* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:11] IT IS SO AMAZING TO SEE ALL OF YOU HERE. YOU LOOK INCREDIBLE. AND I WANNA SAY WE'RE LIVING. I THINK YOU DON'T NEED ME TO TELL YOU IN REALLY CHALLENGING TIMES. AND THIS EVENT IS WHAT COMMUNITY IS ABOUT. THIS EVENT IS WHAT INCLUSIVITY IS ABOUT. THIS EVENT IS WHAT AMERICAN VALUES ARE ABOUT. SO I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO BRIAN, THANK YOU TO JEN, THANK TO EVERYONE WHO MADE THIS POSSIBLE. YOU ARE THE ESSENCE OF EVERYTHING THAT'S BEAUTIFUL IN THE WORLD. AND WE THANK YOU TREMENDOUSLY. HAVE A BRILLIANT TIME TONIGHT, DAVID. DAVID, IT'S GREAT TO BE BACK WITH THE HASTINGS CHORUSES. HERE IS THE HASTINGS HIGH SCHOOL CHORUS. SINCE THE FIRST PIECE ISN'T IN ENGLISH, I WILL GIVE IT TO YOU. I'LL GIVE YOU THE TRANSLATION. WE HAVE, UM, WE OPEN OUR MINDS, , WHICH, UH, WE DON'T REALLY HAVE THAT IN NORTHEASTERN AMERICAN ENGLISH, BUT THE CLOSEST EQUIVALENT IN THIS CONTEXT IS GONNA BE, UM, A SOUTHERN BELL. GO IN. HALLELUJAH. SO WE OPEN OUR HEARTS, HALLELU, SORRY, WE OPEN OUR MINDS. HALLELUJAH. WE OPEN OUR HANDS. HALLELUJAH. WE OPEN OUR HEARTS. HALLELUJAH. THE REST IS IN ENGLISH SOLOISTS, R MAX GOLDBERG AND LEE JACOBS. THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY ADAM POD'S. TAKE ON A PIECE THAT NEEDS NO INTRODUCTION, NOT EVEN BY TITLE. YOU'LL RECOGNIZE IT AND IT'S EVER SO APPROPRIATE. NOW, SOLOIST, SAM NICHOLSON, AND THEN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL COURSES AND, UH, COMBINED COURSES WILL BE BACK. LOTS OF GREAT ACTS TO FOLLOW. THANK YOU TO BRIAN TO LETTING US, FOR LETTING US KICK THIS OFF. OFF WE GO. HANDS ARE KNOCKING BY KYLE PETERSON AND THEN MATT POTS TO ADAM PODS. EXCUSE ME. ADAM PODS TAKE ON A FAMOUS BOB DYLAN TUNE. [00:06:34] SO YOU, MAX GOLDBERG, LEE JACOBS. SAM NICHOLSON, HASTINGS HIGH SCHOOL CHORUS FRIEND. WE'LL SEE YOU FOR THE MIDDLE SCHOOL IN A BIT. THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN. LET'S GIVE IT UP FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL CHORUS OF HASTINGS. WOO. WE ARE NOW GONNA WELCOME TO THE STAGE EVERYBODY. CAT GANG. DOES EVERYBODY KNOW CAT GANG AND HER AMAZING HUSBAND PHIL ON THE RACE? AND THEN WE HAVE ALANA. ALANA, YOU MAY KNOW SHE IS THE FOUNDER OF THE HASTINGS FLEA, AND SHE ALSO DOES A LOT OF SONGWRITING WITH HER HUSBAND, MATT TURK, WHO IS ALSO A MUSICIAN. LET'S GIVE IT UP FOR THIS TRIO. RIGHT? [00:10:34] CHECK, CHECK, CHECK, CHECK. HELLO, HAYDEN. CHECK, CHECK. I LOVE THIS TOWN SO MUCH. AND DO YOU KNOW WHO THE FIRST PERSON THAT I MET IN THIS TOWN IS? ALANA ZI. UM, WE HAVE, WE HAVE CHILDREN THE SAME AGE. UH, I WANNA THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. I WANNA THANK BRIAN FOR LETTING US ON THE STAGE AGAIN. WE ARE GONNA SING THIS REALLY SWEET, SIMPLE SONG BY BRUNO MARS. AND I WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND A VERY SPECIAL INVITATION TO ANYONE IN MRS. AMATO'S KINDERGARTEN CLASS IF YOU GUYS WANNA COME UP AND SING WITH US. THIS IS WHERE I GOT THE SONG FROM. THIS IS A SONG ABOUT HELPING EACH OTHER AND WHAT FRIENDSHIP MEANS. IF YOU EVER FIND YOURSELF STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SEA, I'LL SAY THE WORLD TO FIND YOU. IF YOU EVER FIND YOURSELF LOST IN THE DARK AND YOU CAN'T SEE OH, I TO GUIDE YOU, FIND OUT WHAT WE'RE MADE WHEN WE CALLED TO HELP OUR FRIENDS IN NEED. YOU CAN BE LIKE, 1, 2, 3. I'LL BE THERE. I KNOW WHEN I NEED IT. I CAN COUNT ON YOU LIKE 4, 3, 2. YOU'LL BE THERE. I WHAT FRIENDS I SUPPOSED TO DO? OH, YAY. OOH, YAY. AND YOU TOSS IT DOWN. YOU'RE TURNING DOWN. YOU JUST CAN'T GO TO SL. I'LL SING A SONG EVERY DAY. I REMIND YOU, I WHAT MADE, WHEN WE NEED A CALL TO HELP OUR FRIENDS IN NEED, YOU CAN COUNT ON ME. LIKE ONE, TWO, THREE. CALL ME THERE. I KNOW. AND I NEED SUPPOSED TO DO, OH, WHEN YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN HOLD ON ME LIKE 