Alice springs Pride Carnivale Program by We Push Buttons

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COUNTRY

he Alice Springs Pride Carnivale Organising Committee acknowledges the Central Arrernte people as the Traditional Owners and Custodians of Mparntwe Alice Springs.

We respectfully recognise Elders past and present; and the strength, resilience and capacity of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Sistergirl, Brotherboy and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, queer (LGBTIQ) individuals. We acknowledge the continuing connection to culture, country and community, and that Australia was, is, and always will be Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander land.

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CULTURAL PROTOCOL Overall Statement

lice Springs Pride Carnivale is about celebrating our diversity and unity, accepting our differences. This means that when you are on our country we welcome you, to enjoy yourself, and participate in what our culture, what our people have to offer. Everyone is welcome! There’s a lot of things that come with respect. Respecting Arrernte land and culture and people while you are here in Arrernte country. It’s about respecting yourself, and respecting others. Alice Springs is growing in awareness and knowledge of the Gay, Lesbian, Trans, Bisexual, Intersex, Queer, Sistergirl and Brotherboy communities. We want this Carnivale to be a safe place for everybody. For straight people – expect to see the diversity and difference within our community. There are some specific things we want to say about the family day and the after party.

Family Day Cultural sensitivity means no sexually explicit themes. It’s a family event, G-rated. There will be cultural tribal elders and families and children, and a live broadcast over the radio on CAAMA.

After Party People keep Men’s and Women’s lore separate – genitals are not to be exposed publicly. We would like to keep public nudity and sexually explicit behaviour until after midnight. Any nudity (revealing genitals or women’s breasts) and sexual performances would only occur after midnight, and will be announced, so people can leave the space if they don’t want to see it. It’s always okay to contact people if you have any questions. You can contact the Sisters and Brothers NT group for any questions on 0487 898 611 or via Facebook.

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WELCOME TO THE 2ND ANNUAL ALICE SPRINGS PRIDE CARNIVALE

rom last year’s inaugural vibrant, performance-packed fair day, the event has brought out the best in our Sistergirl and Brotherboy; Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex, Queer (LGBTIQ) community in Central Australia, and we are pleased to bring you Alice Springs Pride Carnivale again!

Australian community to celebrate the unique culture, resilience and pride of the people who live in and around Alice Springs. This even is a fantastic example of what can be achieved by people working together with support from the community! None of this would have been possible without the generous sponsorship and assistance from the many local businesses, services and individuals included in this program. We encourage you to support the people who have supported us.

Our community continues to face discrimination on the basis of race, gender, sex and sexuality, including violence, exclusion and poorer health outcomes. These issues are made worse by social isolation and lack of access to support services for many regional and remote LGBTIQ people.

We hope you enjoy the performances, make new friends, have some tasty treats, laugh at the Camp Dog Show, strut your stuff on the red carpet, get acquainted with some community organisations, get inspired to be involved in your community!

It’s not hard to find an excuse to throw a party in Central Australia, but we hope this event once again goes some way towards addressing this isolation by linking LGBTIQ people together and with local support networks and services.

In this program, you’ll find a feedback form that we encourage you to complete and return, so we know what you think … you could even win a voucher for your comments!

While organising an event of this magnitude across the vast reaches of Central Australia had its logistical challenges, the experience brought together regional and remote LGBTIQ people, strengthening our community and support networks. People who had never previously met have had the chance to work together, form new friendships, learn skills and build confidence.

Thank you for being out today and supporting the Alice Springs Pride Carnivale! Love and solidarity The Alice Springs Pride Carnivale Organising Committee 

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FAIR DAY PERFORMERS ~ Times are approximate!! ~

11:00 am

WELCOME TO COUNTRY - MARIE ELLIS

11:05 am

WELCOME TO ALICE SPRINGS PRIDE CARNIVALE 2014 FOXXY EMPIRE / Jason De Santis is a gender illusionist, playwright, comedian, performer and advocate for people of diverse gender, sex and sexuality. Jason is from Tiwi Islands and has toured solo comedy shows nationwide. Jason’s debut play Wulamanayuwi and the Seven Pamanui toured Australia this year and was described as “a visual feast that incorporates traditional language, song, dance and poetry”. LIL SEAMUS /Edi Donald is primarily a dusty desert songwriter, vocalist and performer who has been making music and trouble in the centre of Australia in one way or another for the past 6 years. Edi is a rugged gender queer div@ who through their music and art making embodies the androgynous boylady, naturally and fiercely occupying their place outside the world of binaries. As a result, with great relish, Edi will always create the unexpected through the things they put out into the world. Edi’s theatrics stretch back to work in small improvised theatre companies in Sydney (2005-2008), and of late have been seen on stages as various MC characters such as the infamous “Rico Char” at last year’s Alice Springs Pride Carnivale, and the drunken priss “Mercurio Dali” for Alice Desert Festival Cabaret(2014). Who knows what character may emerge to MC the stage at this year’s Pride Carnivale … we’ll see! JUSTIN FENWICK - Hailing from the small country town of Mullumbimby, Justin discovered his passion for acoustic music taking influence from the Byron Bay hinterland. In 2012 he took to the bright lights hitting the stage of ‘The Voice’ for Season 1, that same year he made it to the stage of ‘The X Factor’! After taking a break for over three years! He is back and ready to show you what you’ve been missing out on!

