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Pass That Dutch
10:12AM ON
05/21/2010
BY
Matthew Lawrence
At long last, the main performer at this year’s Pride festival has been announced, and amazingly it’s not a moppet from the Bush Sr. era. (My Martika prediction was off, I guess.) No, this year the headliner is the comparatively au courant Amber, the forty-year old Dutchwoman whose lone venture into the American Top 40 was the 1996 hit “This Is Your Night.” (According to Wikipedia, at least; apparently the far more memorable “Sexual (Li Da Di)” only made it to #42 back in 1999 and, lest I sound like I’m undermining the achievements of the Low Countries, she’s had five #1’s on the Dance Club Play chart, the most recent of which was apparently a 2002 single entitled “The Need To Be Naked.”)
In addition to a sudden flirtation with this new millennium, PrideFest will be experiencing a few other changes this year; it’s not taking place downtown, for one thing. It’s moving across the river to South Water Street, to what I believe is that thin strip of park across the river from the Irish famine memorial. No need to fret, however; New England’s Only Nighttime Illuminated Pride Parade is still happening, and all the gay bars will surely still be charging absurd covers that night.
It’s June 19th, which should give you enough time to start saving for the inevitable $20 bar covers and $5.50 bottles of Bud Light With Lime.
May 21st, 2010 at 10:59AM
Jef Nickerson Says:
I believe it is taking place in the parking lot where RISD has their commencement (aka, the Wild Colonial Parking Lot, aka the Plantations Lot) and the parkland across the street along the river.
I’m holding my breath until they announce that Martika is co-headlining.
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May 21st, 2010 at 5:43PM
Darlin' Says:
Even Martika has standards.
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