Subject: NEW UPPER DECK NEWSFLASH FROM SOUTH PADRE ISLAND
Hello,
Whew! What a week! We were so busy with Splash this past weekend. We are still trying to get everything back to normal, including ourselves. It was tons of fun and everything went very smoothly. It was a great success and I think people had an enjoyable time. Next Splash is Oct. 4-6.
We had lots of people here in the hotel from all over. Mark and Debbie were here from Austin. Kurt was down from Spring. Steve aka "Poochie" and Neil were back down for a week from the Windy City of Chicago. Victor was here from Mission. And another Victor was here from San Juan, Texas, not Puerto Rico. Juan and Casey were back from Dallas. They brought along Raymond and John from San Diego, CA. Jenny was back with a group of friends from Austin. Gordon was back down from Austin. Robert and Oscar and the group were here from Brownsville. Rigo and his buds were here from McAllen. Norm and Lupe were here from McAllen. John, Roamer and Bruce were here from Austin. Natalie and her entourage from McAllen and Edinburg filled up two rooms. Estella and Nelda were here as well. Greg, Bill and Randy were here from Dallas. Randy and Cullen were here from Austin. Brent and David were down from Pottsboro, TX. Brent is such a cutie. David was back from Houston. Johnny and Humberto were here from Laredo. Lupita, Ray,CeCe, Chris and the rest of the gang were here from Brownsville. Marilyn made it down from McAllen. Gary and Felix were back too. Vern and Roger were here from Austin. Gene was here from Mexico City. Greg was here from Houston. Steven and David came down from San Antonio. And Trish and a couple of her friends are here for a week again from Minneapolis. So we were really busy here.
The bar was busy as well all weekend for the Splash activities. Fri. night we had four dancers for the crowd to enjoy. Sat. there was volleyball and stuff on the beach and a BBQ here at the hotel. Sat. night the show was held at Gary's Coachhouse in Brownsvlle, featuring the strippers and Sweet Savage, Chanel and Tanya Lee. Free shuttle buses were provided. It was packed there and it was packed here too. Sun. the party switched to Parrot Eyes Bar and Grill on the bay. There was free banana boat rides and boat cruises. Lots of fun and music and dancing also. There were two shows - one at 7pm and the other at 11pm. All three nights and days were quite festive. Some of the new faces were Jim from Wisconsin. Brad from Nashville,TN. Bill, Steve and Lance from Kansas City came down to help with Splash. Monty was here from Michigan. Kelly, Joel and Kevin dropped by from Corpus Christi. Kevin is that cute bartender from the Hidden Door. Randy was here from Illinois. Ken was down from Connecticut. Steve was down fro Maine. Duane and Jack dropped by from Tulsa, OK. And Craig and Jack were here from Arkansas. Plus loads of people from all over the Valley and others I didn't happen to meet. All in all we had a great time. We'd like to thank all who participated and helped make it the succes it was. Until next time have fun and be safe.
--Tony
Houston's BCBC Jungle X
Raises $48,000 for Charities
Houston's Bayou City Boys Club, Inc.'s Jungle X, the tenth anniversary edition of Houston's premier dance party, broke all records for attendance and funds raised recently. Over 1,500 people passed through the tunnel of light into a world transformed by one of the most spectacular laser and light displays ever seen in Houston.
Renowned circuit DJ Warren Gluck spun a high-energy mix spiced with just a splash of tribal beat that kept the boys dancing until the wee hours of Easter morning.
Jungle's new and larger venue, Trading Fair II, provided a spacious, urban look and feel to the party and was an instant hit with guests.
A record $48,000 will be distributed directly to the beneficiaries of Jungle X and represents 160% of this year's fund-raising goal. This amount includes all of the proceeds from ticket sales from the main event, as well as a percentage of the door receipts from each of the other Jungle weekend events produced by local clubs and promoters.
BCBC is especially proud of achieving record levels of fund-raising at a time when economic challenges have created a very difficult environment for raising money. As in the past, the cost of the party was completely underwritten, allowing the organization to donate all of the proceeds from ticket sales. BCBC is especially thankful to the individual underwriters, corporate sponsors and supporters who came through with record support and made this achievement possible. Local organizations benefiting from this year's event include Casa de Esperanza, AIDS Foundation Houston Gay Men's Health Initiative, Center for AIDS, Montrose Clinic Next, Step Program, Steven's House, PWA Coalition, WAM Foundation.
BCBC is a nonprofit, all volunteer organization whose mission is to raise money for Houston area HIV/AIDS service providers, research and education. For more information, contact Mike Collins at 713.758.4488 or visit the BCBC Web site at bayoucityboysclub.org.
International Musician/Gay Activist
Honored
in Hometown of San Antonio
Latin pop star, performance artist, Gay activist and director Jade Esteban Estrada will be honored in his hometown as Grand Marshal at the 20th Annual San Antonio Pride Parade and Festival 2002 in Crocket Park on Sat., June 15.
The San Antonio, TX native is a LGBT "Texas treasure" to the community as he is the only Texan ever to have earned international recognition for his work and visibility for Lesbian and Gay rights on an international level. He will receive a similar honor in Tulsa, OK on June 8. Estrada has also been honored this year by the Human Rights Campaign for his work and is one of the stars endorsing the "Coming Out Rocks" event for National Coming Out Day on Oct. 11, when he will stand beside other prominent musicians like k. d. lang, Melissa Etheridge, The Pet Shop Boys and RuPaul. Estrada has also worked closely with the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force and OutFront Minnesota. Out Magazine christened him "the first Gay Latin star" while the Advocate hails him as "exquisite Jade," among many accolades.
Estrada is currently previewing his latest one-man show, Tortilla Heaven, by Celeste Estrada-Apolinar, at the Creative Place Theatre in New York and will tour Latin festivals and theatres across the country while concurrently touring to promote his latest CD Angel (available at cdbaby.com). Look for Jade Esteban Estrada in the upcoming book Award-winning Men by Ed Karvoski, Jr. due out in June. Angel was reviewed in Ambush (archive.ambushmag.com/is501) by Eric A. Crabtree.