11:15 am

FOXXY EMPIRE - See above for bio

11:20 am

CRYSTAL LOVE - a senior Sistergirl, show queen and advocate for Sistergirls, Brotherboys and LGBTIQ rights. Crystal comes from Tiwi Islands with Warlpiri family at Yuendumu. ~ 4 ~

11:30 am

COOK ISLAND DANCERS - Ben & Narnz are Cook Island performers from a family-based dance group in Adelaide. Ben has also worked in musical theatre for 12 years. Some of his theatre credits include roles in A Chorus Line, Jesus Christ Superstar & Fame. Narnz has been dancing for the past six years in various Adelaide events. Now both residing in Alice Springs, Ben & Narnz are extremely excited to be part of, celebrate and support this year’s Pride Carnivale

11:35 am

LATIN SATIN - In a cocktail shaker, combine a generous squeeze of a sixties accordion with some lightly carbonated bongo beats, then stir. Serve it up with plenty of mambo, tango and other colourful surprises and you will get a taste of why Latin Satin are the life of the party!

11:50 am

RELAXADADDY is an 80’s electro funk in ya pants REVIVAL! Played on an old church organ. These are four falsetto daddies on their revival tour. One show only!

Midday

CONSTANTINA BUSH is an Indigenous Showgirl from the bush, played by Kamahi. She grew up on a cattle station near Katherine, but has taken her bright lights south where she dazzles Melbourne now.

12:05 pm

BAM BAM is the macabre Madame of deadly delights. Riot grrl inspired feminist, this dangerous woman will take you on an uncomfortable journey into a dark world of desire, sideshow and unrealistic expectations.

12:15 pm

CRYSTAL LOVE – See above for bio

12:20 pm

DESTINY HAZ ARRIVED is from Bundjalung country, NSW, currently DEST***FYING Sydney. Her ancestors taught her to disco and she says "you have to BELIEVE we are magic”. NTAHC (NORTHERN TERRITORY AIDS & HEPATITIS COUNCIL) is the key non-government organisation working in the area of blood borne viruses, education and support in the NT that is recognised as a source of informed and professional advice.

12:30 pm

CAMILLE BERNARDINO is a Filipino-born Australian singersongwriter who began her music career in the not-so-glamorous world of high school bands, playing the tuba! As soon as she got her hands on a guitar, though, she began putting pen to paper and has since written a number of catchy songs well known ~ 5 ~

throughout the Sydney LGBTQ scene, where she regularly played for events such as International Women’s Day, Reclaim the Night, and the popular open mic night Chicks With Picks in Newtown. 12:40 pm

DJ SEÑOR PATO (Mr Gay)

1:00 pm

CAMP DOG SHOW WINNERS ANNOUNCED - JUSTIN FENWICK

1:15 pm

MC STEFFIE - Equipped with a can of hairspray and heels, bighaired socialite "Steffie" is ready to strike. An out and proud Territory gal, she brings a little glamour and a lotta wog everywhere she goes. So get ready to laugh and let loose with your good time girl, Steffie.

1:25 pm

GLITTA SUPERNOVA is Australia’s Fairy Godmother of bent burlesque ... Glitta Supernova is the surrealist dismantler of archetypes, subverting & reinventing other dimensions with her hyper gendered, camp, kitsch aesthetic- an explosive iconoclastic visionary!

1:35 pm

JA JA AMORE is a Sisters & Brothers NT advocate, Slavic Princess of Saint Petersburg and fashion couture designing extraordinaire.

1:40 pm

‘FASHIONS ON THE FIELD’ - FOXXY EMPIRE & JUSTIN FENWICK

2:00 pm

THE HECKTIC TRUCKSTOP RUNAWAYS - When lead singer Estelle fell in with a bunch of rockers (Kim, Carla and Hilary) who whisked her from a greasy truckstop kitchen in their BIG RIG, it was the start of sweet hearts and rocking good times. It’s never been bigger.

