dizielady, no worries :) It seems to be a pretty slow moving thread these days.. a few years back we had the same issue at the dash site in the NC thread. Thanks for starting it and following up :)

oy, i just saw that i spelt your nick wrong.. dixielady, not dizielady.. lol.. two totally diffrent meanings there! lol

I'm in Greensboro, moved here in 2008. Just now getting around to seeking out community.

Paphigleo and I are in Asheville.

We love meeting people in real time.

Greetings NC!
 

Hello! I am new to the site but glad to see an NC thread! I am in Hickory, NC. Hope to become an active member of this website! Blowing kisses to all my NC folks! Will be back on to check out the site more tomorrow, until then good night NC!:moonstars:

Recent transplant, I've settled in the Carrboro/Chapel Hill area :)

Glad to see we have a thread.....

Checking out Ms Scarlettes linkie loo.

:blueheels:

Thanks for the invite, I am actually the president of the board of directors for Catawba Valley Pride. It is going to be our areas first gay pride celebration and will hopefully go down in history by bringing more inclusion and unity into our unfortunately divided area! Check out our website for all the happenings, would love to see all my NC peeps there!

Christy Austin
President of Catawba Valley Pride
www.catawbavalleypride.org

Catawba Valley Pride 2010
 

HICKORY, NC, September 9th, 2010 -- Today, Catawba Valley Pride, Inc. announced the first ever Catawba Valley Gay Pride. The event will take place from Friday October 15th through Sunday the 17th. A 5pm seminar at Lenoir-Rhyne University will kick off Pride weekend followed by food and dance at Market on Main. The night will conclude with shows and dancing at Pride Night at Club Cabaret.

On Saturday, a Pride Picnic from 10am to 3pm on the grounds of Unifour Christian Fellowship in Newton will include vendors, a picnic display competition and entertainment on the outdoor stage with gospel music performed inside the sanctuary. Saturday events continue with a Pride Youth Dance at an area church and “Not Your Mama’s Bingo” at Quality Inn & Suites—an entertaining fundraiser supporting ALFA and Catawba Valley Pride. Club Cabaret will feature a night of shows and contests spotlighting the return of drag personality Nancy Newton.

To wrap up the weekend, various area churches will include programs in their Sunday Morning Services that affirm the lives of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual, transgender, two-spirited people, and their supporters.

The mission of Catawba Valley Pride, Inc. is to provide an annual opportunity to generate celebratory, cultural, artistic, and educational events which affirm the lives of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual, transgender, two-spirited people, and supporters through activities which promote unity, inclusion, and awareness of sexual and gender diversity as well as to increase public awareness of the LGBT community so as to eliminate homophobia, transphobia, and discrimination. The organization focuses on but is not limited to the following counties: Alexander, Allegheny, Ashe, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, Iredell, Lincoln, Watauga and Wilkes.

This event is open to all LGBT citizens and their supportive friends and families. For more information about Catawba Valley Pride weekend (October 15-17) and for volunteer or sponsorship opportunities, please send an email to: admin@catawbavalleypride.org or visit the web site: www.CatawbaValleyPride.org for further details.

Thank you Miss Scarlett, it certainly is an undertaking. My hope is that it will go down in history by bringing a little more unity and inclusion to our unfortunately divided area! Would love for you to come join us if you are able! There will be something for everyone! It is honestly a labor of love for my community!

Blue Ridge Pride 2010, Asheville
 

Going to BluRP- Ill be there right after work, around 1230 ish