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Construction time at the local nightclubs Oct 4 |
Our gay nightclubs are all under construction at once.
The universe is expanding. I'm thinking this
is great, more places to go, more people will come out,
new places to explore, synergy in Lavender Heights.
Well done.Where will we all park?
Some snapshots of the progress as of Oct 4, 2005,
venues in alphabetical order.
Sacramento News & Review article about the construction,
October 27 issue. |
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Depot,
construction going on between the Depot & Hot Rods,
behind that fence.
I hear it's going to be a gay disco. Thumpa,
thumpa, a Queer As Folk reference, a tv show the Depot
played for us.
Looking forward to it, yes. |
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 Faces,
big expansion, this will be great when it is finished.
Swimming pool.
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Hunters,ever morphing about what kind of place it
will be, always "open soon".
The place is looking good and the new
restaurant menu looks tasty.
So open already! |
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 Head
Hunters,back side. The fence is way cool.
I like the patio & palm trees.
The building on the left will be a coffee shop. |
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Mercantile,I heard they couldn't renovate the
building itself because it is historic (?) (too many old
queens?) * so they built a patio expansion with rest
rooms.
I like it, the patio at the Merc is a fun place to
be.
We won't miss the overflowing urinals in the old
bathrooms. |
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All this construction is going to make a better Lavender
Heights for us all. * The old queens remark was
not flippant, we all have old friends and friends that
are old, this is a shout out to them. Respect. |
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Sacramento Pride 2005 |
 This
year Sacramento Pride (formerly known as the
Freedom Fair) included a parade.At 10:00 am we (Jose,
Felix and Mark) were on 9th Street ready for the parade.
There were more police on hand to block cross traffic
than parade watchers.
Soon the parade arrived with the roar of dozens of
motorcycles (and a few scooters) as the Sisters of
Scota lead the way. Great way to start the
parade, well done Sisters of Scota! |
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 The
next parade participants were the SVL color guard.
There were politicians, local and Mark Leno.
Didn't see Mayor Fargo.
And floats.
This was my favorite float, the Mercantile Saloon,
perfectly capturing the patio bar atmosphere. Well
done Merc!
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UC Davis Marching Band.These guys were a hoot,
inspired chaos.
My favorite of the whole parade and they (probably) aren't
even gay.
Thanks UC Davis Marching Band, WELL DONE!
After the parade passed, we followed it down the street.
There were more spectators for the parade closer to the park.
The Sacramento Bee reported (
'We're proud of who we are' 6/12/05 ) that there were
43 parade groups.
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 On
the stage
This year we kicked back and watched several acts on the
stage.
Gayle Von & Witness This were entertaining blues,
banter and fun as always.
Cheer SF always pump up the crowd and amaze us
with their acrobatics. I think I heard they have been
coming to Sac for 17 years and as a group have been entertaining
for 25 years. Y-e-a-h Cheer SF!
And our own Cheer Sacramento ( ^ pictured) put
on a show in conjunction with Cheer SF. Cheer Sac rocks!
You can see Cheer Sac acrobatics in the picture. Well
done, I'm proud of my locals.
The main stage MC was great! |
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The Lambda Center is
requesting any and all photos of the parade and event for their
archives, send them to
jason@lambdasac.org
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The diversity of this event Sacramento Pride 2005
(formerly known as the Freedom Fair) always amazes me.
Always. Amazes. We are one big family on this one
big planet.
So diverse was this affair that I signed a Republican
petition. No member of the Republican party here, but I
joined the Log Cabin Republicans effort to end "don't
ask, don't tell." I also signed the Stonewall Democrats
petition to Arnold to not support the state constitution
amendment to define marriage & revoke partner benefits.
News10 TV had about 30 seconds of coverage on the 6 o'clock
news broadcast. They reported the event went off "without
a hitch" and the video showed a mellow time and people having
fun, not one showy drag queen or bare ass in chaps.
dl. About the promotion of this event... I'm not
sure the promotion of "Sacramento Pride 2005" reached
everyone. George and Jeff, suburban couple, not bar
goers, not local gay press readers, arrived at the event in the
afternoon saying they just heard about it and didn't know there
was a parade this morning. There was no entry in
yesterday's Sacramento Bee Ticket events calendar. Was
this event on the down low for the GLBTI- community?
Bottom line, great event, good times, thanks to all
that made it happen, Cory Wilkerson by reading the program, and
all. Well done!
Your $7 admission fee is a fund raiser for our Lambda
Community Center
www.lambdasac.org .
Internet note: the event was so popular that the web
site www.sacpride.org
melted
Bandwidth Limit Exceeded The server is temporarily unable to
service your request due to the site owner reaching his/her
bandwidth limit. Please try again later. Apache/1.3.33 Server at
www.sacpride.org Port 80
As usual I apologize for the poor quality of the photos.
Updated 6/12/05 |
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All my pics are posted at
groups.yahoo.com/group/outsacramento in the photos section
in Sac Pride 2005.
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