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Northwest Corner is a Northwest Houston GLBT community organization that:
* organizes a variety of social and civic events & networking opportunities for our members
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Greetings!
Our NWC Big Fat Birthday Celebration is coming up on Saturday, May 15th. Whooo-hoooo! You can find out all the details in the article below, but we wanted to highlight three points:- This is a 60's theme party. Costumes are encouraged but they are NOT required
- Please take a minute to RSVP today! Remember, you save $5 by purchasing your tix in advance.
- We are looking for a handful of lip sync performances to enhance the hilarity of the evening. Whether you are a solo act (a la Nancy Sinatra performing "These Boots Are Made For Walking") or performing as a group (perhaps The Supremes), all are welcome. You must sign up in advance, so please email Kevin today to reserve your spot.
In other news....
Master Northwest Corner Calendar:
Our new calendar provides info and links to all our events. Please bookmark this link so you'll always be In The Know about NWC events. Note: When you click on a particular event, you'll get complete details, along with a tool that easily adds individual events to your personal calendars.
NWC Survey: we're going to leave our annual survey up for one more week to give all of you a chance to give us feedback about our organization. We're interested in your input in three main areas:
* Improving our social activities
* Civic/volunteering events
* How we communicate with you
We promise that the survey will only
take 5 minutes to complete, so please click here to get started.
Upcoming NWC Events: You'll find information about these swell events and activities in this edition of The Northwest Corner News:- Happy Hour/Dining Out on April 30th
- NWC's Big Fat Birthday Party on May 15th
- Pride In The Park Astros game on July 10th
- Walking with Grand Marshal Carol Wyatt in the 2010 Houston Pride Parade
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NWC's Big Fat Birthday Party
Saturday, May 15th, 8 pm, at Carol's House
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|  Northwest Corner will be one year old in May - boy, does time fly! In celebration of a very successful first year, we've got a fabulous event planned for you -
a 60's theme party.
Famed Houston drag performer Anita
Bump will be our Mistress of Ceremonies, and the party will feature decorations, costumes, dancing, entertainment, prizes and more!
The 60s were the era of the Viet Nam war and the war protesters, hippies, the Kennedys, go-go dancers, the Beatles, Twiggy, MoTown, acid rock and more. Sixties music is great to dance to, and the costume possibilities are inexpensive and endless. Costumes are encouraged, but they are NOT required. Click on the RSVP link for costume resource suggestions.
Tickets are $15 in advance and $20 at the door. The ticket price includes open bar, light appetizers, give-aways, prizes and a lot of fun. Click on this link to RSVP. Remember, you save $5 by purchasing your tickets in advance.
One more note: Attention all you lip sync performers. We're looking for several of you, either as individuals or in groups, to perform a number during the party. Whether you appear as Ike and Tina Turner singing "Proud Mary", Aretha Franklin doing "Respect" or any other 60s song that strikes your fancy, we think these performances will add a fun element to our celebration. You must sign up in advance to perform, and we'll limit the number of performances to 5 so that we'll have plenty of time for dancing during the evening. For more information, or to sign up, contact Kevin.
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Happy Hour/Dining Out
Friday, April 30th, 6 pm at Riva's Italian
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 The Dinette Set (our NWC Dining Out Group) is holding a combo happy hour/dinner at Riva's Italian Restaurant. The happy hour will be held on Riva's lovely patio, from 6 to 7 pm. Dinner starts at 7, with open seating. You can attend either the happy hour, the dinner or both. Please RSVP by clicking here. Riva's is located at 1117 Missouri, just a block north and west of Westheimer/Montrose.
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Pride In The Park with the Astros:
GLBT Recognition Night
Saturday, July 10th at 6 pm |
|  UPDATE: We finally received the ticket purchase info from the Astros, so please click here for instructions on how to purchase your tickets.
For the first time ever, the Houston Astros are honoring their GLBT fans with a special Pride In
The Park Day on July 10th. The 'Stros will play their fierce rivals, the Louis Cardinals - should be a great game! The Gay Men's Chorus and the Bayou City
Women's Chorus will be performing the national anthem. Very cool!
Northwest Corner will be attending as a group. Tickets are $32 for lower level seats along the left field
line, and $10 of that will go to GLBT charities.
Northwest Corner will also have a private refreshment area, just behind our
seats in Section 109. Participation in this part of the evening is
optional. The area, which will be open 2 hours before the game through the 7th inning for our
partying pleasure, features a private cash bar, and complementary hot
dogs, chips and popcorn. Tickets for the refreshment area are $12 for
singles and $20 for couples. If you want to participate in the Hospitality Area, please email Stacy. We've got to get at least 25 people to sign up in order to do the hospitality thingie.
Note: We've placed this event on the master NWC calendar, and will be using that posting (instead of Evite) to provide future updates for this event. If you RSVP'd via Evite, you're ok, but please click on this link to get ticket purchase information.
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Walk 2010 Houston Pride Parade
With Grand Marshal Carol Wyatt
Saturday, June 26th
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 One of Northwest Corner's founding members, Carol Wyatt, is the Female Grand Marshal for this year's Pride Parade. Carol is inviting her Northwest Corner friends (decked out in NWC shirts) to carry the banner that precedes her convertible in the parade, and to throw special NWC goodies out to the crowd.
Over 100,000 people line the streets of Westheimer for this unique night-time parade, so it's a great way for us to let the community know about Northwest Corner! We'll have more details as we get closer to the Parade, but you can sign up now to walk with Carol and NWC.
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Other Community Events Which
Might Be of Interest to Our Members
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 These events aren't produced by Northwest Corner, but we thought you'd like to know about them anyway. For more info about any of these events, check Carol's Social Notes website. - Fiesta 2010, a benefit for Lazarus House,
Saturday, May 1st - Auditions for Pride Idol, Sunday, May 2nd
- Art Car Parade, Saturday, May 8th
- OUT at the Opera, Friday, May 14th
- Bayou City Women's Chorus Concerts,
Saturday May 15th and Tuesday, May 18th - Soiree Pelouse, Sunday, May 16th
- HRC Gala, Saturday May 22nd
- LHI Rainbow Health Fair, Saturday, June 5th
- Houston Pride Parade and Festival, Saturday, June 26th
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 Well, that's all for this edition of Northwest Corner News. Please RSVP for the Big Fat Birthday Party TODAY!! You do NOT want to miss this great party!
Sincerely,
The Northwest Corner
Steering Committee
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