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The Way I See It
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| by Steve Elkins, Editor |
The curtain may have closed on this year’s
CAMP Rehoboth Follies, but memories of the show live on as we put away the
props and sets and discover, from time to time, the occasional stray,
pink, boa feather drifting around our offices, homes, and cars. Most of
all I can’t seem to get our Follies’ song out of my head. I keep
hearing (to the theme from The Flintstones): "Now it’s time for
Follies! Laugh-and-clap-for-everyone-time, while-we’re-on-the-run-time,
you’ll have a gay old time!" And that we certainly did! From
Rehomoback Mountain (where this time boy does get boy) to the Gold Barbie
winning summer romance story of Gidget, Moon Doggie, and Conrad Birdie
(where again boy gets boy) the Follies pretty much had it all—good camp,
bad camp, high camp, and low camp. Thank you to all the troupes and
volunteers who worked to make this year’s event a success. Special
thanks, of course, to the extraordinarily talented Christopher Peterson,
who moved the show along in such great style. For more about this year’s
Follies see page 5, and CAMPshots on page 64.
Don’t know who to vote for in the 2006 Rehoboth Beach Commissioners
election? Maybe our Candidate’s Forum on page 8 will help. We asked all
three candidates—Pat Coluzzi, Paul Kuhns, and Kathy McGuiness—to
answer four questions. From why each decided to run, to comments
especially directed at the GLBT community, we hope their answers will
encourage you to go to the polls on August 12.
On Saturday, August 5, the Delaware Stonewall Democrats will host an
event at Dr. Jim D’Orta’s Silver Lake home to honor several people who
have shown incredible courage and commitment toward building a safer and
more inclusive America. Barbara Gittings is among those being honored.
Back in 1958 Gittings started the first East Coast chapter of Daughters of
Bilitis, the first lesbian organization in the United States. She was also
a charter member of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force. On page 56,
Fay Jacobs talks to Gittings about her many years of activism for the GLBT
community. For information about the August 5 Delaware Stonewall event
(which also honors Virginia House of Delegates member Adam Ebbin, and
former Presidential Press Secretary Jim and Mrs. Sarah Brady) visit their
web site at delawarestonewall.org.
Congratulations and welcome home to the Team Rehoboth participants in
the Chicago Gay Games. From what I’ve heard—and can see in all the
photos that were sent to us—it was an exciting time for all.
Congratulations are especially in order for Rich Williams, who won a gold
medal in mixed doubles tennis, and Doug Graham, silver medalist in
Physique Masters (ages 50-59), and to the other Team Rehoboth members who
all did so well. For a real first hand account of what it was like in
Chicago for the Gay Games, our women’s golf team provided a sporadic
blog—though from reading it I have to wonder how in the world they ever
found time to write anything at all—and some of it can be seen on page
30 of this issue. Anyone with further tales to tell of this summer’s Gay
Games can email editor@camprehoboth.com.
As we move toward the end of the summer, our attention turns more and
more to Sundance—our biggest event of the year. Sundance Sponsor,
Supporter, and Host information has, at this point, all been mailed, and
in order to finalize all the graphics and ads for Sundance we need those
forms returned as soon as possible, or simply fill out a form on line at
sundancebenefit.com. Sundance tickets, t-shirts, and prints are also
available on the web site. Sundance requires the efforts of more than 160
volunteers and we have many teams working to make the event a reality.
From the teams needed at the events (door, security, food, bar, and
several different ones for the auction) to those needed in advance
(auction pick-up, mailing, food prep, and décor, to name a few), we have
a variety of jobs available. Anyone interested in joining one (or more) of
our Sundance teams should contact the CAMP Rehoboth office.
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LETTERS From CAMP Rehoboth, Vol. 16, No. 10
July 28, 2006 |
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