3/20/12 - Lesbian BOLD Festival

You are invited to attend ...

THE 8TH ANNUAL BOLDFEST!!

A Conference & Gathering For Bold, Old(er) Lesbians & Dykes!

September, 6-9 2012, Coast Plaza Hotel, Vancouver BC

Our theme this year is BOLD VOICES which we’ll celebrate in speech and song throughout the conference. You’ll be entertained and captivated by powerful music and the conversation of smart, savvy, fabulous BOLD women.

Our Saturday night buffet dinner and performance features SUGARBEACH, a feisty and dynamic Canadian-Aussie duo who have won several awards and nominations for their outstanding original songs and performances.

SugarBeach wrote the 30th Anniversary theme song for Vancouver Pride, “Living Out Proud”, which was also used by cities all over the world for Pride celebrations. Living Out Proud won Song of the Year in the OutVoice Top 40 Chart and was used to open Pride House Vancouver and Whistler for the 2010 Winter Olympics. More on SugarBeach can be found at http://www.sugarbeachmusic.com/

Our workshop lineup this year thus far includes the following: (Stay tuned. There’s much more to come!)

• Suffering Succotash! Managing the Vicissitudes of Old Age. Presenter: Margaret Mann, Ed.S, author and activist from from Oahu, Hawaii
  

• Sex after 50:  A lighthearted exploration of the erotic. Presenters: Certified Sexological Bodyworker Caffyn Jesse, MA, Salt Spring Island and NGO journalist Paula Stromberg, Vancouver

• Take an antidote to Homo-nationalism: Historical LGBT presence world-wide. Presenter: Alexandra Henriques, Program Co-ordinator for QMUNITY's Generations Program
  

• The Gaia Shifts Project. Presenters: Gitta Ridder and Anita Melin will offer a workshop on the intentional womyn’s community they are pioneering in Nelson BC.

In addition, you can enjoy our Friday patio luncheon, a Friday night panel discussion, Dragonboating, an (optional) Wednesday night Harbour Boat Cruise, and for the first time, LESBIAN KARAOKE, Friday evening, September 7.

For more information about BOLDFest 2012 including updates and full workshop descriptions, and to register, go to http://www.boldfest.com. As well, for your convenience, a registration form is attached.  Fees are on a sliding scale to make this event as accessible as possible to as many women as possible. Please pay what you can afford on the sliding scale.  See section if requesting financial assistance.

If you wish to pay online via PayPal, once your payment is accepted you will be directed back to boldfest.com to complete the registration form. Please do not forget this step or your registration will not be finalized.  Payment by PayPal includes service fees. Please keep note of any confirmation number for the registration form.
"See you in September"
Pat & Claire, BOLDFest coordinators/producers

**Please contact Pat Hogan at

soundsfuries@shaw.ca with any questions - thank you.