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BoxBox 259125,259125, Madison, WIWI 53725-912553725-9125 [email protected] LI; 23 _ectiffc't Weetzenct 94 JVciuttii, 11,tetzed gig- etcome rDmng wit "The Grand 0I2E Gal From the South" O Carniella Marcella Garcia re4- eiD CO) • Om44 rD With Her Very Special Guest gif Victoria "Pork Chop" Parker elD F Labor Day weekend don't miss out none of the biggest shows of the year O et At 94. North Saturday September 3rd O Show starts at 1'1:00 p.m. i=. For more info and directions call the club at (262) 857-9240 • Miss City vi Fefeiva4(f 14/0vai rf Fat,eive(( SAotto that makes you feelfeel likelike you should bebe danc-danc- ing inin the bright sunlight. The track reminds memeofsomethingKylieMinoguewouldrecord, of something Kylie Minogue would record. It's followedfollowed immediately by a much darker track,track. PeterPeter Rauhofer's elusive mixmix of How Would U Feel,Feel, coming coming in in at at a a good good seven seven min-min- utes long.long. JillJill ScottScott offersoffers divadiva vocal,vocal. Robbie Rivera's club club hithit isis a blend of house music withwithanalternativerockvocaledge-greattrack. an alternative rock vocal edge-great track. From there,there, it's it's a a string string of of peakpeak hour divadiva anthems thatthat packpack a punch, including RuPaulRupaul taking on a house classic inin anan incredibleincredible hard dub. And discdisc 22 isis virtuallyvirtually flawless,flawless, with with one one peak hour diva anthem afterafter another. another. SomeSome MASTERBEAT:IWA5TERBEAT: SPF20 =PF=D will defenitly become clubclub classics.classics. Blue WaterWater opens opens thethe disc,disc, andand isis definitelydefinitely So latherlather up, press play andand enjoy yourself..yourself„.. one of those hihi nrgnrg funkfunk vocalvocal house trackstracks Disc: 1I 1.1 .Blue Blue WaterWater [the[the Lovefreekz VocalVocal Mix]Mix] -- BlackBlack Rock 2. How Would U Feel [Peter Rauhofer ClubClub Mix]Mix] - David Morales 3. Whatever [Mr.[Mr. Mig Powerful Love Extended Club]Club] -- Jill Scott 4. Which Way You're Going [Club Mix] 5. Most Precious LoveLove [Tiger[Tiger Stripes Remix]Remix] 6.6, Lift ltIt UpUp [D)[DJ Paulo & JamieJamie J.I. SanchezSanchez Mix] -- InayaInaya DayDay 7. Workout [Eric[Eric Kupper Dub] - RupaulRuPaul 8. Everybody BeBe Somebody [Positana[Positana Mix]Mix] -- YavahnYavahn 9.9, Back to Love [Friscia Sr& Lamboy's I.amboy's BigBig Room Room Anthem Anthem Mix] -- RachelRachel PanayPanay 10. Here I Am [Kaskade[Kaskade Club Mix] --Keenan. Keenan. Tamra Disc: 2 1.1 .Rain Rain [Original[Original Mix] -- OfferOffer Nissim 2.2, Illusion [Tribal Mix] 3.3, Wonder of ltIt AllAll [Offer Nissim Mix] - Kristine W. 4. Ends of the EarthEarth [Tony [Tony MoranMoran ClubClub Mix]Mix] 5. Live You AllAll Over Civer [Offer [Offer Nissim Nissim Mix]Mix] -- DeborahDeborah Cooper 6. You Wouldn'tWouldn`t Know How [Tony Moran &Sr Warren RIggRigg VocalVocal Mix] Mix] - -SarahSarah AterethAtereth 7. That's the WayWay I I,ikeLike Itlt [Peter Rauhofer Re-Construction]Re-Construction] -- OfferOffer NissimNissim 8. House of Jupiter [Boris'[Boris' CrobarCrobar ClubClub Mix] - Casey StrattonStratton 9. Here and NowNow [Cicada [Cicada Mix]Mix] 10. Get Up, StandStand Up [Emma[Emma PhunkPhunk Investigation Club Vocal Mix]Mix] - -StellarStellar ProjectProject 1212 ThAhlt i ii iv) fAe pies DAh 6c ShAsmie Now forfop aa couple otherother. commentscomment,s abouta,bout the the "Voice"Voice of of Madison." Madison." Pepper MashayMashay waswas herehere aa, year yea,I ago ago at at Club Club 5, 5, why why wouldn't wouldn't I haveI ha,ve anotheranot,her. performer performer thisthis year?year? PepperPepper waswas booked forfor sometimesomet,ime alreadyalrea,dy thist,his year. year. For Fop Travis Thavis to tosay say that that both both events events should should be be skipped, inin my opinion isis aa lack ofof commoncommon sense sense and a,nd disrespect disrespect to to both venues. TheThe moremore eventsevents going onon PridePI.ide weekend weekend the the better, better, itit JocilynJO[ilun Santana=anEana Oh I was extremelyextremely nervous like any other gives thethe out-of-townersout,-of-touners and and others othelis a a, chance chance to to pick pick the the event event they they like any other contestant but the differencedifference was that itit was want to attend,a,ttend, regardlessrega,pdless if ifother ot,her. straight straight venues venues had ha,d a "gay a, "gay my secondsecond big state pageant and I haven'thaven't night," andand diddid whateverwha,tever they they did did "out "out of of bitterness bitt,epness and and rivalry rivalry to to Where areare you been doingdoing this for very longlong allall the other stealstea,I business,"business," as as quotedquoted by by Travis. 