Pride of the Greater Lehigh Valley is proud to bring a diverse collection of local, regional, and national talent to the festival stage. All performances are featured under our covered, stage tent.

12 NOON - OPENING CEREMONIES

The opening ceremonies will kick-off with a performance down the main Pride in the Park thoroughfare by the Philadelphia Freedom Band.  Other highlights of the opening ceremonies include:

- The National Anthem and selections performed by The Phildadelphia Freedom Band
- Invocation by Beth Goudy, MCCLV
- 2012 Queen and King of Pride 
- 2012 Pride GLV Rainbow Scholarship award announcements 
- Statements of support from local elected officials and candidates

HOST - Latrice Royale, RuPaul's Drag Race Star
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Latrice Royale is a California native born in the early 1970’s.  She has been studying and perfecting the art of Female Impersonation for nearly 20 years. Latrice’s career started as a dare and it was during that first performance that she became hooked.  While most of her work, titles and crowns have transpired in Florida, Latrice recently went on to spread her wings further.   Appearing in RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 4,  Drag U and Rupaul’s Drag Race All-Stars, Latrice Royale has become a beloved fan favorite across the globe.

“I am destined for Royalty because I only work in Palace's.” -  Latrice Royale

PHILADELPHIA FREEDOM BAND
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Established in 2008, the band seeks to be a place where anyone - lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or straight - can enjoy the beauty of playing music with friends.

The Philadelphia Freedom Band is a group of gay and lesbian people who love to play music in large and small ensembles. Many of the members played instruments in high school and college bands. Others are professionally trained musicians. The group has come together to practice our skills and perform for the public. The group welcomes anyone who wants to play in a concert band with others in community.

2PM: KiNETiK X Dance Squad
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KiNETiK-X is composed of dancers who love to dance and want to change the world through dance. Not everyone has to be the same. The squad embraces individuality as a crew and wants everyone to do the same. Changing the way people think and act, not by force, but by thought and through dance. To inspire one by one, little by little to do the same. It’s cool to be different as long as that different is who YOU are. All styles, All music, All LOVE

2:30PM: LEHIGH VALLEY GAY MEN'S CHORUS
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The Lehigh Valley Gay Men’s Chorus began on August 9, 1994 when 10 men gathered to form the Lehigh Valley Gay Men’s Chorus. Under the initial direction of Robert Roush and Steven Olofson, our feet first touched a stage in a Holiday concert in December of that year, in the Moose Lounge in Allentown, PA.

LVGMC continues to push the envelope in the Valley and surrounding area. From the performance of “Sing For The Cure” for the national conference in Washington, D.C. of the Susan G. Komen Foundation for breast cancer research in 2002 to the organization of a candlelight vigil in honor of Matthew Shepard, to being the first all LGBT group to perform at the MayFair Arts festival, performances at First Night Bethlehem Celebration, F.A.C.T. (Fighting AIDS Continuously Together) Summer Games, Freedom to Marry celebrations, local church services, and our performance of our "Alec Baldwin Doesn't Love Me". LVGMC is making a difference in Lehigh Valley and the US, musically and socially.

The Lehigh Valley Gay Men’s Chorus performs a wide variety of music encompassing many styles, periods, and subjects.

3PM: JOANNA BURNS, Piano Pop/Folk
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Joanna Burns wanted to be on Broadway. She wanted to write music. She's more than halfway there.

With a love for funk, r&b, and musical theatre, Joanna has spent most of her life working to combine them into one thirst-quenching sound. Standing all of 5 feet 4 inches tall, she is quite unassuming, having secretly inherited the voice of someone 5 feet 4 inches wide. She plays the piano, predominantly by ear, a gift she loves to whip out at parties, and her infectious energy serves to ignite the whole package in flames. Good flames.

This year, Burns embarked upon a project called JB's Video Shmideo; a weekly Youtube series with a new video every Tuesday for 52 weeks. The material consists mostly of covers, but some originals and spoofs as well, arranged, performed, shot, and edited entirely by Burns herself; featuring, but not limited to her newfound love for beat-boxing and her rekindled love for a cappella music. Her channel has received over 54,000 views and is ever-growing.

3:30PM: LATRICE ROYALE & THE LEHIGH VALLEY DRAG REVIEW

5PM: M80, 80's pop / New-Wave/ Dance!
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Based in Kingston, PA, M80 plays the very best of the 80’s and beyond!

Members: Jane Train, Bryan Harmony, Les Eckhart, Ryan Kofron, Tommy Wynder, and Ryan Williams

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