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Sunderland<br />
Pride Group<br />
The parade will leave<br />
the Civic Centre at<br />
Burdon Road at noon<br />
and everyone is<br />
being asked to turn<br />
up and join in the fun<br />
– and dress up.<br />
“Because we’re having a<br />
Hairspray theme it would be<br />
fantastic if people dress as<br />
characters from the show”<br />
Sunderland does<br />
it with Pride….<br />
Big, bouffant and backcombed- this year’s Sunderland Pride is taking<br />
its theme from one of the most fabulous musicals ever written.<br />
The event is returning to the city on Sunday 25<br />
September for the sixth time, with the hope that<br />
it will beat last year’s record-breaking 6000<br />
strong turnout.<br />
And organisers have taken the show Hairspray<br />
as their inspiration, which includes a<br />
performance by Leanne Jones, who won an<br />
Olivier Award for portraying the musical’s<br />
leading lady, Tracy Turnblad, in the West End<br />
production.<br />
Leanne is just one of a whole host of singers<br />
who will ensure that Sunderland Pride is a<br />
star-studded event.<br />
Tribute acts Beeyonce, Boy Geordie and<br />
In the Mix will take to the stage along with<br />
Kelly Wilde and former X Factor star, Kitty<br />
Brucknell, plus the Leeds Starlets.<br />
The event runs in and around Park Lane,<br />
with performances running from 1pm until<br />
7pm along with the Pride parade where<br />
once again, the hope is for record numbers.<br />
The parade will leave the Civic Centre at Burdon<br />
Road at noon and everyone is being asked to<br />
turn up and join in the fun – and dress up.<br />
“Because we’re having a<br />
Hairspray theme it would<br />
be fantastic if people<br />
dress as characters from the<br />
show,” said Chris Ramsay, chairman<br />
of Sunderland Pride.<br />
The parade is expected to take about an hour<br />
and once at Park Lane the Pride flag will be<br />
raised and the music will start!<br />
“This year we are also having a number of floats<br />
as part of the parade and one dedicated<br />
completely to Hairspray,” said Chris.<br />
“We’ll also be playing music from it<br />
throughout the day. We had a<br />
fantastic Pride last year but by<br />
the support and response<br />
we’ve had so far, we really<br />
think this one is going to<br />
be the best Sunderland<br />
has ever had.”<br />
It will be the culmination of a<br />
year of successes for<br />
Sunderland Pride – which relies<br />
totally on sponsorship and donations – with<br />
the team moving into their own office at Bridge<br />
House in the city.<br />
This means that they can now run more<br />
extensive services to meet the needs of people<br />
across Sunderland.<br />
For more information:<br />
www.sunderlandpridegroup.com<br />
@SunderlandPrideGroup<br />
@SunderlandPride<br />
“This year we are also<br />
having a number of floats<br />
as part of the parade and<br />
one dedicated completely<br />
to Hairspray”<br />
vibemagazine.co.uk | @Sunderland<strong>Vibe</strong> | Sunderland<strong>Vibe</strong> 19
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