2:10 pm

JUSTIN FENWICK – Acoustic

2:20 pm

FOXXY EMPIRE & AUNTY

2:25 pm

ALICE SPRINGS PRIDE CARNIVALE’S RESIDENT BAND - Local legend WARREN H. WILLAMS, is one of Australia’s favourite singer/songwriters and will be leading the Pride Carnivale’s Resident band. He is a Red Ochre, Golden Guitar and Deadlys Award winner and says that music has been in his blood since he was born in Ntaria, Central Australia.

2:55 pm

FOXXY EMPIRE & LIL SEAMUS

3:00 pm

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AFTER PARTY PERFORMERS ~ Times are approximate!! ~

6:30 pm

COCKTAIL BAR OPENS

7:00 pm

SHORT FILMS

8:30 pm

8:45 pm

DJ CARLA

9:15 pm

CABARET PART ONE - INTRODUCED BY MC STEFFIE

9:20 pm

FOXXY EMPIRE / Jason De Santis is a gender illusionist, playwright, comedian, performer and advocate for people of diverse gender, sex and sexuality. Jason is from Tiwi Islands and has toured solo comedy shows nationwide. Jason’s debut play Wulamanayuwi and the Seven Pamanui toured Australia this year and was described as “a visual feast that incorporates traditional language, song, dance and poetry”.

9:25 pm

CONSTANTINA BUSH is an Indigenous Showgirl from the bush, played by Kamahi. She grew up on a cattle station near Katherine, but has taken her bright lights south where she dazzles Melbourne now.

9:30 pm

CRYSTAL LOVE is a senior Sistergirl, show queen and advocate for Sistergirls, Brotherboys and LGBTIQ rights. Crystal comes from Tiwi Islands with Warlpiri family at Yuendumu.

9:40 pm

DESTINY HAZ ARRIVED is from Bundjalung country, NSW, currently DEST***FYING Sydney. Her ancestors taught her to disco and she says "you have to BELIEVE we are magic”.

9:45 pm

FLANGIPANI - After falling off a boat, Flangipani made it by way of the trusty star fish floaty move to several Club Med locations around the South Pacific and began her career in trade for food and board. After developing a penchant for coconuts, she crafted a raft to sail the many seas back to this faithful land where she made her way down the sandy Stuart. Although she marooned several times due to lack of flow, she finally made her way to Ti Tree Roadhouse after finding a way to float upon a ~ 7 ~

delicate cloud dressed as Barbarella. As destiny would have her way, Flangipani has boogied her delicate derriere down here this evening to grace your presence. 9:45 pm

DJ SLEE

10:45 pm

DJ SEÑOR PATO (Mr Gay)

11:45 pm

AUCTION & CABARET PART TWO - INTRODUCED BY MC STEFFIE

11:55 pm

SHADY POLE DANCE - Shady is stoked to be here for Pride, and has big respect for Alice crew putting on the festival for all us queers! She is going to do a little floor show ‘cause Carla dared her, and warns you to not get too excited bout the pole: it's pretty much a prop to keep her upright whilst in her stripper heels!

Midnight

FLANGIPANI - See above for bio

12:05 am

IZZY BROWN

12:10 am

12:20 am

12:30 am

DJ CARA

1:30 am

DJ LIA - GROUSE HOUSE PARTY

2:30 am

FINISH

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AFTER PARTY FILM FESTIVAL

he Alice Springs Pride Carnivale Organising Committee have selected what we believe is an eclectic and interesting selection of short films for your viewing pleasure. These will be shown at the After Party following sunset cocktails in the courtyard outside Higgins Hall at the Alice Springs Youth & Community Centre. We hope you enjoy this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s films ď &#x160;

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PHOTOS FROM LAST YEAR’S CARNIVALE

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Photos courtesy of Outback Bob Photography

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THANK YOU TO OUR MAJOR SPONSORS

he Alice Springs Pride Carnivale Fair Day and After Party would not have been possible without the assistance and sponsorship from many generous local businesses, services and individuals. Their business logos are reproduced below and the Pride Carnivale Organising Committee encourages you to please support those within the community who have supported us ď &#x160;

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WE ALSO THANK …

A HOME LIKE ALICE ADAM GILES ALICE SPRINGS VET HOSPITAL COFFEE HORSE EPILOGUE LOUNGE EXOTIQ HOMEWARES HAPPY HIGH HERBS HOME HARDWARE HORNY DEVILS JU JU BEANE MIXED LOLLIES NIGEL SCULLION RED DOG CAFÉ ROBYN LAMBLEY MLA STAY TRUE TATTOO WARREN SNOWDON MLA WATER TANK CAFÉ CONTACT ALICE SPRINGS PRIDE CARNIVALE Website Email Facebook Twitter

http://alicespringspridecarnivale.com pridecarnivalealicesprings@gmail.com https://www.facebook.com/AliceSpringsPrideCarnivale http://www.twitter.com/alice_pride

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