A TRIBUTE TO THE LEGENDARY RICKY CROSBY & FRIENDS
New Hope Celebrates
Community, Friends & Family Since 2003
SINCE 2003
newhopecelebrates.com/pageant
MISS NEW HOPE CELEBRATES PAGEANT 2019 New Hope Celebrates and Party Gurlz Productions proudly present the 2nd Annual Miss New Hope Celebrates Pageant! This evening will showcase some of the area’s top female impersonators as they compete in several categories including: presentation, talent, evening gown, and onstage Q&A in a battle to take home the title of Miss New Hope Celebrates 2019! One of the key responsibilities that comes with the title of Miss New Hope Celebrates is for her to represent NHC throughout the year at our annual Pridefest in May, the High Heel Drag Race in October, and other events produced by the NHC team. We are very excited to see what fun and entertainment our newly crowned Miss NHC 2019 will “bring to the stage”! Thank you to Miss New Hope Celebrates 2018, Ginger Alley, for an amazing reign! You definitely “brought it”! You are truly a Queen! Community events like these, and the many other events that New Hope Celebrates brings throughout the year, are not possible without the help of our many volunteers, businesses, and organizations that support us, including each and every one of you here tonight. Thank you. We also couldn’t do it without the many that have come before us and helped pave the way. One of the many was New Hope Icon, Ricky Crosby. Ricky played a major role in bringing the pageantry scene to New Hope. For many years he was the promoter for the Miss Gay Pennsylvania USofA Pageant where he brought national recognition and many awards to our wonderful little town. This evening’s pageant is modeled after the great shows that he produced. Ricky’s love for pageantry was a big part of his life, topped only by his love for this community and his unparalleled (and usually inappropriate) sense of humor. He made a lasting impression on everyone that he met, and he always had them coming back for more. Ricky left this world on October 21, 2018 and joined the amazing cast of characters who went before him. These are the ones that gave us, and continue to give us, New Hope. “Keep an open mind, have a heart bigger than your mouth, and always laugh like hell at filthy humor!” ~ Ricky Crosby, 1956-2018 This one is dedicated to you, ‘Mary’… Enjoy the show…
Jennifer Wohl
NHC Board Member & Pageant Director
CYANNIE LOPEZ & GINGER ALLEY Miss New Hope Celebrates 2017 Cyannie Lopez with Miss New Hope Celebrates 2018 Ginger Alley
Special thanks to Ellen Rosenberg Photography
GINGER ALLEY CYANNIE LOPEZ
SHAE SHAE
VICTORIA LACE
THANK YOU... We would like to thank all our friends and extended family members that stand by our sides year round without their support we couldn’t bring you all the amazing events that we do... The New Hope Celebrates Board Jenn Wohl, Pageant Producer Sharon Fronabarger, NHC Board Gordon Pulaski, NHC Creative Director The Event Center by Cornerstone The Raven Resort Lighting by Midnight Productions Reid Sound The Hattery Stove & Still Flowers by Love Blossoms
This Evening’s Program Opening Presentation of Contestants Special Entertainment Talent Competition Intermission Special Entertainment Evening Gown Competition Onstage Q&A Special Entertainment Miss New Hope Celebrates 2018 Ginger Alley Final Performance Crowning of Miss New Hope Celebrates 2019
OUR JUDGES
Edward Kimble ~ AKA Berrie Lyndon Jennifer Chaki Artur Kevin Gilmore ~ AKA Pheobe MannTrappe Marty Salender ~ AKA Martini Madness Michael Gardner ~ AKA Miss Pumpkin Official Auditor Mayor Laurence D. Keller
RICKY CROSBY 1956 - 2018
“Rikki Paris 70’s” - Ricky was a New Hope Legend. Promoter & Producer of the Miss Gay Pennsylvania of USofA Working at John & Peter’s, Karla’s and the Cartwheel.
JOEY RAY 1965 - 2018
Jenn & Joey Miss Gay Pennsylvania USofA 2013 Shae Shae, Joey, Victory Lace at the Cartwheel 1999 Victory & Joey, The famous Evanescence - Bring Me To Life Performance Joey & Pumpkin Raven Christmas Show 2015 Joey & Husband Gordon Pulaski 2014 Pumpkin Show at the Bucks County Playhouse 2015
LEGENDARY
DIVAS & QUEENS
Danee Russo 1956 - 1985
Monica Rey - Randy Bowman 1957 – 1998
Mother - Joseph Cavallucci 1925 - 2000
Rikki Paris - Ricky Crosby 1956 -2018
Visit newhopecelebrateshistory.org for more Divas & Queens
KAREN COVERGIRL 1970 - 2017 Miss Pennsylvania USofA 2001
Dana Matthews
1964 - 2018 Pennsylvania USofA Royalty
SINCE 2003
New Hope Celebrates Board 2019 Matt Hanson, President • Trisha Dasch,Vice President • Roger Green Sharon Fronabarger • Ryan Fuller, Treasurer • Kevin Galownia, Secretary Kari Osmond • Michael Scott • Jenn Wohl Gordon Pulaski, Creative Director • Bari Buiso • Daniel Brooks, NHC Founder
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NEW HOPE CELEBRATES
newhopecelebrates.com • newhopecelebrateshistory.org Mother - Joseph “Josie” Cavallucci, Geri Delevich, Herb Millman, Joe Black, Phillip Powell Kevin Gilmore, Wayne Fluke, Loretta Johnson, Mary Margaret,Jim Briggs Joey Ray, Laurence Fieber, Robert Ebert, Philip Nicolosi, Stephanie Moore Miss Pumpkin - Michael Gardner, Sandy Santello & Sharyn Keiser, Ed Kimble, Monica Rey, Ricky Crosby