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Here's what we know so far: Saturday July 5th Opening Gala with the Ottawa Men's Monday July 7th Raising of Pride Flag Tuesday July 8th Dog and Pony Sound Karaoke Wednesday July 9th Dog and Pony Sound Karaoke Thursday July 10th Book Reading w Darren Greer Friday July 11th Cruiseline's All Male
Live Boat Cruise Out Stuff/Pride Committee's
'Three Hour Tour' Making Scenes Preview Screening Dog and Pony Sound Karaoke Saturday July 12th Pride Committee Youth BBQ Drag Show Youth Pride Town Square Silent Auction Youth Art Show Decked Out Bar Crawl Punk Show Dog and Pony Sound Karaoke Big Shiny Ball After Hours Party Youth Glow in the Dark Party
Parade Pride Town Square Street Party Swizzles, 246 Queen St. 10pm-2am (following the street party) Post Pride Party
Information TBD
This year our parade route needed to be adapted to respond to our city's security and logistics concerns, but we are still marching past the most significant buildings and monuments in our Nation's Capital. Make sure you get there early to catch the best possible views to see all the wild and colourful floats! This is the city's favourite parade for a reason… it's the summertime's most boisterous and creative expression of diversity and joie de vivre! Things get going at 1:15 pm on Queen Elizabeth Driveway at the Queensway. The parade will proceed up Catherine Street to Elgin and pass in front of our Police Station. While passing, take a moment to reflect on the excellent relationship our community shares with our police force. Ottawa's police are among our country's most progressive and we owe them a debt of gratitude for working with us and treating us with the respect we deserve. Hats off to former Chief Brian Ford, Current Chief Bevan, David Pepper and Cynthia Cousins. Back to the Parade... We will continue on Elgin past the shops & stores and throngs of
people. This is the area that most of the crowds come to see us. Get ready
- it'll blow your mind. Further up Elgin Street, right at our City Hall, we'll pass the Human Rights Monument - arguably one of the most significant to our community. It demands that "All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights." Today is one of those days that we assure ourselves of the truth of this statement. It is the first monument in the world dedicated to the fundamental concepts of personal freedom and respect for the dignity of each individual. We continue up Elgin Street, past our City Hall, Courthouse, Native Veterans
Memorial (the newest National monument in the city), and then turn at
our National War Memorial. From there, we head down Wellington, past the House of Commons, to Bank
Street, where we continue to the Pride Street Party, where the Parade
will disperse and we invite everyone to join us for a day of great music,
entertainment, refreshments and numerous other festivities.
For over a decade, the Pride parade concluded with a picnic on the grounds of City Hall. Last year, for the very first time, organizers took our party to the street in the heart of our city, in a neighbourhood we can call our own. The Bank and Somerset area features a concentration of gay and lesbian establishments, community services, professionals, associations and companies. This area also has the city's largest gay and lesbian population in the vicinity. Our community lives here. The Board of Directors of Pride 2002 took the logical next step as a community: asserting ourselves geographically, not as a ghetto, but as a critical mass that can benefit from the synergies of being close together. They turned Bank Street into a place where we can be ourselves and help each other out. The Street Party was an enormous celebration of our community on a festival site of eight blocks of Bank Street between Gladstone and Cooper, and one block of Somerset between Bank and O'Connor, all closed to traffic. They got more than they bargained for! Three stages featured a variety of entertainment including DJ's, live music and drag. Many of the bars and restaurants had licensed patios extending out onto the street. The street party stayed in full swing until 11:00 p.m. Hard act to follow you think? Wait and see. Just watch us! Again Bank Street will host this event - the only difference is - now people know it was such a huge success - everyone wants a piece of making it happen. This gives us the opportunity to provide you with many more options than were available last year. The current Board of Directors pays tribute to those that were brave enough to lay the foundation for what we will know for years to come as our Pride Festival. But as the old saying goes— You ain't seen nothing yet.
Noon - 6:30, Sunday July 13th When you drop off your kids at the camp, expect the following procedure:
Moon Bounce 2-6pm Face Painting for all ages animals, pride symbols, shapes, flowers ect. Water balloons Hackey Sack toss (bean toss) Hula Hops! Large And Small sizes! Arts and Crafts All the above include prizes for everyone involved! There will be two pools on site for the children to have a spot to cool down during the day. The pools will be covered to provide some protection from the sun rays. Food will be provided, including Hot Dogs, Hamburgers, Apples, Oranges, Cheese & Crackers, Water, Orange Juice. If you are ready to have a lot of fun, and volunteer to help out at Pride Kid's Camp, please contact Mary Lou Bruce (Kid's Camp Coordinator). |
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