Above, photographer unknown

 
please, please, if you can send me additional photos, especially
for years I have none, I would much appreciate it!

photographer unknown

   

Above, Sara Hickman
Below, Diana Jones; Gretchen Phillips & Sara Hickman
photographers unknown

  

   

Above, Anna Egge, Cowboy's Nightmare
photographers unknown

   

Above, Ruthie Foster, Zrazy; Below, Patrice Pike
photographer Kim Thompson

Above, Lisa Rogers of Therapy Sisters

   

Above left, Gretchen Phillips
Above right, Houston business person Suzanne Anderson

Yeah, from the Festival, but these folks are representing the Pride Committee,
with Jack Valinski, Troy Christiansen and Jim Duke, and two others

All photos for 2000 by Kim Thompson

Tina Schlieski, Terri Hendrix and Tret Fure

Vendor table and group of friends

All photos for 2000 by Kim Thompson

Above, Connie Moore & Debbie Hunt, on left
below, Christy Claxton

Above, Therapy Sisters
Below, Sean Wiggins

above, poet Donna Garrett

above center, festival founder Shirley Knight

Sarah Golden

above by JD Doyle, below by Kim Thompson

Ruthie Foster; and vendor (Kim Thompson photos)

   

All photos below for 2001 by Kim Thompson

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Above right and below, Ruthie Foster and band

   

above, Patrice Pike
below right, Cafe Mocha

   

      

   

Above, Sean Wiggins and Ann Reed

      

above Sean Wiggins and Miss Money

      

above, Billie Duncan, Elizabeth White, Annise Parker
below, Ann Reed and fan

Below, Cowboy's Nightmare

      

   

Due to bad weather, event had to move indoors, to Chances

   

above, Catie Curtis & Sonia, and Sonia and her drummer
Below, Catie Curtis

 

 

 

above & below, Sonia

  

    

Above, Holly Light
Below, Sonia, and Catie, unknown and Sonia

    

 

Above, Sarah Golden, Below, Ellis

  

 

 

Above, Ellis; Below, Halcyon

 

 

 

Below, Zrazy

 

 

 

  

Above left, HWF founder Shirley Knight; below right, Natalia Zuckerman

  

 

HWF Booth at 2006 Pride Fest

 

I admit when the festival producer asked if I had any suggestions for who to book,
I right away stressed the importantance of honoring our pioneers.
I nudged her to try to book Deidre McCalla, and it happened.
I had interviewed her in 2004 on my QMH radio show.

Above photo by Diane Litke, who is below left with Deidre. Diane is a supreme
producer of house concerts (Richardson, TX) and great photographer.
Below, of course I got my photo taken with Deidre, and it seems those were
the only ones I took that day.

   

   

  

    

  

In 2006 there was also a Winter Fest

  

Above, Melissa Ferrick and Natalia Zuckerman
Below, Melissa and me, Diane Litke and me

  

Below left, Shirley Knight in the center, next to Melissa
Below right, Melissa & Natalia played several numbers together

  

  

  

  

  

Above left, Natalia and Melissa....and they were dating at the time. The did a utterly fantastic version
of "My Funny Valentine" that I wished I could capture...actually I tried to record it, but the crowd and
background noise defeated my effort. Above right, Houston music fans Diane and Deborah Bell.

  

Above and Below, Yvonne Perea

  

 

  

Above, Blame Sally

  

Above, Emcee & Performer Ginger Leigh
Below, SisterFunk

  

 

     

Six photos below grabbed from a stray myspace page, photograher unknown

  

      

  

  

Above left, Emcee Nancy Ford, at right and below, Ginger Leigh

  

Below, Bekah Kelso & Ginger Doss

 

Wishing Chair

  

  

Above, to promote the Festival I had Paige Lewis (at left) and event producer
Sharman Petri on the KPFT show Queer Voices. Note the Festival flyer on the
bulletin board. I also asked Sharman to provide some interview information,
and you can read that doc.