'ma,vis. from? contestants were very beautiful and talented Nor should it rna,ttepmatter whowho booked booked what what event event first,. Club 5 is an ts,AOriginally Originally from from first. Club 5 is an and have done many pageants.pageants. ButBut I came out LGBT bar, bar, and and always a,lways will win be be first filist, and foremost, dedica,ted to t,he Turkey andand moved and foremost dedicated to the and tooktook some reallyreally good advice from Sasha LGBT community. commulty. to Chicago when II Valentino oneone year year whenwhen sheshe answered answered an waswas5 5 an onstage question andand said thatthat '.anything"anything isis People far far too too often often try try to to stir stir problems problems within within the the Gay Gay commu- co-u- possible if you come How youngyoung are possible if you come with hard work and nity, andand theythey forget,fonget, we we are are all an gay gay and and if if we we can't can't get get along a,long dedication eventually it will pay off " you? eventually it will pay off" without creatingcreating soso manymany problems,problems, drama dpana, and and biases, biases, how can we you? how can we August 28th will expect the heterosexual communitycommunity to accept op understand us. What was youryour firstFirst thoughtthought when you won accept or understand us. be my 24th Birth- when you won MissMlss III}nofsIllinois Continental?Continental? day Hopefully wewe can a,uall rememberpemembep what what PridePride is all a,bout.about. We We I felt veryvery proud,proud. anotheranother goal accomplished. should all sitsit back and reflect on who we areal`e andand how wewe becamebecane Where dodo youyou work atat (like a bar orol club)? What isls your goal Eon the national competi- who we ape.are. I currently work at Club Liquid in Davenport for the national competi- tion Miss Continental? Iowa with anan amazing and supportingsupporting clubclub To have an amazing and wonderful experi- I could go8o onon andand on, but now it's timetime toto close.close. Thank you forfop owners and aa talentedtalented andand beautiful show experi- ence.ence, andand showshow everyoneeveryone thethe talenttalent thatthat ii havehave takingtahing t,hethe time to I.ea,dread it.it,. Your Your comments comments etc. et,c. are al.e always atways wel- wel- cast.cast' to offer, make top twelve and continue to comed. [email protected]@aol.com. to offer, make top twelve and continue to Who do you idolize? come back every yearyear until thethe dayday comes where II will be sitting next toto EricaErica Andrews IN PRIDE I cancan give youyou aa fewfew thatthat I look up to and Idol-Idol- Andrews and TommieTommie RossRoss in the balcony of the Vic ize andand theythey areare allall so so Different, Different, MonicaMonica in the balcony of the Vic Theater watchingwatching andand guessingguessing which which girlgirl I Ed Glunewald Munro.Munro, Mimi Marks,Marks, Jodie ]odie Santana, Santana, Candy Candy Grunewald will crown. Club 5 Stratton, Erica AndrewsAndrews and and the the personperson whowho first putput meme inin dragdrag andand knownknown sincesince II waswas AfterAf:ter MissMiss Continental Continental (Labor day week- six Stella BiBi Starlight! (Labor day week- end), where willwill MissMlss Jocelyn]ocelyn SantanaSantana gogo Elomfrom there? Serving thethe needs ofof Rockford's How did you get started ln in the the art art oE of i;emale female Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Bisexual, impersonation? )ocilynJocilyn Santana will take a month break toto gogo Transgender and Questioning visit her mommom inin LondonLondon and travel to Tur- Dyers.' and Questioning I used to tag along Stella (Bi Starlight) Starlight) andand help and travel to Tur- 'Rockford Community for for overover 10 years. key and Egypt.Egypt. 