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You are cordially invited to the MCC room in the Actor’s Guild build- Anyone who was lucky enough
Grand Opening of the new GLSO ing in 1995. When MCC moved to to be in the audience for the June
Pride Center of the Bluegrass on Waller Ave. in 1996, a favorable 1999 concert " Sing OUt-" highlight-
Saturday, June 2 from 3 to 6 at 389 lease arrangement with the Church ing the 125 men and women from
Waller Avenue, Suite 100. Come made space available for the first Voices of Kentuckiana, Lexington
enjoy an open house with food, drink, Pride Center. While the Church had Men's Chorus and SisterSound, Will
and entertainment. See how the no involvement in the day to day run- tell you not to miss their upcoming
Pride Center has turned out and ning of the Pride Center, their contri— concerts for Pride.
become a part of its history. bution was invaluable. "No Turning Back" concerts for
The Pride Center first became a GLSO has managed the Pride Kentucky Pride, Wiii be presented in
reality five years ago after years of Center for the last six years. In that Louisville on June 9th at Born at the
work by countless members of our time it grew from shared space to Comstock Concert Hall and again in
community. The seeds were planted renting the entire second floor office Lexington June 16th at 8pm at the
many years ago when the Stonewall and became a meeting place for Singletary Center for the Arts. The
Network coordinate Pride Month and many community groups. combined numbers include "We
then organized a committee dedicate When it became obvious that the Shall Overcome," "Make Our
to raising fur-es it; '3 Pride Center for Center needed to change again in Garden Grow" from the Broadway
the GLBT community. As a result of order to better serve our community, musical Candide, "HOW Can i Stop
the vision and dedication of many GLSO began the arduous task of Singing My Song" and "Ain't N0
people, enough seed money was planning the new Pride Center. More Turning Back."
raised and turned over to GLSO to money was needed, so grants were Lexington Men's Chorus under
back the first Pride Center which written and the community was the direction ofTim Glassocck is in
opened in 1996. asked to give more. New vision was it'S 11th Season. Listen closely to
Another important partner in the needed, so a committee was asked to ..continued on page 2
history of the Pride Center was plan the future of the Pride Center
Lexington's Metropolitan Community and set priorities for serving our
Church. GLSO started meeting in the changing community. A new space
was envisioned and a very hardwork-
\ ing and talented group came forward
to make the new Pride Center a
physical reality.
We as a community owe a great
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