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Pride in Concert, the 2009 Pride Festival Headline Show Saturday, June 27 at 5:30pm on the Loring Stage. Tickets for Pride in Concert are $12 in advance and $15 at the gate. The show is open to those 18 and up. featuring Exposé Kat DeLuna Kristine W Tori Fixx Mara Levi With music by DJ Red Richard and special guests Ton E. Fly and Miss Shannon from B96 Radio Tickets are now on sale. Buy Online and Save $3! Print Your Tickets at Home |
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Age Restricted Beer will be served in the entire concert area Saturday Night! For this reason, the Loring Stage area will be open only to those 18 and up from 5:30pm on Saturday until the end of the evening. You must be 18 to party, 21 to drink! |
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Online Tickets Save $3 Purchasing your tickets online will save you $3! Tickets are $12 in advance or $15 at the gate. |
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Pride in Concert 2009 Saturday, June 27 • 5:30pm • Loring Stage |
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After the tremendous response of their first two singles, "Point of No Return" and "Exposed To Love", it was clear that an entirely new era of dance music was about to spread around the world. Some called it "The Miami Sound", others referred to it as Freestyle, 80's Dance, Dance/Pop. We knew them as Exposé and one thing was for certain...music would never be the same again. Exposé consisted of Jeanette Jurado, Gioia Bruno, and Ann Curless. Toward the end of 1986, Exposé released their debut album Exposure. Led by the huge pop/dance hit "Come Go With Me," this album proved to be one of the most successful dance albums ever released, going multi-platinum. In 1987, a re-recorded version of "Point of No Return" was released (with Jurado performing lead vocals). "Let Me Be the One" followed next and performed well on both the Pop charts and R&B charts, and Exposé established a distinction from other "girl groups" with this single. As Gioia performed lead vocals for this song, it soon became apparent that each member would alternate singing lead vocals to each song as opposed to maintaining one lead singer for the group. Their biggest hit occurred in the winter of 1988 with the single "Seasons Change," along with that came a Soul Train Award nomination for Best New Artist, appearances on Solid Gold, Showtime At The Apollo and served as the opening act for Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam during their tour. In addition, Exposé surpassed The Beatles and The Supremes for having the most top 10 hit singles on the Billboard Hot 100 released from a debut album. After the group took time off, Jurado performed in the stage play "Mad Hattan," supplied vocals for Jazz artist Nils, and later sang with a group called Safe Sax; Moneymaker married soap opera actor Peter Reckell and released two solo albums (Like A Blackbird and Through These Basement Walls); Curless engaged in song writing, supplied vocals to several club/dance projects and provided academic instruction on music and the music business. Both Jeanette & Ann took time away from the business to start families and enjoy being parents. In 1997, Bruno fully recovered from her throat problems and began singing again. After a small stint with the band Wet, she worked on a solo career focused mostly on dance-oriented material. Her single releases "Free To Be", "From The Inside", and "Wreckin' My Nerves" lit up dance floors around the world. Her first album, Expose This, was released in the Spring of 2004. A solo release entitled "Why Did You Call Me" is set to be released in late 2006. On August 1, 2003, the lineup of Curless, Jurado, and Moneymaker reunited briefly for a reunion concert at the Mid State Fair in Paso Robles, CA. Members of Safe Sax, including guitarist/musical director/road manager Steve Fansler, were part of the live band Exposé used. On October 21, 2006, Exposé performed for the first time since August 1, 2003 at the AmericanAirlines Arena in Miami for the "Freestyle Explosion" concert. This performance also featured the official return of Bruno to the group. Exposé consists of the original vocalists: Ann Curless, Gioia Bruno and Jeanette Jurado. The touring band, under the Musical Direction of Steve Fansler, features Tony De Augustine on drums, Doug Turley on bass guitar, former Oingo Boingo keyboardist Mike Bacich, and Steve Fansler on guitar. |
After the huge success Kat DeLuna had with her debut Gold single, "Whine Up" featuring Elephant Man, the 20-year-old star-on-the-rise hit 2008 with her second smash single "Run The Show" featuring Busta Rhymes and Don Omar.
