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of interesting things were tried (with varying
degrees of success): in one number, she wore a
black leotard and a hoop skirt frame covered
with black lace. Her dancing boys wrapped the
hoop with a violet satin skirt during the black
out, so that... .presto! She’s wearing a new out
fit. Well, except that she’s not. There was also
this great number where she sang from atop a
tall staircase, tightly wrapped in about a mile
of fabric, looking for all the world like Gloria
Swanson. Perfect, until the dancing boys rolled
the staircase offstage with Sarah atop it, hang
ing on for dear life.
Naturally, I have to mention Titanic. Sarah
has recorded “II Mio Cuore Va,” which is “My
Heart Will Go On” in Italian. And it is actu
ally the best version of that song I have yet
heard. And of course, she sang it in concert,
walking back and forth on a catwalk that was
made up to look like the bow of a ship. As it
was lowered to the stage for her to climb aboard,
however, it jerked and fell briefly, and appeared
to cause Sarah to think twice before getting on.
But, trooper that she is, she did, and even did
that whole Kate Winslet “I’m flying” thing.
Other than the opening, there were two
other vastly memorable moments. The first
number after intermission was “Captain
Nemo,” one of the best songs from her little-
known CD Dive. I saw her in 1995, in her first
tour since that recording, and she did not sing
from it, so I was pretty sure that she was hop
ing we’d all forgotten it (it was fabulous in its
own way, but only sold about 12 copies). I was
wrong, however, and she worked “Captain
Nemo” into this huge spectacle that involved
her and some dancing boys flying about stage
on wires. There was also a big finale that in
volved two songs from Phantom of the Opera, a
somewhat surprising choice of “Don’t Cry for
Me, Argentina” as a first encore, and her latest
big hit, “Time to Say Goodbye” as her final
number. All in all, a most satisfying evening.
Campy, touching, and all-over fabulous. T
Hollywood
Compiled by Dan Van Mourik
Q-Notes Staff
A new group has formed in Hendersonville,
NC. Called “United for Diversity,” they have
developed a community calendar and a direc
tory of services, organizations and businesses
pertaining to the GLBT community. The group
meets at the Grace Fellowship Metropolitan
Community Church, 2001 Asheville Hwy.,
Hendersonville and their next meeting will be
held August 14 at 10:00am. For more infor
mation, call (828) 692-0111.
“Linking Lives” Aging Resources Expo will
be held August 28 at the Chapel Hill Senior
Center, 400 S. Elliott Rd., Chapel Hill from
9:00am to 1:00pm. Presentations include “Gay
and Lesbian Elders: Booming and Blooming”
and “Using the McKnight Model for Commu
nity Building within an Elder Lesbian Com
munity.” The Expo is designed to provide health
and human service professionals and anyone
interested with free referral resources for older
lesbian and gay adults. For more information,
contact Patrick Toal or MJ at (919) 416-0609.
Triad Health Project and the Greensboro
Jaycees have scheduled Winter Walk ’99, an
annual fundraising event benefiting several area
organizations that provide HIV/AIDS services,
for Saturday, December 4 in Greensboro. The
five-mile walk is open to any group or indi
vidual. For more information, call Triad Health
Project at (336) 275-1654 in Greensboro or
(336) 884-4116 in High Point.
Womenfest ’99 will be held in Key West,
FL this September. For information, visit
www.womenfest.net.
Nolo Press, the nation’s largest publisher of
self-help legal books, has officially become
Nolo.com on the Internet. Nolo has produced
several bookson legal help for the GLBT com
munity. Their web site at www.nolo.com fea
tures a legal encyclopedia, a legal dictionary,
and downloadable e-guides and form kits, cov
ering everything from wills and traffic tickets
to small business and patents.
If you need help with an anti-gay hate crime
or similar situation, contact the LAMBDA
GLBT Community Services Hate Crimes
Hotline at 1-800-616-4283. You may also con
fidentially report incidents online and get help
and information at www.lambda.org.
Chest Man International, an organization
for men attracted to the male chest, will hold
its fourth International Chest Man Conven
tion at the Steamworks, in Chicago, IL August
6-8. Scheduled events include a “chest wres-
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ding” tournament in which combatants can
only hold their opponents by the pecs or
nipples. The wrestling tournament will be fol
lowed by a chest competition with monetary
prizes for Best Pecs, Biggest Nipples, Longest
Nipples, and to Mr. Chest Man International.
Also scheduled are nipple enlarging demonstra
tions and booths where vendors can display
their wares or services. Both Friday and Satur
day night will consist of a safe sex gathering.
For more information, visit www.chestman
international.com or write CMI, PO Box 5468,
Chicago, IL 60680.
Consumer beware. New internet service pro
vider (ISP) Rainbowvoice claims they are the
first national ISP for the GLBT community,
but that isn’t true. GLINN Network One owns
that bragging right. Telling the truth is not the
only thing misleading. Rainbowvoice is mainly
a marketing campaign.They do not own or op
erate any of the equipment a typical ISP re
quires. Everything, from their web site to their
dialup network to their customer service, is
jobbed out to other companies. And GLINN
Network One offers the best prices and features
of the two. A monthly dialup account is $ 15.95,
down to $12.95 with prepayment, while
Rainbowvoice is $19.95. GLINN also offers
more email boxes, personal web space and other
features. But decide for yourself — GLINN
Network One is at www.glinn.com and
Rainbowvoice is at ■www.rainbowvoice.com. T
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emy Awards telecast in which Rob Lowe and
Snow White performed “Proud Mary.”
You Don’t Say?
“Being openly gay in public life is itself a po
litical statement. Its relevant to changing taws
because half the reason the laws haven’t been
changed is the public at large isn’t aware that gay
people exist because we’ve been encouraged for so
long to stay in the closet and be quiet about our
selves and not to cause a fuss. ’’
— Sir Ian McKellen in the June 28 Sydney
Morning Herald
Briefly...
Rock legend Elton John has reportedly asked
for a $40 million loan to pay off debts he has
accrued. Estimates put his holdings at over $250
million, but the openly-gay rock star report
edly spends tens of thousands every week...
Grammy-winning country stars Trisha
Yearwood and band The Mavericks performed
a benefit concert last month for a local Nash
ville makeup artist recently diagnosed with can
cer. The event made headlines since it was held
at The Connection, a gay bar in conservative
Nashville, TN...Indie princess Parker Posey has
joined the cast of Scream 3 which begins pro
duction this summer. She will join newlyweds
Courtney Cox and David Arquette, and direc
tor Wes Craven. Openly gay Kevin Williamson,
who developed the film franchise and wrote the
first two installments, has turned over the film
to another writer since he is busy preparing for
the release of his directorial debut Teaching Mrs.
Tingle and the premiere of his new ABC televi
sion series Wasteland...\t seems audiences are not
the only ones shocked by the kids in South Park
this summer — critics have generally given the
animated film positive reviews...After numer
ous production set backs, the planned Janis
Joplin biopic Piece of My Heart has now lost its
director Gary Fleder. The project, plagued by
delays over song rights and a competing script,
at one time had Melissa Etheridge attached to
portray the singing legend...The independent
feature Defying Gravity, the story of two clos
eted fraternity brothers coming out after a vi
cious gay bashing, has been screened at sneak
peaks in both New York and Los Angeles and
will open in other cities later this summer. T
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