larger gay community,” he
says.
Through a changing city and
country, Mensel says Pride is
one of the few things the chorus
can depend on.
“Portland has changed. The
world has changed. Pride is one
of the consistent things. We
show up to sing, and it’s just a
lot of fun,” Mensel says.
For more information visit
www.pdxgmc.org.
Bisexual pop rocker Magdalen Hsu-Li
(2 p.m. June 19) returns to Portland Pride with
a mixed set of new songs from her album
Smashing the Ceiling and old favorites.
She has performed in nearly 20 nationwide
Pride festivals and several Pride Northwest
shows.
Hsu-Li says playing Portland Pride feels like
coming home. She recently returned from a
spring tour to promote the new album.
Oregon native daugh
ter Lynn Frances
Anderson (3:05 p.m. June 19) has performed to
hundreds of thousands at Pride festivals nation
wide, but she recalls past Portland Prides as
“inspiring.”
“It is an honor for me to perform at Pride
festivals. I am grateful to be a voice for our
community. I hope my music holds a special
place of unity, understanding and connection
for the audience,” says Anderson, who is a les
bian singer and songwriter.
With her band, Anderson says she’ll blow
the top off the stage canopy with upbeat songs
steeped in blues, folk-rock and Americana.
First and foremost, Anderson is a lyricist.
She will debut music from her upcoming
album, Bom Lucky.
“My songs are crafted with one end in mind:
offering hope,” she says.
To Anderson, Pride festivals are more than
rainbow flags and beer gardens. ‘To me, Pride is
about opening ourselves to each other, letting one
another know we are not alone and sharing our
strength. This event is about being proud to be a
human being and honoring who we truly are.”
Being her best is Anderson’s way of coping
with bigotry and those “One Man, One
Woman” bumper stickers that still make her
blood boil.
“As a community, we have been through a
chilling awakening with the passage of
Measure 36.... Together we can show that our
love will not be diminished by lack of compas
sion. Instead, we can stand together as brave
human beings.... We can take pride in who we
are.”
For more information visit www.lynnffances
anderson.com.