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Kristine W - a fixture on the dance scene since her 1996 hit-packed Rollo produced debut album, "Land of the Living" - is a rare blend: a showy singer with astounding vocal fire power and a confessional songwriters ethic. In addition to her latest single, "The Boss" - currently reigning supreme on Billboard's Club Play chart - she's working on two double-CD projects; a straight-up dance album - "The Power of Music", with producers like Grammy Award winner Hex Hector and Quentin Harris - and "Straight Up With a Twist", a reimagining of her biggest dance hits in a bossa nova style. "You really get smart really fast in this business, because things change so quickly," she says. "If you don't figure out how to survive it all, you'll be at the back of the line." The ultimate chameleon artist, Kristine has proven she can survive. She's topped the dance charts eleven times; nine of which were consecutive, breaking records previously held by Madonna and Janet Jackson. She is a fourth generation entertainer hailing from Pasco, Washington, After winning titles as Miss Tri-Cities, Miss Washington and placing first in the talent competition at the Miss America pageant, Kristine when on to pursue her educational and musical dreams in Las Vegas, where she found success headlineing her own show at the Las Vegas Hilton. Numerous awards followed, including several "Las Vegas Entertainer of the Year" wins and being officially sanctioned as the entertainer who performed more live shows at the Las Vegas Hilton than any other performer in hits history - including Elvis. This award led to June 28th being officially sanctioned Kristine W day in the State of Nevada. |
Tori Fixx is known as one of the first out hip hop artists, yet his career has sent him on a path so much further than just that. He also produces music for other noted out performers such as Goddess and She, Deadlee, Jesse O and Johnny Dangers to name a few. The Minneapolis-based recording artist, producer, DJ (better known as DJ Naughty Boy); vocalist and emcee has been heralded as the "most ready for prime time" by music critic Ernest Hardy (Vibe, Rolling Stone) in a summer 2007 article on the genre in the nationwide publication, The Advocate. In addition to working with other artists, Tori Fixx has released a number of solo albums over the last decade including "Marry Me", which was named as one of The Advocate's top 10 indie CDs for 2005; the title song was a commentary on same-sex marriage and it was nominated for a 2005 Outmusic Award for Out Song of the Year. He appeared in the 2005 documentary Pick Up the Mic about the GLBT hip hop scene; he had produced music for or worked with half of the artists in the film. His most recent work called "CODE RED" was released last year to coordinate with the launch of the very well produced HomoRevolution Tour, of which Fixx was one of the headliners. His participation in the tour and the release of Code Red earned him interviews in the MTV/LOGO sponsored AfterElton.com web site as well as featured interviews in the Minnesota Daily News and Out Magazine. He also landed a few tracks in the Maurice Jamal directed film, "Dirty Laundry". He appeared on the Tyra Banks Show, and CNN's Paula Zahn Now show. In 2008, Tori Fixx has transcended musical barriers. His release of "Couture CR-2" is a fashionable body of work that's not Hip-Hop, House or R&B. It's all of the above and represents all things trendy, funky, fast forward and queer. He has proven himself as an artist with keep pop sensibilities that will transform musical perceptions for years to come. |
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Mara Levi is a Smart Pop musician who specializes in transcending musical genres and building live multi-layered loops to accompany her songs. Her music is catchy and intelligent, and mixes bluegrass, hip-hop, folk, pop, and jazz. Classically trained, Mara grew up listening to folk music, studied jazz composition, and fell in love with Rock and Roll. Mara has been touring nationally for six years, and has had great success with her CD, What Are You? which features songs like The Homo Song, and Angelina. Come see Mara live and ask about being included in her Installation Art project, The What Are You? Project or check it out on her website! (coming soon). More about Mara: Mara began her solo musical career in 2002 after Kid Sampson broke up. Her first solo CD, "Life's a Ball," reflects her rock and roll upbringing as well as her folk sensibilities. Mara's music has evolved to encompass not only pop and folk music, but her jazz and classical roots as well. Mara plays Smart Pop Music: Music that is catchy and accessible, but also intricate and smart. She sings about politics, love, and stalking celebrities, all with characteristic wit and signature complexity. Mara's second solo CD, "What Are You?" is a departure from the style of her first solo release. Intentionally eclectic, the album and its title directly confront the notion that anyone can be easily defined, or that people should be expected to have an answer to the question, "What Are You?" Mara recorded every track on the album from her home in DC, using only instruments that she could play herself. The result is an album that sounds less like top-40 radio, and more like a reflection of Mara's varied musical interests. Many of the background vocals were arranged to mimic vocal groups from the '40s and '50s; bass parts run the gamut from simple bluegrass to actual countermelodies; improvised trumpet and vocal parts join open voicings of common chords to add elements of jazz; one song takes its structure and background vocals directly from Johannes Brahms; old and new voicings and sounds combine to give the album a complex and very human range and diversity. |
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Exposé
Kat DeLuna