1, 2, 3, I'LL, I I NEED IT. I CAN COUNT ON YOU LIKE, LIKE 4, 3, 2. YOU'LL BE Z ARE SUPPOSED TO. THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH. YOU GUYS SOUND AMAZING. THIS LITTLE CHEERIO RIGHT HERE. AND YOU ALL LOOK DELICIOUSLY BEAUTIFUL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, PHIL. THIS IS, I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU, HOW DO YOU CARRY THIS SITUATION? HOW MANY POUNDS IS THIS? [00:15:01] LET ME TRY, HOLD ON A SECOND. OH, SHE GAVE ME THE BIKE. LOOK OUT. NO, NO WAY. WOW. THAT'S WHY YOU'RE SO IN SHAPE. OKAY GUYS, LISTEN UP. WE GOT A REAL TREAT RIGHT NOW. WE HAVE A BROADWAY TRIPLE THREAT. YOU MAY HAVE SEEN HER IN SHOWS OF MAN LECIA SPA. OOH, THAT DOG REALLY LIKES HER SPAMALOT JERSEY BOYS AND ALSO FELLOW MC FROM LAST YEAR. MY FRIEND JAMIE, KAREN, AND ALSO WEARING AN AMAZING OUTFIT. THANK YOU. HEY, HEY, HEY. OKAY. OKAY. YOU SURE I MINE? NO. YOU GUYS TEAM WITH ME ELI, IN NO. OKAY. AT THE END. YEAH. YEAH. AT THE END. YOU'RE LIKE, OH, I CAN, OKAY. OKAY. HI EVERYBODY. I LOVE BEING AN ALLY. I LOVE BEING HERE. I LOVE THIS COMMUNITY SO MUCH. YOU MIGHT RECOGNIZE THIS SONG, KIDS. OKAY, THIS IS FOR YOU. WOO. I KNOW YOU WANTED ME TO STAY AND I CAN'T IGNORE THE CRAZY VISIONS OF ME IN LA AND I HEARD THAT THERE'S A SPECIAL PLACE, BOYS AND GIRLS CAN ALL BE QUEENS EVERY SINGLE DAY. I'M HAVING WICKED MEANS LEAVING IN TENNESSEE. SANTA MONICA. I SWEAR IT'S CALLING ME. MAKE MY MAMA PROUD. IT'S GONNA A SHE SEES HER BABY. I KNOW. SHE'S SCREAM. WHAT HAVE YOU DONE? YOU'RE A PINK GIRL AND YOU DANCE AT DOWN AT THE I ON, ON I ON DANCING CLUB. THE EVERY, THAT'S ANOTHER REASON WHY I ALL, I THINK MY ED DREAMS ARE FROM TENNESSEE. OH, SAD. MONICA, YOU'VE BEEN TOO GOOD TO ME. WON'T MAKE MY MAMA PROUD. IT'S GOING TO CAUSE A SCENE. SHE SEES HER BABY GIRL. I KNOW. SHE'S GONNA WHAT? DONE GIRL ON THE [00:20:01] SWEAR PONY CLUB. I'M GONNA ON AT THE PONY CLUB. I'M ON ON AT THE BIG PONY CLUB. PONY CLUB. DON'T I LOVE YOU. I'LL BEHIND. STILL LOVE YOU IN TENNESSEE. YOU'RE ALWAYS ON MY MIND AND MAMA. EVERY SATURDAY I CAN HEAR A THOUSAND MILES AWAY SAYING PONY GIRL. AND YOU DANCE AT THE CLUB. JUST HAVE FUN ON THE IT'S WHERE I ON AT, AT ON THE I'M. THANK YOU. PINK DOWN. YES, LADY. ELIJAH, THANK YOU SO MUCH, ELIJAH. OH, I HEAR WE'VE GOT SOME DANCERS. GRAB MY DANCERS. RAISE YOUR HAND. OKAY, COME SOMEONE COME TALK TO ME. . OH. OH. WHO'S THE OKAY. YES LADY, COME HERE. OH, I LOVE YOU'RE UNCLE FIRST OF ALL. OKAY, TELL ME WHAT YOU'RE GONNA DO. OH, WE'RE GONNA DO A DANCE, PLAY DANCE VIDEO. YES. I'M SO EXCITED. OKAY, TELL ME HOW TO SAY AMANDA'S NAME. 'CAUSE IT'S REALLY HARD. AMANDA PILUS. AMANDA COOPER IS DANCE. LET'S GET IT UP. JUST BE A QUEEN. WHETHER YOU'RE BROKE OR EVERGREEN TODAY. YOU BORN [00:25:17] I WAS, UH, AMANDA'S GROUP. HAVE WE GOT SOME MORE? WHAT'S HAPPENING? TELL ME, ARE WE GONNA DANCE MORE? WE GOT SOME DANCERS COMING UP. LET'S HEAR. GUNS TROOP. DID I SAY THAT CORRECT? AMANDA, YOU KNOW WHAT, I HAVE TO TALK TO THE HORSES' MOUTH. HOLD PLEASE. AMANDA, I NEED TO HAVE A HIGH LEVEL MEETING. HOW DO I SAY YOUR NAME? IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL, BUT LIKE, YOU KNOW, CAP, CAP GROUP. LET'S, OH MY, THAT WAS AMAZING. LET'S GIVE ALL MY, OKAY, NOW WE HAVE A SPECIAL TREAT FOR EVERYONE RIGHT NOW. ACTUALLY AUDIENCE, CAN I HAVE A HIGH LEVEL MEETING WITH YOU GUYS? LET'S GET A LITTLE CLOSER. LET'S STARTING WITH LOVELY BLUE. TAKE IT FORWARD. TAKE IT FORWARD. TAKE IT EVERYBODY COME CLOSER NOW. THE DANCE FLOOR IS NOW DONE FOR A MOMENT. EVERYBODY COME. LET'S MAKE THIS A WONDERFUL CLOSE EXPERIENCE SO THAT WAY WE CAN FEEL THE ENERGY POSING FOR PICTURE FIRST. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU LADIES SO MUCH. AMAZING. SO ZACH, COME HERE. EVERYBODY GET UP. OH MY GOD, EVERYBODY'S SO EXCITED. HI ZACH. SO WONDERFUL TO MEET YOU. ZACH PERRIN AND YOU ARE A JUNIOR. WONDERFUL. WE HAVE ZACH HERE TO SPEAK FOR US. HE'S A LOCAL ACTIVIST AND HASTINGS HIGH SCHOOL JUNIOR. LET'S GIVE IT UP. THANK YOU. MIGHT NEED THE MIC. I DON'T KNOW, I JUST WALKED AWAY. I'M HOT. OKAY. YEAH, YOU ARE. THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING I NEED. I DID HAVE AN INTRODUCTION, SCRIPTED, BUT IT SEEMS I'VE ALREADY BEEN INTRODUCED, SO I'LL GET RIGHT [00:30:01] INTO IT. , LOOKING BACK ONTO MY CHILDHOOD, GROWING UP IN HASTINGS AS A QUEER KID, IT'S HARD TO FIND ANY SERIOUS HARDSHIP. I CONSIDER MYSELF LUCKY, BUT THE PROCESS OF FIGURING OUT I WAS GAY WAS MUCH MORE DIFFICULT THAN COMING OUT WAS I KNEW MY PARENTS WERE SUPPORTIVE. I KNEW MY PARENTS WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE. THEY CHEERED FOR PEOPLE TO JUDGE ON TV WITH ME AND HAVE CLOSE FRIENDS WHO WERE, WHO ARE GAY. I ALWAYS FELT LIKE THEY ALREADY KNEW. I NEVER HAD A DRAMATIC COMING OUT MOMENT. IT JUST FELT UNDERSTOOD. I ALSO KNEW MY FRIENDS WOULDN'T CARE. SO IT NEVER FELT LIKE A BIG ANNOUNCEMENT. AND WHEN PEOPLE AT SCHOOL STARTED TO KNOW, IT STILL WASN'T A BIG DEAL. NO ONE BULLIED ME. THERE WERE NO UNCOMFORTABLE COMMENTS. LIFE JUST CONTINUED AS USUAL. MANY PEOPLE I KNOW ATTRIBUTE MY EXPERIENCE TO HASTINGS BEING A BUBBLE. WE WILL SAY, THANK GOD WE LIVE IN SUCH A BUBBLE. BUT I WANT TO CHALLENGE THE IDEA OF THE BUBBLE. WHEN WE ATTRIBUTE THE PROTECTION OF MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES SUCH LIKE THE LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY TO A BUBBLE, WE ALLOW OURSELVES TO LOWER OUR GUARDS. WE HAVE A BUBBLE PROTECTING US AFTER ALL. BUT I KNOW THE SAFETY I FEEL AS A QUEER KID IN HASTINGS IS NOT DUE TO A BUBBLE. IT'S THE RESULT OF THE LONG AND HARD WORK DONE BY THE PEOPLE BEFORE ME AND THE STRENUOUS FIGHTS THAT ARE STILL ONGOING. THIS PAST FALL WHEN HASTINGS WAS ATTACKED ONLINE BY THE HATE GROUP LIBS OF TIKTOK, WE COULD SEE THAT THERE WAS NO BUBBLE PROTECTING US IN HASTINGS. WE WERE EXPOSED AND PARENT PEOPLE TARGETED THE HILLSIDE KINDERGARTNERS, THEIR PARENTS AND TEACHERS. WHAT BROUGHT US THROUGH THAT MOMENT WAS NOT SOME MAGICAL BUBBLE, BUT THE WORK OF THE COMMUNITY AND OF THE SCHOOLS TO STAND UP TO THOSE WHO WISH US HARM. THE SAFETY YOU FEEL ISN'T FROM A BUBBLE. IT'S FROM THE PEOPLE WHO WORK TO MAKE THIS SAFE, THIS PLACE A SAFE SPACE. FOR THIS REASON, WE, ESPECIALLY THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF GROWING UNPROTECTED, CANNOT EVER STOP FIGHTING FOR THE PEOPLE AROUND US BECAUSE THERE IS NO BUBBLE. SOME PEOPLE DON'T HAVE A HASTINGS, THEY'RE ALWAYS EXPOSED. AS A RISING SENIOR, I SPEND A LOT OF TIME THINKING ABOUT WHERE MY FUTURE WILL BE, WHICH COLLEGE I GO TO AND WHERE I LIVE. SOMETHING I HEAR AROUND ME A LOT IS HOW IT WILL BE SCARY LEAVING THE BUBBLE. BUT I KNOW THAT THE SAFETY HASTINGS BRINGS ME IS BECAUSE OF THE FIGHT. IT'S PEOPLE. IT'S BECAUSE OF THE FIGHT. IT'S PEOPLE BRAIN, NOT BECAUSE OF A BUBBLE. I KNOW THAT WHEREVER I WILL BE, I WILL BRING THAT FIGHT WITH ME. I LEARNED THE TOOLS. I LEARNED THAT IT IS LOCAL ELECTIONS, LOCAL HISTORY TEACHERS, STUDENTS, AND PEOPLE LIKE YOU. SO FROM NOW ON, WHENEVER YOU HEAR SOMEONE USE THE WORD BUBBLE, REMEMBER, THERE IS NO BUBBLE. ONLY YOU. THANK YOU. ZACH IS CREDIBLE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SPEAKING EVERYBODY. LET'S GIVE IT UP FOR ZACH AGAIN. OH MY GOD. OKAY. YEAH. ALMOST DIED, BUT I'M OKAY. OKAY, GUYS, WE ARE IN FOR A SPECIAL TREAT. SHE PERFORMED LAST YEAR. IT IS A BROADWAY VETERAN ALLISON SIMIT. CORRECT? IS THAT HOW I SAY THAT? LET'S GIVE IT UP FOR ALLISON. STAR OF THE STAGE. END STREAM. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. HAPPY BRIDE. THIS SONG IS FROM, UH, THE BRAND NEW BROADWAY SHOW AMLIE THAT I DID A WHILE BACK. AND, UM, I LOVE IT AND I WANTED TO SHARE IT WITH YOU. THEY SAY TIMES ARE HARD FOR DREAMERS, BUT THEY WON'T BE HARD FOR ME. I'VE SAVED UP EVERYTHING I KNOW TO TAKE THE STEP BEYOND [00:35:01] MIL WALKING TILL I SEE THE STATION. THEN I SEE INSIDE THE TRAIN OUT HALF A I TURN AND ALL IT TAKES IS ONE MORE STEP. AND I'M HERE JUST BEHIND MY DOOR. IT ISN'T WHAT I HAVE. IT'S ONLY WHAT I HAVE IN STORE THAT MATTERS. NOW THE PAST CAN MADE WHEN EVERYTHING I'LL EVER NEED IS HERE. THIS IS HOW MY WORLD GETS MADE. BUSY TIMES ARE HARD FOR DREAMERS AND WHO KNOWS, MAYBE THEY'RE PEOPLE AND I MIGHT BE A DREAMER, BUT IT'S THIS FAR, NOT AS FAR WHERE EVERYTHING I IT ONLY I THAT I, EVERYTHING I'LL NEED IS HERE. THIS IS MY WORLD GETS. THANK YOU SO MUCH, ALISON. THAT WAS BEAUTIFUL. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU ELIJAH ONCE AGAIN, EVERYONE, LET'S PLEASE WELCOME TO THE STAGE MISS LEXI ANO. AND 10 GIVE. LOVELY. LET'S GIVE IT, OH WAIT, WHO ARE YOU PERFORMING WITH HERE? OH, BRIAN, LET'S GIVE IT UP. ALEX AND BRIAN. WOO. WAIT, WHO ARE YOU? JOSH, WHY DO YOU KEEP CUTTING ME OFF? TELL ME. WE'RE GONNA HAVE A HIGH LEVEL MEETING. WE'VE GOT JOSH HERE. LET'S GIVE IT UP FOR JOSH. LET'S GIVE IT UP FOR, AND BRIAN. OH, BRIAN. JESUS. I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS YOU, BRIAN. I THOUGHT IT WAS A DIFFERENT BRIAN, IT'S BRIAN. OH MY GOD. GUYS, WE REALLY NEED TO HAVE A HIGH LEVEL MEETING ABOUT THIS. THIS IS BRIAN. BRIAN WHO PUT THIS WHOLE DAMN THING TOGETHER. WOO. TAKE IT AWAY GUYS. ALL RIGHT. WE ARE GONNA DO A, A SING-ALONG SONG, SO PLEASE SING ALONG IF YOU KNOW IT. IT'S NOT OTHER THAN THE LESBIAN ANTHEM, UH, ACROSS THE NATION. YEAH, I GUESS I DON'T NEED TO TELL YOU WHAT IT IS. UM, YOU KIDS MIGHT KNOW IT FROM THE BARBIE MOVIE. I I KNOW IT FROM, UH, MY COMING OUT DAYS. WAIT, I, SORRY. OKAY. ALRIGHT. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. I JUST WANNA SAY THAT I'M VERY EXCITED THAT I GET TO SING THE AV [00:40:01] PART ON THIS SONG BECAUSE IT MEANS I GET TO BE BUTCH FOR I KNOW. LOOK AT ALL THESE LESBIANS UP HERE. ALRIGHT. PLEASE DO SING ALONG ON THIS. SORRY. PLEASE DO. YES. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. LET'S DO IT. I'M TRYING TO TELL YOU SOMETHING ABOUT MY LIFE. MAYBE GIVE ME INSIDE BETWEEN BLACK AND WHITE. AND THE BEST THING YOU EVER DONE FOR ME IS TO HELP ME TAKE MY LIFE LESS SERIOUSLY. BECAUSE IT'S ONLY LIFE AFTER ROWING IT IF YOU KNOW IT. WELL, THE DARKNESS HAS AATI. I WENT THE MOUNTAIN. I, THE S THERE'S THAN ONE ANSWER TO THESE QUESTIONS. I WENT TO SEE THE, TO NEVER DO MARRY, SEE YOU. GREAT. MY PERFORMANCE. HE SAID HE THREW ME ASKING FOR HIS PRO TO TH I I FREE, I WENT TO THE MOUNTAINS, I TO THE CHILDREN, I FROM THE MOUNTAINS, MORE THAN ONE ANSWER TO THESE QUESTIONS LINE OR POSSIBLY WITH A HEAD AGAINST THE TWICE AS I, THE, I WENT IN TO CHILDREN FROM THE FOUNTAINS. WE GO TO THE, WE GO TO THE MOUNTAINS, WE LOOK TO THE CHILDREN. WE FROM THE FOUNTAINS, WE GO TO THE BIBLE, WE GO TO THE, WE BEAT UP. WE STAND UP. THERE'S MORE THAN ONE ANSWER TO THESE QUESTION FOR ANYTHING IN A CROOKED LINE. SING ALONG. [00:45:24] OKAY, DANIEL, YOU'RE UP. RIGHT. UM, I AM VERY EXCITED TO INTRODUCE OUR NEXT PERFORMER, UM, BECAUSE, UH, I HAVE GOTTEN TO KNOW HIM, UM, OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, UM, BOTH, UH, PROFESSIONALLY AND PERSONALLY. AND I HAVE THE GREAT HONOR OF GETTING TO WORK ALONGSIDE THE GREAT HONOR OF GETTING TO WORK ALONGSIDE DANIEL BELL DAVIS, WHO PRIOR TO HIS CAREER AS A MUSIC PSYCHOTHERAPIST, WAS IN THE NATIONAL TOUR OF HAMILTON. OH, PLEASE GIVE IT UP FOR DANIEL. DON'T UNDERSTAND IT. RIGHT? WHAT'S THE POINT? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. HERE. TRYING TO GET BRIAN. WONDERFUL. HI EVERYONE. HAPPY PRIDE, YOU GUYS. UH, THIS SONG THAT I'M ABOUT TO SING IS ONE THAT'S VERY RELATABLE AND I THINK ONE THAT WE CAN ALL, WE ALL NEED THIS RIGHT NOW. THE MESSAGE OF THIS SONG, WITHOUT IT LIFE IS LOOK INSIDE, INSIDE BRINGS UP SO BAD EVERYWHERE. WHOLE WORLD, WE AND SEE FALLING BEHIND WHAT BE, BRING ME HIGHER. GO DOWN, DOWN A HIGHER, A HIGHER LOVE. WHERE'S THAT LOVE? I'VE BEEN DREAMING OF WORLD AND ON FEARS ALONE. THAT IS, THERE MUST BE SOMEONE WHO THINGS SO BAD IN THIS WHOLE WORLD. WHAT IS NOT MUCH? WE WALK THE LINE AND WE TRY TO SEE THE UP WITH. I MAKE THE SUNSHINE THAT SEE HOW, BRING ME, I LOVE IF YOU KNOW IT, BRING ME. I LOVE. [00:50:36] THANK YOU. WHY DO YOU RUN? I JUST WANT EVERYBODY TO LOOK UP FOR A MOMENT BECAUSE THERE IS A LITERAL RAINBOW IN THE SKY RIGHT NOW. SO IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THAT, PLEASE JUST TAKE A MOMENT TO LOOK UP. HERE'S A RAINBOW. I KNOW. LIKE, I KNOW, RIGHT? UM, OKAY, SO OUR NEXT TWO PERFORMERS, Y'ALL ARE SINGING TOGETHER ON THIS ONE, RIGHT? SO, UM, YOU KNOW THEM IN OTHER ROLES, BUT THAT'S BECAUSE THEY'RE BOTH INSANELY TALENTED IN MULTIPLE CAPACITIES. UM, SO OUR, UM, INCREDIBLE MC, AMY LYNN, WHO IS A TRIPLE THREAT, STAR OF NATIONAL BROADWAY TOURS, YOU NAME IT. UM, AND ELIJAH CALDWELL, WHO IN ADDITION TO BEING AN INCREDIBLE ACCOMPANIST, IS ALSO AN INCREDIBLE SINGER AND DANCER. AND DO YOU ACT, YOU PROBABLY ACTIVE. YOU ACTIVE, YEAH, OF COURSE. THEY DO EVERYTHING. THEY DO. LITERALLY EVERYTHING. PLEASE WELCOME AMY LYNN AND ELIJAH HALL. THANK YOU. BRIAN. ELIJAH, YOU READY FOR THIS? BOO? MAYBE. ARE YOU READY? I MEAN, DO IT. HI LADIES. HEY, IS EVERYONE HAVING A GREAT TIME? WE'RE GONNA TAKE IT DOWN GUYS. WE'RE GONNA DO A LITTLE SLOW SONG LOVE, LOVE SONG. WHAT YOU GOT READY, SIMON? OH, THE PIANO BABY. WE NEED THE PIANO ON, SON. WE NEED THE PIANO ON. THANK YOU. HI PETER. OKAY. THANK YOU BOO. OKAY. OH MY GOD. THAT COTTON CANDY. DO YOU SEE THAT? COTTON CANDY? IT'S NOT ON. HOW IS IT, SIR? LITTLE MAN, THAT COTTON CANDY LOOKS AMAZING. WHERE DO YOU GET THE COTTON CANDY? OH, WHILE WE'RE WAITING, HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TO CAR? MORE EVENTS. OH, OKAY. THEY SHOULD GO. WELL. A THEY NEED TO KNOW ABOUT CAR. WHAT IS CAREMORE? CARBO DOES AMAZING MUSICAL EVENTS ACROSS THE SPECTRUM. I LOVE THIS SINGERS. OH, ORCHESTRA. ORCHESTRAS. BANDS. YES. GIVING ME ALL THE THINGS. AND GUESS WHAT THEY ARE DOING? WHAT ARE THEY DOING? A FREE RAFFLE. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS SIGN UP. Y'ALL, Y'ALL NEED TO SIGN UP. YOU JUST NEED TO SIGN UP AND DO MY FREE TICKETS. WE GET FREE THINGS. I LOVE FREE THINGS. I LOVE FREE THINGS. I LOVE FREE COTTON CANDY. SAME. I LIKE BEING THE RECIPROCATIVE. OPRAH'S PRIZE. ABSOLUTELY. I WANT A CAR. I WANT A CAR TOO. THREE, FOUR. OKAY, LET'S GO. CAN'T SEE IT. OKAY. SO GO OVER AND SIGN YOURSELF UP. SIGN YOURSELF UP, TAKE IT DOWN. AND OH, WE NEED THAT PIANO LOUDER. AH, CAN WE GET A LITTLE MORE HOTTER ON THE PIANO? HOTTER ON THE PIANO. ALSO, I LOVE YOUR DRESS SO MUCH. DID YOU SEE THE DOLL WITH THE PINK? YES. DO YOU SEE? YES, QUEEN. SHE IS, SHE'S THE QUEEN. SHE'S A QUEEN. SHE'S A QUEEN. LET'S THE QUEEN, QUEEN TREAT ME LIKE A TREAT ME. BRING MY FAITH, LORD. SO LONELY. [00:55:43] I NEED WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE PIANO? SOMETHING IS TO THE PIANO. SO TELL ME WHAT WE'RE HAVING TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES ALSO WHILE WE'RE HERE. CAN I HAVE MY, THE MIC JUST A BIT LOUDER. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY, LET'S THE SECOND VERSE. BOO BOO. OH NO, WE DON'T NEED TO. LET'S GO TO THE SECOND VERSE. YES, I THANK YOU CHILDREN. OKAY, I HAVE LOST MY SCRIPT. OH MY GOD. I LOST MY SCRIPT AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S NEXT, BUT I'M GONNA FIND OUT RIGHT NOW. WHO'S AFTER ME? BRIAN, YOU GOT ME. