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April
2003
Get
the Dish with Miss Priscilla Pride!
by Miss
Priscilla Pride
Here
comes Peter’s Cottontail, hoppin' down Sunrise Highway’s
trail. Hippity hoppity Easter’s on its way! Tellin’ the
Long Island boys, his basket’s full of Easter joys. Peter’s
Cottontail will make your Easter bright and gay! His ‘pepperoni’ is
Tommy’s (HHHmmmm), his colored eggs (ouch) are Drew’s,
there's an orchid for Priscilla and an Easter bonnet
too. YEAH! SOOOOO…Here comes Peter’s Cottontail. Fluff
it up and make him wail. Hippity hoppity, Happy Easter
Day!
One
more time for all my Jewish gays!
Here
comes Peter’s Cottontail, hoppin' down Sunrise Highway’s
trail. Hippity hoppity Passover is on its way! Bringin'
the Long Island goys, his basket full of Seder joys.
Peter’s Cottontail will make your Passover bright and
gay! His ‘shank bone’ now is Tommy’s, his matzo balls
are Drew’s, there's an orchid for Priscilla and a Passover
yarmulke too. YEAH! SOOOOO…Here comes Peter’s Cottontail.
Fluff it up and make him wail. Hippity hoppity, it’s
Passover Day!
Easter and Passover, two very significant
times in our religious history boy and girls. Priscilla
means no disrespect she just wants to make sure everyone
knows it’s just her satirical wit and witticisms that everyone
has come to love and nothing ever is intended to hurt.
It seems April is a packed month kids…
As the saying goes, COFFEE, TEA
OR ME? (Wink, wink!)
That’s right kids, as the song says, ‘don’t
buy sugar, you just have touch my cup. You’re my sugar;
it’s sweet when you stir it up!’ As you read this I hope
you will stop and call to buy a ticket to that faboo event…the Gay & Lesbian
Switchboard of Long Island presents their Annual Coffee
House,
Friday April 4th. Priscilla will be Café-ing
Au Lait-ing it with the community folks attending and enjoying
the sweet sounds and treats! It starts at 8 PM and will
cost you $20 in advance or $23 at the door…that door being
The New Huntington Town House on Jericho Turnpike in Huntington
Station…hurry, you can still make it. The lineup of performers
includes hottie Michael Bonti with sexy Lisa Lally, The
Long Island Pride Chorus cutie patooties, Dennis Milone
and Estrogen…is it hot in here or what? Please, run and
get to this faboo evening and support this very worthy
group. The Switchboard volunteer staff provides such wonderful
services over the phone for those in need in our community.
From information calls, to cries for help calls…these special
volunteers must be commended and applauded for all their
hard work for our community. KISSES from Priscilla, you
do Long Island Proud! Visit their website today, www.glsbli.com,
and see how you can help! Call (631) 399-2234 for ticket
information and remember…ALL PAID TICKETS WILL BE HELD
AT THE DOOR!
Come on along & listen to, the lullaby of Broadway,
the Hit Parade and ballyhoo, the lullaby of Broadway…
SCOOP… a benefit for Auntie
M’s Helping Hands Inc., sponsored by Eddie Finan and
his new play… OH SO DIVINE… who knew we had
another Oscar Wilde in our midst. I love theater and
plan to have a front row
seat. Eddie finally got a cast together and signed on none
other than my sister… Ariel Sinclair as the lead… FABOO!
I’m teary, weepy…yesterday Miss Long Island, today local
star, tomorrow… who knows… American Drag Idol! What? It
could happen! Anyway, Sunday April 6th and
April 13th, at the Creative Ministries Performing
Arts Center on Montauk Highway in Oakdale at 7PM the doors
will open and the crowds will no doubt cheer for this premiere
event. Other cast members include: Dominick Rose, Bill
McCarthy and Miss Peggy. The incredible director and choreographer
extraordinaire, Mr. Matthew Quinn, is working incredible
magic with Eddie’s script… I smell Tony awards here…the
envelope please! Call (631) 218-2810 for your tickets,
$20, and yes they may be purchased at the door, but I wouldn’t
wait…I smell a sell out.
