[PCNJ-news] NJ Pride News Special! - 6/1/06

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The Pride Center of New Jersey
News & Updates - June 1, 2006

Happy Pride Month!  See you all in Asbury Park on June
3rd!

Join the Pride Center of NJ today!
www.pridecenter.org

Now is a great time to make your annual donation to
the Pride Center of NJ!  Check out the membership page
of the website www.pridecenter.org

1. PRIDE POKER TOURNAMENT - June 3
2. PRIDE PARADE ROUTE - June 4
3. YOUTH FACILITATOR NEEDED ASAP
4. NJ GAY MEN'S CHORUS - June 3
5. NEW JERSEY GAY MEN’S CHORUS - June 3 
6. Queer-A-Muse-A-Mic-A-Palooza! - June 3 
7. PCNJ PICNIC at RUTGERS LOG CABIN - Sept 9

1. PRIDE POKER TOURNAMENT - June 3 
Come join JPI for our First  Annual  Pride  Poker 
Tournament.  $10 donation gets you a seat at a
randomly drawn table, limited to the first 64 players.
 Prizes include the title of Pride Poker Champ 2006,
as well as trophy and optional picture/story in next
Pride's magazine.   Re-buys if available are $15, as
well as sign up at the door. 
 
Texas hold-em, No limits all money will benefit Jersey
Pride, New Jersey Lesbian & Gay Coalition, and the
Pride Center of NJ. 
Starting at 8:00 PM Saturday night June 3rd in the
Lounge at the Official hotel for Pride weekend, the
Berkeley-Carteret Oceanfront Hotel in Asbury Park.  
For info, and reservations send email to
info at jerseypride.org or call 732-214-2965.

2. PRIDE PARADE ROUTE - June 3
Jersey Pride is pleased to announce that the route for
NJ's 15th Annual LGBTI Pride Parade has been finalized
with the City of Asbury Park.  Due to construction in
and around Asbury Park's oceanfront, the parade will
stage this year at City Hall, which is located at
Mattison Ave and Main Street.  Groups should begin
arriving at the staging area at 11 AM.  The parade
will step off at noon.  The parade route is as
follows:  South on Main Street, East on Cookman
Avenue, North on Grand Avenue, and East on Sunset
Avenue.   The parade will end at the festival and
rally grounds which are located at Sunset and Ocean
Avenues.  
It is not too late to register for the parade.  Please
email Jersey Pride at info at jerseypride.org if your
group would like to march and has not yet registered. 

The 15th Annual LGBTI Pride Celebration, sponsored by
Bank of America, will be held on Sunday June 4th in
Asbury Park, NJ.  The event features live music, over
150 vendors, food, outdoor display of the Names
Project AIDS Memorial Quilt, Prudential Financial's
Family Zone, and a fabulous parade.  Headline
performance by Village People.  For more information
please contact Jersey Pride:  www.jerseypride.org,
info at jerseypride.org, or (732) 214-2965.  


3. YOUTH FACILITATOR NEEDED ASAP 
The Youth Drop-In is looking for new youth
facilitators to participate on one of three Saturdays
each month! If interested, please call PCNJ at
732-846-2232 then press "1" to leave a message on the
Center's youth voice mail.  

4.  NJ Gay Men's Chorus - June 3
Come to the NJ Gay Men's Chorus' 15th Anniversary
Concert, which is next Saturday, June 3, at 8 PM at
the Middlesex County College Performing Arts Center,
Edison, NJ.
The concert will feature music that the chorus has
performed in the past 15 
years, as well as some pieces that are new to the
group.  Styles range from 
the classical (Debussy's "Invocation", Faure's
"Cantique de Jean Racine" and 
Biebl's "Ave Maria"), to the gospel-influenced "Story
of My Angel" by Anne 
LeBaron (who will attend and participate in the
concert through a Meet the 
Composer grant), to a set of gay folk songs written by
Leo Schwartz for the 
chorus: "Cowboys, Indians, Bears and Whips."  The set
is rounded out by some 
arrangements of movie songs such as "From a Distance"
and "Seize the Day" 
and a set of songs from "Sing for the Cure" which we
recently performed in 
Carnegie Hall.
"Upper Octave", a newly formed group of women who are
friends of the chorus, 
will join us in celebrating our anniversary.  We hope
that you will also!
 
5. NEW JERSEY GAY MEN’S CHORUS - June 3
The New Jersey Gay Men’s Chorus. Steven Russell,
Director, marks a milestone in their history with
their 15th Anniversary season with their annual pride
concert, entitled “15 Years Young – An Anniversary
Celebration”, on Saturday, June 3, at 8:00 PM at the
beautifully renovated Performing Arts Center at
Middlesex County College, 2600 Woodbridge Ave.,
Edison, New Jersey. 
Tickets for the evening are $18 for adults, $15 for
seniors and students in advance and are available by
visiting the Chorus Web site at www.njgmc.org, by
contacting the Chorus at 609-396-7774. In addition,
tickets can be purchased at participating ticket
outlets throughout Central New Jersey.  Tickets may
also be purchased at the door for $20. 

The concert will present a rich assortment of music
reflective of the musical history and versatility of
the chorus these many years, and features works to
preview what lay ahead in the future.  Music by
composers Debussey, Faure, Cassals & Biebl will be
heard along with songs by Judy Gold, Alan Menken, and
selections from “Sing for the Cure”, which gave the
chorus the opportunity to make its debut at Carnegie
Hall this year.  In addition, the concert will give
the local premiere to “Cowboys, Indians, Bears &
Whips: Folksongs of Gay America” by Leo Schwartz. 
Guest composer Anne LeBaron will be on hand to discuss
the premier of her work ”Story of My Angel" for treble
voices and digitally processed piano, which features
guest ensemble “Upper Octave”.


6. Queer-A-Muse-A-Mic-A-Palooza! - June 3
OUT OF THE BOX Open Mic and Jersey Pride, Inc. 
are proud to present the 2nd Annual
Queer-A-Muse-A-Mic-A-Palooza!
SATURDAY, June 3rd at 7:30 pm
at the Berkeley Carteret Oceanfront Hotel
1401 Ocean Avenue, Asbury Park, NJ 07712
(732) 776-6700
To know which room we are in, look for signs in the
lobby!
$5 donation 
light gnosh & beverages served
OUT OF THE BOX is an open mic for
ALL TYPES OF PERFORMERS AND LISTENERS
gay, straight, bi, trans, poly, queer, lesbian,
label-ful or label-free! 
Hosted by PANDORA SCOOTER & STEPHEN
OUT OF THE BOX is an open mic for all types of
performers: comics, storytellers, musicians, poets,
drag royalty, mango-jugglers.  Listeners and Sharers
of all types are welcome and celebrated.  OUT OF THE
BOX has been running for 3 1/2 years at the Pride
Center of New Jersey, drawing crowds of between 50-70
people each month.  If you've got something on your
mind or in your heart that you want to share, this is
the place to do it!  (Sign up happens the night of the
event, first-come/first-served basis, generally
open-mic'ers get 5-7 minutes.)  

7. PCNJ PICNIC at RUTGERS LOG CABIN - Sept 9
Save the date and join us for the annual Pride Center
Benefit Picnic at the Rutgers University Gardens and
Log Cabin.
September 9, 2006
Members: $20
Non-Members: $25
Games, Food, Door Prizes, Friends!

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