Christopher Street West Announces The Bangles Will Perform at 2006 LA Pride; Animotion, Taylor Dayne, Berlin Featuring Terri Nunn, Bow Wow Wow, Billie Myers to Perform as Well.LOS ANGELES Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. -- Christopher Street West Christopher Street West (CSW) is the LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender) Pride Parade and Festival held in June in West Hollywood, California, USA. Named after New York City's famed Christopher Street, the site of the Stonewall Rebellion. has announced performers who will be seen on the Main Stage at the 2006 LA Pride Festival in West Hollywood, June 10-11, 2006. The Bangles will headline Saturday, June 10. The all-woman band, known for such hit songs as "Manic Monday," "Walk Like an Egyptian" and "Eternal Flame," had numerous songs on both the U.S. and the U.K. charts throughout the mid- to late-eighties. Taylor Dayne, who has had hits on both the U.S. and U.K. charts, including "Tell It To My Heart," "Don't Rush Me" and "Can't Get Enough Of Your Love," will perform Sunday, June 11. Also performing on Sunday are Berlin featuring Terri Nunn, known for "Take My Breath Away," Bow Wow Wow Bow Wow Wow was a 1980s New Wave band organized by Sex Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren in 1980 whose music is described as having an "African-derived drum sound".[1] History , best known for "I Want Candy" and Billie Myers who experienced overnight success with her hit single "Kiss the Rain." Other Main Stage performers throughout the weekend will include: CeCe Peniston ("Finally"), Grammy Award-winning Legend Thelma Houston ("Don't Leave Me This Way"), Niki Harris ("What's It Gonna Be"), Animotion ("Obsession") and Rock Star: INXS INXS In Excess (band) INXS Internet Exchange Service contestant Deanna Johnston. Please visit the LA Pride website (www.lapride.org) for a complete list of performers and the entertainment schedule. About LA Pride 2006 LA Pride will be the weekend of June 9-11 in West Hollywood. This year's theme is "Our Agenda: Love. Equality. Pride." The festival will take place Saturday, June 10 (noon - 11 p.m.) and Sunday, June 11 (11 a.m. - 10 p.m.). Pre-sale tickets will be available for $15 and tickets at the gate will be $20. For information on pre-sale tickets, please visit the LA Pride website (www.lapride.org). The Parade is free to attend and will travel along Santa Monica Blvd. between Crescent Heights Blvd. and Robertson Blvd. on Sunday, June 11 starting at 11 a.m. About CSW CSW Commission on the Status of Women CSW Christian Solidarity Worldwide CSW Clinical Social Worker CSW College of the Southwest (New Mexico) CSW Cambridge SoundWorks (audio manufacturer) Christopher Street West Association, Inc. (www.lapride.org) is a non-profit organization within the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender transgender or transgendered adj. Transsexual. community of Greater Los Angeles, committed to supporting human rights, education, outreach and better understanding within the LGBT LGBT Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender community and the heterosexual community. CSW produces the annual LA Pride celebration, which draws several hundred thousand attendees to West Hollywood, CA. |
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