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY, SO OUR NEXT SPEAKER HAS BEEN REFERRED TO AS THE ROCK STAR OF GENDER AFFIRMING CARE. AND IF YOU'VE EVER HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO WORK WITH HER OR HEAR HER SPEAK, YOU'LL KNOW WHY. UH, PLEASE WELCOME DR. NANCY DODSON. WOO. OH MY HI HASTINGS. HELLO. HELLO. UM, IT'S THE MEDICAL LECTURE PART OF THE EVENING. SO I'VE SPOKEN AT PRIDE FOR SEVERAL YEARS IN A ROW. SO I WANTED TO START A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY THIS YEAR. I THOUGHT, HOW CAN I MAKE THIS [01:00:01] REFRESHING? SO I THOUGHT WE WOULD ALL LEARN A NEW VOCABULARY WORD. UM, CAN EVERYONE SAY THE WORD CKI? OCRACY C IT'S A GREAT WORD. DOES ANYBODY KNOW WHAT IT MEANS? YEP. IT MEANS GOVERNMENT BY THE LEAST COMPETENT OR GOVERNMENT BY THE WORST PEOPLE. SO I WAS IN A BOOKSTORE RECENTLY CALLED VANISHING INC. MAYBE YOU'VE HEARD OF VANISHING INC. WOO. AND I BOUGHT A BOOK THAT TELLS THE HISTORY OF TRANS PEOPLE AS FAR BACK AS THE 1850S. AND IT WAS AMAZING TO READ THAT THE STORIES OF THESE PEOPLE AND TO REALIZE THAT NOT ONLY HAVE TRANS PEOPLE ALWAYS EXISTED, WHICH WE KNOW, BUT, BUT IN SOME CASES THEY'VE LIVED AS THEMSELVES OUT IN THEIR COMMUNITIES, FULLY LOVED AND ACCEPTED AS FAR BACK AS THE CIVIL WAR, AND PROBABLY EVEN BEFORE THEN. AND EVEN IF THEY WEREN'T FULLY UNDERSTOOD, THEY WERE LOVED. AND THEN IN THE 1980S, THE FIRST TRANSGENDER TEENS STARTED TO GET MEDICAL CARE TO TREAT THEIR DISTRESS. AND THE DOCTORS AND PSYCHOLOGISTS WHO DID THIS WERE NOT RADICAL PEOPLE. THEY JUST FOUND THEMSELVES UNEXPECTEDLY IN FRONT OF TEENS WHO WERE SUFFERING DEEPLY AND FELT THAT THEY HAD A WAY TO HELP 'EM. AND IT DID HELP 'EM. AND THAT STARTED THE TRADITION OF GENDER AFFIRMING MEDICINE THAT HAS BEEN CARRIED OUT BY MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS THAT ARE NOT RADICAL OR REVOLUTIONARY PEOPLE, BUT BY AND LARGE, THEY ARE MOVED BY THE SUFFERING OF TRANS TEENS. AND THEY WANT TO RELIEVE THAT SUFFERING BECAUSE EVEN IN THE ABSENCE OF TONS OF DATA AND RESEARCH, THERE'S A DUTY TO CARE FOR THE PERSON SITTING IN FRONT OF YOU AS BEST AS YOU CAN. SO THIS IS THE MEDICAL TRADITION THAT I VERY UNEXPECTEDLY FOUND MYSELF A PART OF 10 YEARS AGO. AND JUST LIKE MANY WHO CAME BEFORE ME, I ACCIDENTALLY FELL INTO IT. AND EVEN THOUGH I COULD FILL A BOOK WITH THE THINGS I DON'T KNOW, NONE OF THAT SHOULD STOP ME FROM TAKING CARE OF THE CHILD AND THE FAMILY IN FRONT OF ME WHO ARE ME. SO IF YOU KNOW ME WELL, YOU'VE HEARD ME SAY THAT TAKING CARE OF TRANS TEENS AND CHILDREN IS THE GREATEST SURPRISE AND THE GREATEST JOY OF MY PROFESSIONAL LIFE. UM, I LOVE ALL MY PATIENTS. UM, I LOVE ALL MY UNDER THE RAINBOW. I CALL THEM MY UNDER THE RAINBOW PATIENTS. WE ARE LIKE LITERALLY UNDER THE RAINBOW TONIGHT. UM, BUT NOW WE ARE IN A CACTUS OCRACY, RIGHT? UM, I'M NOT GOING TO SUGARCOAT THE UNCERTAINTY AND THE FEAR THAT EVERYONE FEELS, BUT I DO WANT TRANS KIDS OUT THERE TO KNOW THAT YOU ARE SURROUNDED BY A FORTRESS OF PARENTS AND ADULTS WHO CARE ABOUT YOU AND WILL ALWAYS PROTECT YOU AND TO EVERYONE ELSE. I HOPE THAT THIS DARK TIME CAN LEAD TO A REVOLUTION OF KINDNESS AND EMPATHY, WHERE WE ARE FIERCELY COMPASSIONATE TOWARDS OTHERS AS AN ACT OF RESISTANCE. SO PLEASE, EVERYONE HERE, PLEASE SHOW UP FOR OPPRESSED GROUPS OF PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY IF YOU YOURSELF ARE NOT A MEMBER OF THAT GROUP. THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE SUFFERING BECAUSE OF OUR GOVERNMENT. NOW SHOW UP AND SERVE PEOPLE. FIGHT FOR THEM, SPEAK UP FOR THEM, AND I WILL DO THE SAME. HAPPY PRIDE. AND AFTER, AFTER, THEN WE'RE NEXT. OKAY? THERE'S NO WAY THAT I, I'LL BE ABLE TO GO UP AND COME BACK AND TALK. THANK YOU NANCY. WHERE'D YOU GO EVERYONE? LET'S GIVE IT UP FOR NANCY. SHE'S SUCH A WONDERFUL HUMAN WHO IS LIVING AMONG US AND HELPING OUR CHILDREN. THANK YOU, YOU, NANCY. NOW OUR NEXT SHREDDING KN ROCKSTAR IS THE CREATOR OF SUPER YOU MUSICAL, AN INSPIRING SHOW ON ITS WAY TO BROADWAY AND THE WEST END ABOUT AN ARTIST WHO RECLAIMS HER SELF WORTH WHEN HER SUPERHERO CREATIONS COME TO LIFE. GOOD. SHE'S ALSO THE FOUNDER OF THE SUPER U