PRIDE UPDATE

Traveling to Syracuse for Pride? Email us for hotel and travel tips.

CNY PRIDE
PARADE & FESTIVAL

PRIDE '08

FREE TO BE

CELEBRATING THE DIVERSITY OF THE LGBT COMMUNITY

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ON SALE NOW!

Q-PASS 2008: Admission to PRIDE events and discounts at local businesses. For more details and to buy yours on line, click here.

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THIS YEAR AT PRIDE

Entertaining at the 2008 CNY Pride Festival will be

Nikki Fenmore & Friends

R. U. B.

Sister Funk

Square Pegs

Syracuse Gay & Lesbian Chorus

and more

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PRIDE '08 UPDATES

• Registrations are now being accepted for the Parade & Festival. To register your COMMUNITY GROUP, download a registration form by visiting our form library.
• Spaces are still available for festival VENDORS. Commercial vendors and food vendors may reserve a space by downloading a registration form here.
• SAVE on admission to PRIDE '08 events with Q-PASS. For more information, click here.
• VOLUNTEERS are needed for the day of Pride. For information about volunteer opportunties, click here.
• PARADE MARSHALS are needed to help with safety and security at the staging area and along the parade route. Marshals will be required to attend a training session on Tuesday, June 3 and a briefing on the morning of the parade. For more information, email info@cnypride.org.
• Attending Pride? Download a map of the PARADE ROUTE to get the best view.

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2008 GRAND MARSHAL

Syracuse Common Council President Bethaida "Bea" González has been named as Grand Marshal for the 2008 Pride Parade.

FIND OUT MORE

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Big PRIDE Raffle

Buy your raffle tickets at the PRIDE FESTIVAL for a chance to win gifts and prizes from:

Syracuse Stage
Rarely Done Productions
Boatslip Resort, Provincetown, MA
Onondaga School of Therapeutic Massage
Art Mission & Theater
Stone Mills of Little Falls
Spa Zend
Hairanoia
Much Ado About Cake
Laci's Cafe @ the Palace
Nottingham Pet Clinic
Trexx Nightclub
and others

TICKETS AVAILABLE ONLY AT PRIDE

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VOLUNTEERS WANTED!

We invite you to join us as we finish planning for PRIDE '08 and begin discussing PRIDE '09. The Pride Planning Committee meets the second Tuesday of each month at 7:00 PM at First English Lutheran Church, 501 James Street, at the corner of James and Townsend. Get out of the house, make new friends, and join us as we plan for the CNY Pride Parade and Festival. Just fill out a simple form.

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 THANK YOU!

MISS RICHFIELD 1981 WITH SOME OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS

CNY Pride & SyracuseCares thank the entire Central New York community for coming out and showing your support. Thanks to you, MISS RICHFIELD 1981 was a huge success! And a special thanks to our favorite beauty queen, Miss Richfield.