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Vol. 15 AI) 1‘1 No. 4
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A publication of the Lexington Gay and Lesbian Service Organization
The Lexington Men’s Chorus PV‘ICle MOVIWI Fourth Falsies Awards®
t . mina on Announ
i Tenth Anniversary The first meeting of this years No . t.i s ce.d
l Co . . . Nominations for the 4th Falsres
Ga a ncert Pride Committee was held early in
_ , Awards have been announced by
March wrth representatives from sev- .
Pop the cork, pour the cham- Academy of Drag Arts and Scrences,
. . . . . eral groups. Many events have been . .
pargn and let the festivrties begin. ut on the calendar alrea d We wel- Presrdent Eden Towers and Imperial
The Lexington Men’s Chorus is cele- p . . y . Court Board President Natalie Gaye.
. . . come involvement klby mdrvrduals or
bratrng a birthday it want everyone to r resentatives of rou 9 Come to On March 22, Towers and Gaye
know about. 1999-2000 marks the 9p . 9 .p ' . announced 15 or the 15 categories at
, . the next meeting on April 6 at the Pride
10th season for LMC which began therm. news conference/drag show
. . Center at 7 pm.
With 18 members and the Singular . . .. at Club 141. The much heralded event
. . . . Pride actrvrtres would spread out .
goal of provrdrng musrc for a regional . was attended by a couple of media.
. over the entire month. In the past we . . . .
bowling tournament. . . No radio and televrsron outlets carried
have limited events so as to leave . . .
In the last ten years, more than . . . the announcements live. Nominations
some time for people to attend actrvr- . . . . .
120 men from Central Kentucky have . . . . . . . in all categories were distributed srmul-
ties in Cincmatti 0r Loursvrlle. We are . .
sung some 200 songs at 110 perfor- . taneously to news media in atten-
, aware that some people Will have to .
mances throughout Ky. The Mens dance vra one of the drag queens
choose between events, here and .
Chorus has become a valued mem- . handing out a sheet of paper and
. . elsewhere, but that IS a result of our . ,
ber of the Lexrngton arts community, . _ through the Internet we someones
. . . growrng numbers, a good thing. The . . .
has commrssroned and premiered . . email account. A list of categories and
. . major events that have been written ..
new musrc from local and national u turned in and laced on the nominees can befound on page 13.
composers and has produced two Sf: h edule are', p Academy nominations were
CD recordings of its’ music. Th Pride Picni _ S nda Jun 4 selected by vote of the screening
On April 14th at 8pm and again at Wm: Kn ll Th" Cwill iie keyt a freee committee. The innumerable secret
April 16 at 3 pm, LMC will celebrate a dmissibln o t lucifevent GESO will ballots were distributed in late March
with a 10th Anniversary Gala Concert a ain sell idiihks and t-shirts so as to and should be returned to Dewey,
at Singletary Center for the Arts. g _ Chetham and Howe, ....conr. page 10
. . . _ raise money to pay for general Pride
Highlights from the concert include. . . . -
,, ,, . Month expenses. Fairness wrll assrst
Brahms Alto Rhapsody, With a and raise some mone throu h the
ten piece orchestra,a first for LMC, . y. 9 Sponsor 0f the Month
. . rattle and- provrde entertainment. .
Dawn Coon, musrc director of LMC ,
. . . The Banquet. Sunday, June 11 1
and local diva, alto solorst, directed The committee will be looking at vari- W. b ]< n
haggard Giles, assrstant director ous locations. Ideas? come to the 1” ‘4 ”O
u ' ,, . . next meeting. The Lexington Men's
LMVéesAre Here, C0mmlSSl0ned for Chorus Pride Concert: June 17and 18 Farm
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