3Rd Bunnies in the Big Easy Raises $10,147 @ Ritz-Carlton 4Th Chili
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the "official" dish ...from 4 Bagneris, James Stevens, Toby Lefort & Al Herrera/Club LAX, Laurie Aicklen/ Spudly, TJ Conrad, Marty Curtin & Koo Gaffney, Icons/LAX in memory of Marcy Marcell, Icons/LAX in memory of Marcy Marcell, Bootsie DeVille, Lee Worrells, Jo-Jo Holdings, Ben Bourgeois & Pat Johnson, Celebrating Chuck Turner & Bill Miller's 41st Anniversary/Purple Party, Hoyle A. Byrd, Anonymous, Matt McCulla; Venue/In Kind-700 Club, Cafe Lafitte in Exile, Chef Ron's Gumbo Stop, Club LAX, Cutter's, The Double Play, Good Friends Bar, Larry Graham, Michael's On The Park, Oz, Rawhide, Ritz-Carlton. For additional information visit GayEasterParade.COM or port includes: 2,500.00 Ketel One Facebook.COM/GayEasterParade. Tickets: 250.00 Mona Lisa 4,240.00 Tickets 106 @ $40 2,750.00 Sponsorship Subto- 3rd Bunnies in The Big Event: tal Easy Raises $10,147 @ 750.00 Bunny Boy Auction/ 10,147.00 Revenue Total Chuck Turner ck Expenses: Ritz-Carlton 400.00 2 Nights @ Ritz- 1,065.00 Bartenders/Servers/ ood Friday, April 6th Carlton/Tim Fields ck DJ brought revelers to the 260.00 Super Spa Basket/ 280.00 50/50 Raffle G prestigious Ritz-Carlton Tim Tields ck 1,345.00 Expenses Total 12th floor Crescent View Ballroom for 60.00 Venetian Mask/Chris Auther 8,802.00 Grand Total the 3rd annual Bunnies In The Big ca Easy: Put the Good Back in Friday. The 70.00 Mickey & Mini/Al & Dwain ca 4th Chili Cook-OFF event raised $10,147, the largest 500.00 Pink Bunny Basket/ fundraising one night total in the history Gene Theriot ca Raises $605 for Gay of the Gay Easter Parade which ben- 120.00 2 Nights New Or- Easter Parade efits Food For Friends. leans Courtyard/Bobby & Joey Krieger he 4th annual Fruit Loop Under the direction of GEP Board's ca Chili Cook-Off brought forth Tony Leggio and Rona Conners, the 150.00 2 Nights French three teams at Cafe Lafitte tasting and FREE Bud Light while it Quarter Suites/Lisa Guidos NP T lasted. All tasters got to vote at each evening boasted complimentary culi- in Exile, four teams at Good Friends, nary delights, vodka cocktails, wine, 142.00 Bunny Boy Dance three teams at Oz. and five teams at location for the top bar chef, then the beer and soft drinks along with DJ Tips CA Rawhide raising $1,010. Half of the four top bar chefs competed at Lafitte's Rockin’ Ron, hot bunny boys, 50/50 120.00 Ronda Roget Tips CA proceeds went to the Top Chili Chef, and tasters voted on the 4th Top Chili raffle, incredible live auctions, and a 585.00 0/50 Raffle CA and the other half, $505 plus a $100 Chef. special performance by Easter Grand 3,157.00 Event Subtotal donation, benefited Gay Easter Pa- The top four teams included Marshal XIII Rhonda Roget. 7,397.00 Subtotal/Tickets-Event rade/Food For Friends. Lafitte's Freut Qoz, Good Friends 3rd Bunnies 2012 Financial Re- Sponsorships: For $10 guests enjoyed unlimited Titties, Oz's Team Oz, and Rawhide's Hot & Spicy. Team Titties from Good Friends won Top Chili Chef. New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival April 27-29 & May 3-6 he Jazz Fest lineup is out and it’s another breakout year! Stars representing nearly ev- Tery known genre of popular music will be coming out for the two-weekend, seven-day festival at the historic Fair Grounds April 27-29 and May 3-6. Highlighting this year’s festival are: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Jimmy Buffet (Acous- tic) with Mac McAnally, The Eagles, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Little Anthony & The Imperials, Foo Fighters, Zac Brown Band, My Morning Jacket, Ne-Yo, Al Green, Bon Iver, Paulina Rubio, Bonnie Raitt, Bunny Wailer, The Beach Boys, Herbie Hancock, Galactic, Feist,Florence + The Machine, ...and hundreds of other performers will be onstage at the 2012 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. From country to gospel to blues to zydeco to R&B to good old rock and roll, this year’s JazzFest has some- thing for everyone. And, of course the festival’s name- sake – jazz. 