FOUNDATION, A GLOBAL NONPROFIT THAT'S EMPOWERED OVER 40,000 MARGINALIZED [01:05:01] YOUTH AND ADULTS TO AWAKEN THEIR AUTHENTIC HERO SELVES. THAT CAKE MAKING TABLE OVER THERE. WHERE IS IT OVER THERE? IT'S RIGHT OVER THERE. THAT CAPE MAKING TABLE OVER THERE. THAT'S ONE OF THE CREATIVE TOOLS HER NONPROFIT USES TO HELP PEOPLE STEP INTO THEIR LIGHT. SHE'S HERE TO REMIND US THAT IN THESE UNCERTAIN TIMES, WE ARE THE HEROES WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR. PLEASE WELCOME TO THE STAGE, ROCKSTAR ACTIVIST, INCREDIBLE HUMAN, AMAZING SHIRT LORDS NAME. HELLO. HAPPY BRIAN. HI. HOW WE DOING? I SAID HOW WE DOING? OH MY GOD, I'M SO HAPPY THAT WE'RE HERE TOGETHER, ESPECIALLY NOW AT A TIME WHEN IT FEELS LIKE OUR COUNTRY IS TRYING TO MAKE US DISAPPEAR. WHEN PROGRESS IS BEING UNDONE, RIGHTS ARE BEING REVOKED, BOOKS ARE BEING BANNED. L-G-B-T-Q RIGHTS ARE UNDER ATTACK. TRANS PEOPLE ARE BEING ERASED AND HATRED AND DIVISION IS BEING AIMED AT OUR BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES. IMMIGRANTS, WOMEN, RELIGIOUS GROUPS, FILIPINO AMERICANS, ASIAN AMERICANS, FILIPINO AMERICANS LIKE MYSELF. AND THE BOTTOM LINE BETWEEN BENEATH IT ALL IS WE DON'T MATTER. SO THE QUESTION IS, WHAT DO WE DO? HOW DO WE FIGHT BACK WHEN WE FEEL HELPLESS, HOPELESS, DISILLUSIONED, DISEMPOWERED? WELL, WE COULD STAY ANGRY OR WE COULD DIG DEEP AND REMEMBER WHO WE ARE. REMEMBER THESE FOUR THINGS? SEE YOU WITH ME. MY PRESENCE IS PROTEST. PROTEST. MY KINDNESS IS REBELLION. IS REBELLION TO SHINE AS MY SOLUTION. MY JOY IS VOLUTION SHUT. THAT'S RIGHT. MY PRESENCE IS PROTEST. WHY? BECAUSE A WORLD THAT TRIES TO ERASE US FEARS OUR EXISTENCE. BUT WHEN WE WALK THROUGH THE WORLD, SHOULDERS BACK, CHEST OUT, TRUTH INTACT, WE'RE NOT JUST SHOWING UP, SHOWING UP, WE'RE SHAKING THE FOUNDATION OF EVERY SYSTEM BUILT TO KEEP US INVISIBLE. SO WE DON'T STAND BACK. WE STAND UP AND WE STAND OUT. SING YOUR SONGS SO LOUDLY. IT SHATTERS THE SILENCE AROUND YOU. WALK IN YOUR TRUTH SO BOLDLY IT AWAKENS THE TRUTH IN SOMEONE ELSE WHERE YOU ARE LIGHT. SO UNAPOLOGETICALLY THE SHADOW CEASE TO EXIST IN YOUR PRESENCE. DO YOU HEAR ME? SO SAY IT WITH ME NOW. MY PRESENCE IS PROTEST. MY PRESENCE IS PROTEST. WE SHOW UP AND THEN WE DO THE NEXT SACRED ACT OF DEFIANCE. KINDNESS. KINDNESS. NOW KINDNESS MIGHT FEEL LIKE THE WRONG WEAPON. IT'S TOO SMALL, IT'S TOO SWEET, IT'S TOO SOFT. BUT FRIENDS, HEAR ME NOW. THIS WORLD IS BUILT ON FEAR AND SEPARATION ON SYSTEMS THAT THRIVE WHEN WE TURN ON EACH OTHER. WHEN WE DIVIDE BY GENDER, BY RACE, BY WHO WE LOVE. AND WHEN WE REACT FROM HATE AND ONLY HATE, WE FEED THE VERY SYSTEM WE'RE TRYING TO DISMANTLE. HATE WANTS YOU TO HATE IT BACK. FEAR WANTS TO INFECT YOU WITH FEAR. BUT KINDNESS, TRUE KINDNESS, THE KINDNESS THAT COMES FROM WHOLENESS, THE KINDNESS THAT SAYS IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOU SAY OR DO, YOU CAN'T CHANGE THE TRUTH OF WHO I AM. THAT KIND OF KINDNESS IS RADICAL. AND NOW IS THE TIME TO BE RADICALLY KIND TO EACH OTHER [01:10:02] AND ESPECIALLY TO OURSELVES. SO WE DON'T MIRROR THE MADNESS, CONTINUE THE CHAOS. FEED THE BEAST. WHEN WE'RE KIND, WE STARVE THE BEAST. DO YOU HEAR ME? YEAH. WHEN KIND WE STARVE THE BEAST. SO SING IT WITH ME NOW. MY KINDNESS IS REBELLION. MY KINDNESS IS REBELLION. MY KINDNESS IS REBELLION. MY KINDNESS IS REBELLION. BUT WHAT IF KINDNESS IS MEANT WITH HATE, WITH ATTACK? WHAT NEXT? WE DON'T SHRINK. WE DON'T HIDE, BUT WE DON'T GROW BACK WHAT WAS THROWN AT US? WE MEET THE DARKNESS WITH LIGHT. WE RADIATE, WE SHINE, SING TO SHINE. AS MY SLU SHINE, MY SHINE TO SHINE IS MY SOLUTION. SHINE IS MY SHINE. BECAUSE HERE'S THE DEEPER TRUTH. EVERY TIME WE SHINE, WE LIKE THE WAY FOR SOMEONE STILL STUCK IN THE DARK. WE BREAK THE CHAINS OF SHAME AND PAIN THAT LINGER IN OUR OWN HEARTS. WE TURN WOUNDS INTO WINDOWS, FEAR, INTO FUEL, SILENCE INTO SONG. AND THE MORE WE STAND