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Sisters speak OUT
Human rights activists perform at Gay Straight Alliance Club
Taylor Rouch trouch.roundupnews@gmail.com
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Any other day, seeing four grown men walk into a room wearing dresses, thick white make-up, fake eyelashes, and coronets with lace veils might shock you, but these are the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence and their appearance has a purpose.
The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence are dressed as drag queen nuns from a Halloween Party but their symbolism has more to do with the fact that they help the gay community in the same way the nuns help the Catholic Church, said The Sisters.
The Sisters met with the Gay
Straight Alliance Club in The Village room 8345 on March 14 to speak about the purpose of the non-profit organization they volunteer for.
The Sisters are not only inspirational speakers for the lesbian, gay, bi-sexual and transsexual (L.G.B.T.) community, they are also charity workers for fundraising events.
“One of our goals is to make it easier on those in the lifestyle and help them to be proud of who they are,” Sister Margaret Snatcher said.
A hairy older man wearing what looks like a little girl’s summer picnic dress would not usually be
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taken seriously, yet in the case of the passionate “Sister Barbie-Q” you know he believes in what this organization promotes.
“No matter what we are, what color we are, or what we wear it’s about helping the community,” Sister Barbie-Q said.
He also spoke of how the reward is not fiscal but more spiritual.
“You can’t imagine the connection that happens when you put yourself out there and help,” Barbie-Q said.
Sister Lucy-Furr spoke about the calling people have that leads them to work so selflessly for others.
Lucy-Furr’s calling, other than working with the sisters, is to help the L.G.B.T. youth escape methamphetamine addiction. Lucy told The Roundup he was hooked for 12 years of his life.
The Sister’s work was in progress that day as a female G.S.A. club member bonded with “Sister Sadie Masqueradie” over their similar cerebral caused social disabilities and alternative sexual orientations.
The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence’s next event will be a baseball game at Fairfax Highschool called the “Drag Queen World Series” featuring The Sisters vs. the West Hollywood Cheerleaders.
concert features Mozart melodies by UCLA students
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University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) students performed a violin concert Thursday in the Arts Center at Pierce College.
Every Thursday at 12:45 p.m. since the beginning of March there have been free concerts in the Music Building in classroom 3400.
“We don’t do all of the concerts but we have the opportunity [to play at Pierce],” UCLA violin major Luke Santonastaso said.
Students from UCLA are nominated to get a chance to perform at Pierce.
The students performing last Thursday’s String Showcase concert played music of Ludwig Van Beethoven, Johann Sebastian Bach,
Fritz Kreisler, and Sergei Prokofiev.
Students not even in music classes came to visit just to listen to the music.
“Some friends told me about it so I thought I’d come check it out,” criminal justice major Nino Linao said. “I had some free time.”
Each UCLA student played a different piece of music from different composers.
“They all had their own theme to it,” Linao said. “The first one was sad and then it was fear and [the music] transitioned to happy.”
One of the performers, violin major Miguel Aguirre, has been playing for 14 years and was inspired by mariachi musicians.
“I just saw a violin and decided I wanted to be a violinist,” Aguirre said.
The performers must consistently practice their instruments to keep their talents strong.
“Ideally [they should practice] three to five hours a day,” Santonastaso said. “Practically speaking an hour [of practice] a day.”
Santonastaso has been playing the violin for 16 years starting at the age of five.
“I started in elementary school in group classes. It was an after school thing not private classes,” Santonastaso said. Being able to play the violin is no easy task at all.
“What we’re doing isn’t natural to the body,” Santonastaso said.
The UCLA students enjoy the chance to showcase their talent and skill in front of the Pierce College community.
“This is a really great opportunity for us to perform,” UCLA violin major Annamarie Arai said. “Especially since you guys are learning about it. It’s a win-win situation.”