10 years. her withwith her bagsbags and thenthen sheshe introduced me to an amazing Entertainer and personperson byby Tuesday'S -Porenti.ng w/.th Pri.c/e - Support for gciy and lesbian parents - 6 -7:30 p.in. Any advice,advice, comments comments or ol suggestions suggestions to to the the Tuesday's - Parenting with Pride - Support for gay and lesbian parents - 6 - 7:30 p.m. the namename ofof CandiCandi Stratton and II will nevernever Wednosday'S - Rcii.nbow Chri.sti.an Fe//owshi.p - Bible study and support for the GLBTQ Christian Edge readers? Wednesday's - Rainbow Christian Fellowship - Bible study and support for the GLBTQ Christian forget the dayday wewe were sittingsitting inin her bath-bath- Community. 77 p.m.p.in. Diversity Diversity Resource Resource Center Center room in Chicago and she would paint half of Thursday'S - Youth Drop-/ri Hours - Providing a safe place for gay, lesbian, bisexual and room in Chicago and she would paint half of Thursday's - Youth Drop-In Hours - Providing a safe place for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender youth youth ages ages 13-20 13-20 - -4-9 4-9 p.in. p.m. DiversityDiversity ResourceResource Center face andand make me paint the other halfhalf overover Friday'sFl.iday'S -Gay- Gay Men'5 Men's Di.scuss..ori Discussion GroupGroup --7 7 -8- 8 p.in.p.m. and over again till about 3 o'clock inin thethe morn- Look Transgend®r Croup - Meets the second Sunday of the month cit 3 p.in. Diverslty Resource Center. Transgender Group - Meets the second Sunday of the month at 3 p.m. Diversity Resource Center. ing tilltill II came closeclose enough toto the side she outOut PFLAC Parents, Families, Friends of Lesbians and Gciys -Meets at 7 p.in. on the second Sundciy of PFLAG Parents, Families, Friends of Lesbians and Gays - Meets at 7 p.m. on the second Sunday of painted,painted. Candi alsoalso introducedintroduced meme to to another another every month at the Unitarian Universalist Church, 4848 Turner Road, Rockford, IL for every month at the Unitarian Universalist Church, 4848 Turner Rood, Rockford, IL amazing person by the name ofof }odieJodie Santana Me....Me".. who has helpedhelped meme emotionallyemotionally and physi-physi- For more information, call 964-2639 cir visit c>ur Web s;Ie al www.diversityofrockford.cirg For more information, call 964-2639 or visit our Web site at www.diversityofrockford.org cally insideinside and outside ofof drag.drag. Diversity of RockfordRockford Resource Center Center 117117 South South 3rd3rd SII.eel, Street, RockfordRockfoi.d IL lL 964-2639 964-2639 I'M Tell usus aboutabout Miss IllinoisIllinois Continental. READY! 20 1313 When youyou are up there you should the Editor: R-T.T,r.`.,;1,?,.'-.Echeck out thethe MallMall ofof AmericaAmerica closeclose to Letter to by Bailey D downtown MN.MN. If you have never been I.ettertotheGdito# there, and likelike to shop you will lovelove thisthis 'I'heThe articlearticle writtenwl.itt,en by by Travis Tra,vis Copeland Copeland in inthe t,he last la,st issue issue of ofEdge, Edge, Welcome to Montage! I hopehope everyone place. A lot of the stores are repeat place, A lot of the stores are repeat "The VoiceVoice of of Madison," Madison," has has inspired inspired me me to to write wl.ite this this letter lettel' to to thethe has had a great pridepride month,month, andand allall thethe stores, but it is still four levels of shop- editoreditol' of EdgeEdge magazine.magazine. The The last la,st statement sta,t,ement, of the of t,hearticle a,rticle stated, stated, pride fests went great. Now after all the also a lot of place pride fests went great. Now after all the ping heaven. ThereThere areare also a lot of place "Skip the commel.ciaHsmcommercialism and getget backback t,oto t,hethe roots-OURroots-OUR roots."Iioot,s." traveling everyoneeveryone hashas done to get toto traveling to eat there includingincluding a Hooters for their "Let's"Let,'s makemake "PRIDE""PRDE" meanmea,n something somet,hing this t,his year." yea,I." Unfortunately, Uhfortunately, he he each pride fest most peoplepeople are probably great wings, or aa RainRain forestforest Café.Cafe. Other Other didn't write aboutabout wha,t,what Pride PI.ide really I`eally meant, meant,, or opwhat what it meantit, meant, to t,o in need ofof a realreal vacation to just sit and wise youyou can go toto the food courtcourt and him. relax. II havehave done done aa lotlot of traveling in pick from allall thethe placesplaces there,there, II amam suresure my 26 years and I know of a lot of great you will not be disappointed when youyou Tpa,visTravis is is right, right, commercialismcommel.cialism of of Pride Pride has ha,s been been overdone overdone places to go. SoSo