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Cel- sented the best in New Orleans music, state who sponsor musical acts at fes- Couples, individuals, communication skills, ebrating their Golden Anniversary in representing every genre from tradi- tival, New Orleans Police and Fire coming out, relationship issues, grief and substance abuse. Gay therapist for Lesbian 2011, the legendary Preservation Hall tional and contemporary jazz to R & B Departments, EMS, permitting assis- and Gay Issues. Jazz Band will be making its traditional and New Orleans funk, brass bands, tance from the City of New Orleans and We care. We understand. appearance, as it has done every year folk, gospel, classical, cabaret, opera, partnerships with Parks and Parkways, since the festival’s founding in the early Cajun Zydeco, Latin World, Interna- Audubon Institute and the Louisiana A Counseling tional, as well as a musical stage for State Museum, among others. 1970s. And, be on the lookout for the Cooperative Mardi Gras Indians! In their colorful children. Over 90 food and beverage Over 700 guests attended the suits and headdresses of feathers and booths located in Jackson Square, festival’s kickoff party: ‘TGIF’ – Thank 504.836.0000 3001 Fifth St. sequins and singing their native chants, Woldenberg Riverfront Park and the Goodness it’s Festival! – at the House Metairie, LA 70002 you can’t miss them. Louisiana State Museum’s Old U.S. of Blues. Festival goers attended a Mint made up the “World’s Largest variety of free special events through- Visit NOJazzFest.COM for addi- David Wagner, PhD, LPC, NCC, CHT tional information. Jazz Brunch,” a signature event featur- out the weekend, including the return ing authentic local cuisine from re- of the fireworks (absent since 2005), a nowned area restaurants, many of new lecture series, ‘Let them Talk: Con- New Orleans Buick/GMC Dealerships, City 29th French Quarter whom have been with the Festival versations on Louisiana Music’; free of New Orleans, The Joe W. and Dorothy Fest brings in 574,000 throughout its entire 29-year history. dance lessons at three stages; two Dorsett Brown Foundation, Rick’s 315 Bour- FQFI officials worked with Capital children’s areas with music and activi- bon, Musician’s Performance Fund, PJ’s Festival- Goers Coffee and Tea of New Orleans, nola.com, One Bank and Hotard to continue free ties at the Audubon Aquarium riverfront Louisiana Lottery, House of Blues, Hotel pril 12-15 marked the 29th shuttle service to the festival for a third plaza and the courtyard of the anniversary of French Monteleone, United Airlines, Pat O’s on the year. Free to ride all weekend, Capital Hermann-Grima House Museum; a River, Hard Rock Café, Windsor Court Ho- AQuarter Festival presented One sponsored the ‘Second Line Pirate’s Alley Juried Art Show; Rouses tel, BMI, Court of Two Sisters, Tulane Medi- by Capi-tal One Bank. This year’s at- Shuttle’, which was routed from the World Championship Crawfish Eating cal Center, Tulane Hospital for Children at tendance figures indicate that approxi- Central Business District to Canal Contest; Battle of the Bands; and Tulane Medical Center, Hermann Grima mately 574,000* festival-goers enjoyed Street. To accommodate festival goers Sunday’s ‘Dancing at Dusk’, which filled House, Applitite, Musical Legends Park, Red Bull, New Orleans Jazz National His- the music, food, special events and of both Saturday and Sunday, the New the 400 block of Royal Street and be- toric Park, Rolland Lock and Safe, Pelican course, the historic French Quarter. Orleans Police Department closed yond with dancers. The new opening day of Festival, Ice, SDT, OffBeat Magazine, Where Y’at down most streets of the French Quar- French Quarter Festival is pro- Magazine, New Orleans Metropolitan Con- dubbed ‘Locals’ Lagniappe Day’, on ter to traffic – ensuring a safe and duced by French Quarter Festivals, vention and Visitors Bureau, New Orleans Thursday, April 12th ran for a full day enjoyable experience for locals and Inc., (FQFI) the 501 (c) (3) nonprofit Tourism Marketing Corporation, NOLA Jit- and enjoyed very strong attendance.