Set:
| Beards | Destiny, She Drives a Rolls | Golden Girls Theme [Andrew Gold] | Hell-Bent Woman | Refrigerator | Mystic Princess | Fluffy Little Hands | All the Young Dudes [David Bowie] |
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| Poster designed by Tony L. Kollman |
For the fourth time in five summers, we played the Loring Stage at the Twin Cities Pride Festival. And this year, the attendees had a lot to celebrate in terms of state and federal legislation regarding gay rights. The entire festival had an energy unlike that of previous years. Instead of a "let's do this" vibe, it was a "we did it" vibe. People are usually celebratory at this fest, but this year it was different. It was good.
We played a selection of stuff from Beards as well as a couple favorites of ours at Pride: "Refrigerator" and "Golden Girls." The crowd dug it and more people than in previous years stopped as they passed by to sit in the grass and enjoy the tunes. Kids were dancing and playing, including my son Josiah. He was, as he calls it, "run-dancing." Everyone had a great time.
And, as always at Pride, we had an American Sign Language interpreter on stage signing our lyrics. It's always fun to see what our songs look like. And during the song "Beards" she got a real workout with all the names in the song. She just gave up on some of them. I felt for her.
We're always happy to play at Pride and to celebrate with everyone. It's always such a great, inclusive, welcoming environment. Can't wait for next year!
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