letlet usus packpack our our bags,bags, and and are there. For youyou racingracing fans, fans, if if any any throughout thethe country, withoutwithout thethe meaningmeaning ofof what what PridePride is is oror head outout forfor vacation!vacation! there isis a simulator thatthat youyou cancan gogo into how itit, camecane a,bout,.about. But, But, unfortunately, unfortunately, commercialism commercia,1ism makes makes and pretendpretend likelike youyou areare actuallyactually racing.racing. helps make the economyeconomy go round. It's It's notnot abouta,bout who who has has thet,he In the past articles II have talked about I have donedone thisthis andand it is awesome, itit isis biggest party,party, or or what what entertainerent,eltainer is is in in town, town, it's it,'s about a,bout the the Gay Gay the major places toto go andand see likelike LA,LA, better when youyou crash.crash. ItIt feelsfeels likelike you rightsright,s movementmovement inin thethe latela,t,e 60's 60's and and early ea,I.ly 70's. 70's. Stonewall Stonewa,ll was was always be West Hollyood.Hollyood, andand SouthSouth beach.beach. II havehave actually getting into the accident. One the founda,t,ionfoundation of of the the gay gay rights I'i8ht,s movement, movement,, and and should should always be who stood up and said also talked about what Milwaukee,Milwaukee, Chi- of thethe bestbest placesplaces to go when youyou are I.emembeped.remembered. Remembered Remembered for for the the people people who st,ood up and said The LGBT community should herald those who cago, andand Rockford havehave toto offeroffer people.people. there isis thethe funfun park. park. TheyThey havehave simu-simu- enough is enough.enough. The LGBT community should herald t,hose who were victimized, killed, killed, fired fired from from their t,hell. jobs, jobs, lost lost, their t,heir housing, housing, In this article II am going to keep is shortshort lators, titletitle a a whirls, whirls, and and a agreat great roller roller beaten,beat,en, allall becausebeca,use they they were were gay. gay. The The gay ga,y community community in inNew New and sweet.sweet, I Iam am going going to to talk talk about about aa coaster.coaster, The rollerroller coastercoaster goes goes around around YorkYol.k had had enoughenough andand stoodstood upup forfor themselvest,hemselves and and forfor futurefut,ul.e state that most peoplepeople probablyprobably have not the whole park, andand goesgoes high, high, and and low, low, generations ofof gaysga,ys and and lesbians, lesbians, transgenders, transgendel`s, and and transvestites, transvestit,es, gone to, or even know they have great and has some hills.hills. There are nono loops.loops. gone to, or even know they have great etc..et,c.. As As a acommunity, communit,y, we we cannot cannot let let,history history repeat repeat itself, itself, as itas it, places to go and see. Lets go to Minne- places to go and see. Lets go to Minne- but there isis reallyreally no place to put them. alreadya,lI'eady has ha,s in in the the early early 80's80's with thet,he onslaughtonslaught ofof AIDS.AIDS. Many Many sota, andand have aa blast. I havehave familyfamily But it is a great place to have fun. people whowho hadha,d this this disease disea,se went went through t,hl.ough the the same sane discrimination. discrimination. there so I havehave beenbeen therethere plenty of We mustmust fightfight forfor equalityequauty forfop all a,ll and and have ha,ve self serf respect, respect, dignity dignity and and times. Minnesota isis about aa 6 hour drive There are somesome gaygay bars bars up up there. there, but but the willwill and needneed wit,hinwithin ourselvesour'selves toto makemake changes.changes. from Milwaukee, soso itit willwill bebe longerlonger forfor I havehave been to oneone ofof them,them. The Gay my hotties fromfrom Chicago,Chicago, and RockRockford ford 90's. This barbar isis awesome. They play I pemembel`remember the t,he early ea,Ply to tomid Inid 70's 70's being being at atthe the Back Back Door, Door, a bara ba,I to get there,there, butbut itit isis worthworth thethe trip.trip. great music,music, an an is is now now open open till till three three owned by Rodney Scheels beforebefore thethe opening of t,hethe Hotel Washing-Wa,shins- from what II heard,heard. When I Iwent went theythey ton, I pemembepremember many many bricks, bl'icks, rocks, I'ocks, etc. etc. being being thrown thrown through