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“22 Jump Street“ staring Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum is arriving on DVD on November 18. See other DVD & Blu-ray releases on page 11.
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November 12, 2014 Vol. 7 No. 86
Gay Pride Weekend
“The Center” float Photo by Pat Krause
The 28th annual pride celebration started with a proclamation presentation in downtown Palm Springs and a rainbow flag raising on Friday. Story and Photos by Pat Krause The 28th Annual Gay Pride weekend held a lot of activities in down town Palm Springs that started on Friday. Hotels were filled with over 6,000 people that came to the Desert for Gay Pride Weekend. This event brings a lot of money into the Desert coffers. The Sunday morning parade on Nov. 9th is one of the highlights
of this fun weekend. Over 80 entries were in the parade. Those 80 plus entries had hundreds of people, men, women and children in some of the floats plus many dogs and horses. The Palm Springs High School Band came into the middle of the parade with other bands and tuneful floats during the parade to liven the parade
with music. The parade started with the local police clearing the streets of the thousands of parade lovers. The gallery of parade spectators lined the streets, and some even had special views on second story balconies. Motorcycles were the first in the parade with many horses and riders coming next. Of course, there were
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Businesses Cash In on Bigger Butts
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the Palm Springs Mayor and Councilmen and Councilwoman in convertibles. Other cars held the many honorees, VIPs and community leaders, awards honorees and Grand Marshall. Some of the floats carried people dancing to music while others had groups of people walking, some with their dogs. The floats were on anything with wheels
like golf carts, limos, fancy autos, buses and flatbed trailers. The floats were amazing again this year. Every year the parade gets larger and the crowds get bigger. Participants spend a lot of time getting ready with flower boas and beads that were Continues on Page 2
(AP Photo/Elise Amendola). In this Oct. 30, 2014 photo, Kelly Brabants, foreground, leads her “Booty by Brabants” class at The Club by George Foreman III gym in Boston.