After the rally, the crowd — which had at that point reached an estimated 2000 — moved toward the parade’s starting grounds behind Union Station. At exactly 12 noon, the fabulous Sambatucada! drumming corps led ajubi- lant, colourful mix of marchers, banners, floats, and costumes on its route that included the Church Street Marketplace as well as Main, Cherry, and Battery streets. Many GBLTQA organizations — Brattleboro Area AIDS Project, Freedom to Marry Task Force, Vermont Cares, College St. Congregational Church, Bisexual Network of Vemiont, Outright, and P-FLAG, to name just a few — from Vermont and surrounding areas marched behind banners or rode floats, while indi- viduals and groups joined in on foot, on motorcycles, on tricycles, and in vehicles. The Green Mountain Freedom Band, A Vocal Minority: The Vermont Gay Men’s Chorus, and the Samadhi Singers were among those providing music throughout the procession. By lpm, the parade had made its way back to Waterfront Park, where most of the celebrants spent the next four hours listen- ing to the varied entertainment, browsing the vendor tent, and just plain socializing in the sun. DJ Craig Mitchell was the host for the afiernoon entertainment that kicked off with the baton-twirling House of Lemay and included perfonnances by the likes of Cherie Tartt, Noel, and A Vocal Minority. The vendor tent —— featuring displays by Samara Foundation, Outright, Three Old Bats, Rainbow Connection, the Rainbow Business Association, Tunbridge Brewing, and many others —i offered a wonderful opportunity to meet the faces behind the names of GLBT organizations, sign petitions, get on mailing lists, and schmooze with the community. At 5pm the vendor tent was trans- fonned into a music tent and DJ Craig Mitchell took over the proceedings. As the PRIDE, P27 Above: Reverend Christine Leslie led the Samadhi Singers during the interfaith service at the Unitarian Unversalist Church prior to the morning rally. Below: A youngster displyed the colors with enthusiasm during the parade through the streets of Burlington.. (Locatal in the same space as Ierome the Florist) The ]eweler's Bench Custom Design 5:32;: 3% Jewelry Repamng . Fine Handcrafted Jewelry 260 North Main Street. Barre. VT 05641 ~ 802-479-1496 Vt toll free: 877-557-726 ~ email: ppalumboflsovennet GAYELLDW PAGES” INFORMING THE LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL & TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY SINCE 1973 All editions include a separate WOMEN’S SECTION USA/CANADA: $16 by first class mail Includes all states and provinces, national headquarters of organizations, mail order companies, etc. EAST and SOUTH Edition: $10 by first class mail AL, AR, AZ, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MO, MS, NH, NJ, NM, NY, NC, OH, OK, PA, PR, RI, SC, TN, TX, US Virgin Is, VA, VT, WV You can order directly from the address above, or you can find us at local gay-friendly bookstores, such as Peace & Justice .(Bur|i_ngton) 802-863-2532 . fix Ever_yone’s Books (Brattleboro) 802-254-8160 C\\ // 9aveIIo@banet.net -gs: 1:5 __..g, .:;:..;. http://gayellowpages.com ‘kl E/9;-jg: Bear Pond Books (Montpelier). 802-229.-077.4 For an application to be listed (no charge), or for details of current editions andvprices, 1 H. l or intormation about mailinglabels, p|e.ase_.send a self-agldressed,_st_ar,nped envglgpe IO». Renaissance House, PO Box 533-OIM,—Vill‘age.Station,-New York, NY°1001421~2&6:I4-0120 ,0- ‘? ‘.3 » 7; .1; 1} ‘ .-,_. pnoué xey/u ozoud OUT IN -THE MOUNTAINS —- JULY 1999 -- 11 prions xaw otoud 5 CI in CI I‘ C loundotion of Vermont is pleased to announce our 1999 Grants ACORN (AIDS Service Organization) - $1,500 White River Junction, Vermont Brattleboro Area AIDS Project - $1,500 Brattleboro, Vermont Mountain Pride Medial Out in the Mountains - $4,000 Statewide — Richmond, Vermont Outright Vermont - $4,000 Statewide — Burlington, Vermont RU12? - $1,000 Burlington, Vermont Trans North Country - $2,000 Monkton, Vermont Vermont Cares - $2,000 Burlington, Vermont Vermont Freedom to Marry Task Force -$4.165 Statewide - Burlington, Vermont The 1999 Samara Foundation grants are made possible through the generous support of our individual and corporate contributors and from the generous bequests of our Founding Benefactors: Robert Mundstock (1947 - 1992) Douglas C. Howe (1949 - 1996) The Douglas C. Howe and Frank E. Shivers Trust Our Mission, ‘The Samara Foundation of Vermo,n‘:";;s a charitable . foundation whose mission is to and " xual, a ‘strengthen-Vermont's gay, lesbian, transgendered communities today an endowment for tomorrow. - ’