through the the Minnesota has a huge population,population. and were only openopen tilltill one.one, butbut thatthat has allall windows byby aa, straight straight barbar acrossa,cross the the street. street. I I remember remember peoplepeople a ton of hot guys to pick from.from, Like II said said changed. This bar offers something for being facedfa,ced with with broken broken beer beer bottles bottles and and the the beatings beat,in8s that that took took there are tons of thingsthings toto dodo there,there, butbut everyone. There isis a greatgreat mixturemixture of pla,ceplace there. thel`e. And And this this was wa,s here here in in Madison, Ma,dison, Wisconsin. Wisconsin. The The hatred hatred still persists inin a,llall communities acrossa,cross America America, to t,o this this very very day, day; first you will want toto findfind aa placeplace toto stay. people that go there from young to old,old, say enough is enough. Who When I go therethere I usuallyusually stay atat the and straight toto go.go. For somesome reason I and again we must standstand upup and and say enough is enough. Who we may be without the courage of these Country Inn and Suites. They have great have toto say Minnesota folks seemseem like knows how farfa,I backba,ck we may be wit,hout the coulia8e of these at Stonewall. We've come a long way, but still have miles to rooms with aa separate bedroom, livingliving they are from thethe country.country, andand thethe boys people at St,onewa,ll. We've come a long way, but stin ha,ve miles t,o travel.tra,vel. room, andand aa smallsmall kitchenkitchen area.area. TheThe are likelike farm boys.boys. So you know they price to stay here is anywhere from $120- are all hot, andand ready to go. pricetostayhereisanywherefrom$120- As co president of Madison PridePride Board,Board, Inc, Inc, all all the t,he committee committee 300 perper night.night. If If youyou don't don't have the members triedt,Pied very very hard ha,rd this this year yea,I to toput put a aPride Pride together together that that money to stay here, you can alsoalso staystay at at nor- The drink prices andand pretty much nor- everyone in thethe LGBTLGBT communitycommunit,y couldcould be be veryvery proud of. MyMy the Holiday Inn Express. They have nice the Holiday mal ranging fromfrom $3-$9$3-$9 depending depending on opinion, wewe diddid succeedsucceed thisthis year.year. WeWe will will continue continue to to strive strive forfor rooms, and usually run $69-115 perper what you want. TheThe DjDj does playplay a mix-mix- bigger and bet,t,el.better Prides Prides eacheach year.year.. night, so it is cheaper. ture of musicmusic anyany wherewhere from Techno,Techno. 1414 19 dance, or R&B.MB. This This is is to to ensure ensure thatthat ev-ev- 1,1,11,1,111\,1,,1\1111\1\11,1,1,,1,11,\11,1\11,1,1111,1111111\,1\ eryone hashas fun,fun, andand youyou don't don't hearhear thethe same music the wholewhole night.night. LikeLike II said ; THATTHAT there are other gaygay bars in the city and if : "Your "Your Total Total Health Health Awareness Team" Team" : you log ontoonto Gayminnesota.com you can see what they have toto offer.offer. There are a lot of other thingsthings toto gogo i THAT Guy tiuu and do, andand seesee inin Minnesota,Minnesota, and and if if you you : JBryan, JBryan, BS BS - -ExecutiveExecutive Director Director log ontoonto Minnesota.com you can look up what they havehave to offer.offer. I hope that ev-ev- eryone goes, andand hashas aa greatgreat time.time. MeetMeet i THATTHAT Place Place the hot guys, have fun at the club, and the hot guys. have fun at the club, and : 614 614 7th 7th Street street spend your money atat thethe Mall.Mall. And look : Rockford, ROckford,IL6ii04 IL 61104 for other issuesissues ofof MontageMontage describing other places to gogo and and see,see, and and see see where where i Phone: Phone:815-96l-1269 815-961-1269 I will travel next. : Fax: Fax: 815-961-1789 815-961-1789 Email: ToBePartofTHAT@,aol.com Yours Always.Always, i Email: TOBemrtofl`[email protected] : Offering OfferingHIVCounseling,Testing& HIV Counseling, Testing & : aqfty 9). : Risk RiskReduction, Reduction, Hepatitis Hepatitisvaccimtions, Vaccinations, : f : Hepatitis Hepatitis Cc & STD ScreeningsScreenings Saturday, [email protected],aol.com : & & Referral Referral Servicesservices September WE'VEwEftyE GOTGev VI®uH YOUR DRAG DAILYRAiur DISH!Bi§H! 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