-circulated to QAnnounce; Reconnet; ESORA; Recoznet- Black+White+Pink Corroboree 2000 in the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade There are three TV networks covering the Parade (Channel 10 - 8:30pm Sunday; Optus and Foxtel pay per view - 3 hours live, starting at 7:30pm; Netcast - go to the Mardi Gras site http://www.mardigras.com.au/ - live, starting at 7:30pm It's getting close, only four more sleeps. It all happens on Saturday 4th March. Position, position, position, it's all about position, sweetie! B+W+P Corroboree 2000 will be the third float in the Parade (not counting the Mardi Gras lead float). First comes the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Gay, Lesbian and Transgender/Sistergirl Community Float 'Our Country Our Queen', followed by the Hunter Valley Koori Community Float, then our group. You can't ask better than that. The positioning really shows what importance the Mardi Gras committee places on indigenous issues and reconciliation. Just for your information there are 208 floats and 7,200+ participants in the Parade (quite a change from my first one in 1979, where a few hundred of us marched in front of a crowd of 800, but at least the police left us alone that year). Black+White+Pink welcomes the National Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation and Australians for Reconciliation in their first ever Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, and thank them for their support of the Black+White+Pink Float We will be a very large walking group being led up the parade route by Elders from the Sydney Inner City community. We hope that our very large numbers will send the message that reconciliation is a people's movement, despite the reluctance of the people who should be showing leadership. (and we all know how worried the PM is of 'sending messages') About 450 people of all backgrounds, sexualities and gender identities have registered to parade with us on the night. We will be carrying decorated, glittered hands, long strips of fabric in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islands colours, large black, white and pink hands, banners from the National Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation, another one from Australians for Reconciliation as well as ATSI flags and black white and pink helium filled balloons. The National Council's banner says: "Corroboree 2000 - walk the bridge for reconciliation on May 28" AND "The Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation thanks the lesbian and gay community for its support of reconciliation" The Australians for Reconciliation's states:"Australians for Reconciliation support the Indigenous gay, lesbian and sistagirl communities" B+W+P is proud that the gay, lesbian and transgender commitment to reconciliation has been recognised at national level. Never before has so much glitter, tasteless glamour, bad make-up and politics been assembled in the same place at the same time. Its not too late to join us. Be at the Archibald Fountain at the northern end of Hyde Park (near Macquarie Street) at 5:30pm, we are moving into the start area at 6:15. Email me! More float info: http://www.queers4reconciliation.wild.net.au/mg2000.htm#BWP Latest update: http://www.queers4reconciliation.wild.net.au/2000.htm Start area map and info: http://www.dot.net.au/~helczem/start.htm Route map and info: http://www.dot.net.au/~helczem/route.htm End area map and info: http://www.dot.net.au/~helczem/end.htm JOIN US IN SPIRIT OR IN PERSON FOR A FABULOUS TIME!! Garry C Black+White+Pink http://www.queers4reconciliation.wild.net.au/ ------------------------------------------------------- RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/ To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message, include the words: unsubscribe announce or click here mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/recoznet2%40paradigm4.com.au/
