February 1987 ■ Q-Notes PAGE 7 Si dreensbozo ; Asheville "'¥|§irilmington JiffciiiozJilille i||||ipil;p||pnlzG bctts:ln:;ii,dipi Help ISeJSfeiiiiiti' V70nt. \ ;mws STOKIES. When ppen to gay men and knc^/> wiypp« Imtzations have events coming interest to gay men and . .€WJotes wantS;;;.^^ con assume responsilJilllyililliir "f ■ Q»Notes aboiut ■ 'I-aRSL You want to know,,,what's scorning up at at your favorite bar. , bar managers to advertise in .^Nbtes and reach the market in yotijr area as well as the estimated: ' t^'JpCO gay men and lesbians in the Charlotte area who might want to vM your city. HOW TO REACH Q-NOTES. CaU Don King. 704/332-3834, for news or advertising. For future community events, send pertinent information to Don at 331 East Blvd. #3. Char lotte 28203, Q-Notes is published monthly and should reach your area by rithe, first wecHepd^Qi each iiv»> If* Dean FFonfs Focused QCQ FSOM PSEVIOUS PAGE went with me and he had a gay friend in Atlanta. We piled into a '68 VW and off we went down Juniper Street. We pulled up in front of this place called The Armory and there must hove been 300 people outside. My friend asked his friend why everyone was outside, and the Qfuy said it was because the inside was packed. So we sauntered in and got progressively sloshed and walked across the parking lot to the Backstreet. It was equally packed and the kid just had a blast. The Armory and Backstreet; it was a baptism of fire. The first bar I went to in Charlotte was the Odyssey when it was downtown. That firetrap was the most fun bar I've ever been in in this town. What a hop ping place! I con remember walking up those stairs with the music getting pro gressively louder. Even on those stairs you could feel the heat off that dance floor. Those people knew how to party and that total let-your-hair-down, don't- care-what-anybody-thinks partying is something I think we've kind of lost in Charlotte. There's a whole generation of kids coming up now who have never known those days and don't know what they're missing. There was a sense of camara derie and brotherhood and sisterhood. People would talk to each other even if they didn't know each other. That's rare now. And when the bars would kick us out, there'd be a group of 15 or 20 in the parking lot and somebody would yell, "Let's go to the White Tower," Going to breakfast — that's another thing we used to do that we don't do as much now. Q-Notes: Why did you lun ioi QCQ president? DG: I didn't actually run. Several peo ple wanted to know if I'd be interested. I told .them, I' wasn't,. pgrticulqrly^;but;if they chose me I'd accept it. I would have been perfectly content to sit on that board and be a collective thorn in several people's sides. Q-Notes: What can you oHei QCQ? DG: There's a perception that the board is stodgy, stuck-up, elitist. And that may have to some extent been true. As a trained journalist. I'm not averse to people knowing that members of the board don't always agree. In past years, the board has been comprised of one or two star players; this one is composed of a group willing to be team players. We may not get the ball every time, but we're willing to do what we have to to get the ball across the goal. It should be a team effort. And I think for the first time in a long time we have that team assembled. I want us to be more open about our finances, which at this point are dismal. When people ask where money is go ing, I want to be able to tell them. They have a right to know. Everything we do should raise funds. We soy we're a fimdraising group, so let's do it. Everybody in the world can do ten things, but only two things really well. So QCQ has to go back to doing what it does best. If we can hove fun raising funds, that's great. But our first consideration has to be fundraising. I'm going to push for people realizing that I don't run this organization and am merely the president. It's run by the board from which I take instructions. QCQ has enjoyed extremely good support in the past. I hope that contin ues. When we had only four groups in town, it was relatively easy to raise enough to keep them going. We've now got 15 or 16. To keep them going will require a hell of a lot more than we've ever raised before. WANTED; Gay Men & Lesbians (& others) Who Want to Worship God| in Spirit and in Truth Come worship with us!! Sun. 11 a.m.. Wed. 7:30 p.n Metropolitan Community Church of Charlotte 4037 E. Independence Blvd. Suite 726 (704) 563-5810 OFFICE HOURS: Mon: 1-7 p.m Tues.-Thurs. 10-4 p.m. Mail: 3001 Central Ave., Suite 156 Charlotte, NC 28205 "Those who believe in Jesus are not condemned." Jn 3:18 COME HOME OLEEN’S A Charlotte Landmark For 17 Years At 1831 South Boulevard O 373-9604 The Home Of Variety Entertainment! it's Country & Western Night! Wednesdays With $20 Bar Tab To Winner Of The 10 p.m. Pool Tournament Draft 75C 0 Schnapps $1 K House Drinks $1.50 Free Admission For Womyn! That’s Thursdays When Deejay Steve Plays His Best Unlimited Canned Beer $5 For Members, $6 For Guests iFive Hours Of Free Pool No KiddingH Every Sunday. The Pool Table Is Free 3-8 p.m. House Drinks $1.50 tl Schnapps $1 Ml Home-Made Door Prize From Oleen’s Each Week On Stage, For Your Pleasure, Oleen’s Presents Buffie DeMareau and Tina Terrell, Feb. 6 Geri O’Neal and Grand Prix, Feb. 7 Brittany Gwen & Co., Feb. 13 Special Valentine’s Show, Feb. 14 Shea Latece and Geri O’Neal, Feb. 20-21 Kasey King Show, Feb. 27-28 Free Admission Fridays & Saturdays Before 9 Oleen’s Opens At 8 p.m. Nightly No Cover On Friday & Saturday For Early Arrivals!

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