Other show biz news came across my desk this past month…
A Bite Of Broadway needs a rehearsal space one or two nights
or weekends to supplement LIGALY’s generous donation of
space. So if anyone knows of a space or has any ideas or
wants to get involved…call Lauren at (516) 319-6353 or
email them at biteofbroadway@aol.com.
…I’m a man’s ideal of a perfect meal, right down to the
demitasse. I’m a hungry joy for a girl or boy and what’s
more, I’m a-cookin’ with gas! I’m a gumdrop, a sweet
lollipop, and a recipe right from the book! And what’s
more baby, I CAN COOK… oh, I remember those lyrics from
my one-woman show!
And cook RS JONES does so well… I can just taste their culinary caloric cuisines…and
my dress designers will scream that I feted feverishly
while my dresses bust at the seams, but who cares it’s
all for a great group and a great cause… The Nassau
County Lesbian & Gay Democrats. That’s right, it’s their 2nd Annual
Spring Brunch!
Sunday - April 27th from 12 PM until 3 PM you
will find RS JONES packed with the who’s who of the Long
Island GLBT community. Once again our these noted notables
can be caught chowin’ down on some mighty fine home cookin’;
seeing some of them lickin’ their chops and trying to clap
while Bill Borman makes announcements is just too priceless.
So get those tickets early and don’t miss out on a fun
event. Tickets can be reserved by sending a check to NCL&G
Democrats, PO Box 334, Long Beach, NY 11561 or contact
them at NCGayDems@aol.com or call (516) 294-3366. Price
is $30 in advance and $35 at the door! To this worthy group
I send KISSES for all your work and the group’s too!
Take me out to the ball game; take me out to the park.
Get me some nuts from a vendor named Jack, off I go and
I’ll never come back…
It’s sport news time kids. LIPSA, Long Island Pride Sports
Association, announces
that it’s softball season kicks off May 1st.
And who should have a team, none other than a long lost
sibling of Miss Venise Charles… he’s back - CARLOS. That’s
right folks, Miss Venise Charles has left the building
and she will be missed! She is retiring…once again, but
this time it’s forever…can anyone say Naomi Judd… just
teasing girlfriend, you’re fierce and you know I l love
you. After the successful 5th Annual Drag
Invasion on April 26th, tickets still available at participating bars…BLANCHE,
THE
BUNKHOUSE, CLUB
608, AUNTIE
M’s, SIMPLE PLEASURES
and The
L.I. EAGLE, Miss Venise is off to a long awaited,
much needed rest on a secluded island…her brother CARLOS
is coming back with a vengeance and has formed his own
team for the LIPSA softball competition…Long Island Yanks… and
can CARLOS swing a bat and field some balls!
I’m sittin’ at DOCK OF THE
BAY, watching the hard workin’ lesbians
and gays, just sittin’ at 2003 DOCK OF THE BAY waiting
for silent auction time! Sittin’ here restin’ my bones,
bought so much and now how can I bring it home? Sittin’ at
2003 DOCK OF THE BAY and know I had a great time!
We all were given some good news recently… August 17th is
the date for GALFOLI’s annual Dock Of The Bay 2003 Summer
Party and their honorees this year are: Long Island Pride
Parade Inc., Tommy Leahy, David Kilmnick and Justine Schachter.
Worthy all! Visit www.galfoli.org for more information!
I’d like to close this month with a special tribute to one
of the most dedicated, loving and certainly most generous
women in our community… CAMILLE GNOLFO! Miss Camille closed Forevergreen on February 28th and it stunned some and
it was heartbreaking to us all. My soul sister, Camille,
always offered her bar for fund-raising events without
question but with oodles of PRIDE to help our community
groups raise money. But most importantly Camille, along
with her friends and bar staff, worked tirelessly to raise
money for Breast Cancer Awareness and Research through
those annual Fall fund-raisers. Camille’s been honored
several times over the years including a couple of years
ago at Dock Of The Bay 2001. She’s a class act and Forevergreen
will be missed but we all know Camille is here to stay
and that our community has not seen the last of her yet!
So CAMILLE… KISSES and HUGS, LOVE and SMILES for a bright
future!
Bye for now, Priscilla!
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