IN OUR BRILLIANCE, IN OUR, IN OUR WILD, UNIQUE LIGHT, THE MORE WE HEAR ME, THEN THE MORE WE SHINE, THE MORE WE HEAL. THE MORE WE SHINE, THE MORE WE HEAL. THE MORE WE SHINE, THE MORE WE HEAL. THE MORE WE SHINE, THE MORE WE HEAL. AND THEN LAST, BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST, SEE YOU IN ME. MY JOY IS A MY JOY. MY JOY IS ALU JOY. OPPRESSION WANTS YOU BROKEN. IT WANTS YOU JOYLESS. BECAUSE JOYLESS PEOPLE ARE EASIER TO CONTROL, EASIER TO DEFEAT, EASIER TO DISAPPEAR. BUT WHEN WE RECLAIM OUR JOY, WE BREAK FREE FROM THE MATRIX. JOY IS NOT SAYING I'M IGNORING THIS PAIN. JOY IS SAYING, I AM NOT LETTING THIS PAIN. OWN ME. WE ARE BIGGER THAN OUR PAIN, BIGGER THAN OUR STORIES, BIGGER THAN OUR TRAUMAS. WE ARE LUMINOUS ARTISTS, LOVERS, DREAMERS, HEALERS, QUEENS, KINGS, WARRIORS, STARS. WE'RE HERE, WE'RE WORTHY. AND GUESS WHAT? WHAT? AND GUESS WHAT? WHAT? NO ONE CAN TAKE AWAY MY SMILE. YAY. DO YOU HEAR ME SAY AWAY. SAY IT. NO ONE CAN TAKE AWAY MY SMILE. JOY IS RESISTANCE. JOY IS REBELLION. JOY IS A REVOLUTION. ARE YOU GONNA PLAY AGAIN? AND IF WE CONNECT WITH OUR LAUGHTER AND WE CONNECT WITH EACH OTHER AND WE LIKED THE SKY WITH EVERY COLOR OF WHO WE ARE, HONORING EACH OTHER, CAN. WHEN THIS STORM PASSES, GO AROUND, GO AROUND. ONE THING IS CERTAIN THE RISE. SO MY RADIANT WARRIORS, IF YOU'RE READY TO LIVE AS A REVOLUTION WITH YOUR PRESENCE, YOUR KINDNESS, YOUR LIGHT, AND YOUR JOY, THEN SAY IT WITH ME NOW. ARE YOU GONNA DO THE HAND MOTIONS? COME HERE YOU KIDS RIGHT HERE. COME HERE. YES. COME HERE. YOU'RE GONNA DO IT WITH ME. YOU READY? DROP IT. DROP IT. WHEN LIKE THIS, WATCH ME. MY PRESENCE IS PROTEST. MY PRESENCE IS PROTEST. MY PRESENCE IS PROTEST. MY PRESENCE IS ALRIGHT. WAIT. NOW TEACHER NEXT MOVE. ALRIGHT, [01:15:01] SO WE'RE GONNA GO, WE'RE GONNA GO FROM THE HEART. MY KINDNESS IS REBELLION. KINDNESS. BEL, YOU GOT THAT? YEP. OKAY. NOW THE NEXT ONE IS TO SHINE. IS MY SOLUTION. IS MY SOLUTION TO SHINE IS MY SOLUTION. SHINE IS MY THIS, MY JOY IS ALU. SHINE IS RE, MY JOY IS A REVOLUTION. MY JOY. OKAY, LET'S TRY IT ALL TOGETHER. YOU GOT IT. WHOLE THING. HERE WE GO. READY? MY PRESENCE IS PROTEST EVERYBODY PRESENCE. MY KINDNESS IS REBELLION. KINDNESS IS REBELL TO SHINE AS MY SOLUTION. MY JOY IS ONE MORE TIME. MY PRESENT SAYS PROTEST. MY KINDNESS IS WILL FAILURE TO SHINE HIS MUSCLE. MY JOY IS ALU. JOY IS MY JOY IS ALU. MY JOY IS A, MY JOY IS A, MY JOY IS SHINE. MY JOY IS ALU. MY JOY IS ALU. MY JOY IS ALU. MY JOY HAS ALU. HAPPY, PROUD. LET'S HEAR IT FROM THIS AMAZING. MY MY BACKUP TRIP. YOU'RE AMAZING. YES. HAPPY ONE. BE KIND. MIDDLE SCHOOL START ASSEMBLY. WHILE WE WERE WAITING FOR THE MIDDLE SCHOOL CHOIR TO ASSEMBLE, I WANNA SAY A COUPLE OF THANK YOUS BECAUSE THIS EVENT, FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO SAY, UM, LORD'S LANE. WHAT AN INCREDIBLE JOB. DO WE HAVE? ANOTHER HAND FOR LORD'S? LANE EVENT IS TRULY, TRULY A COMMUNITY EVENT. IT'S PUT TOGETHER BY SO MANY PEOPLE. SO I WANT TO JUST SAY A QUICK LIST OF THANK YOUS, UH, THAT IS PROBABLY STILL NOT EXHAUSTIVE. I'M SURE I'M MISSING PEOPLE ON HERE. BUT I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO SOME OF THE FOLKS ON HERE. SO, UM, FIRST OF ALL, TO ALL THE INCREDIBLE PERFORMERS WE HAVE HERE, ALL THE SINGERS AND DANCERS AND THE SPEAKERS WHO COME UP, CAN WE JUST GET A HAND FOR THE PERFORMERS AS A WHOLE? THEY'RE JUST INCREDIBLE. UM, AND I THANK YOU. NOW I'M GONNA GO THROUGH SOME FOLKS WHO ARE, UM, SOME OF THE FOLKS WHO ARE TABLING A THANK YOU TO JODY LEVINE. TO STEVEN LOPEZ AND THE HIGH SCHOOL GSA SENIOR LOPEZ ALI MANNING IN THE HASTINGS LIBRARY. KATIE RE, AN URBAN ILLUSTRATION TO BRIANNA LUCIANO AND KIANA DAVILA TO MK DANCE TO HASTINGS YOUTH COUNCIL HASTINGS PTSA, MAKER HIGH HASTINGS THEATER BOOSTERS, HASTINGS MOTHER'S CLUB, HASTINGS CO-OP. IT'S A LOT OF HASTINGS. COLLEEN GODIN, BY THE WAY, BAKERY WHO DONATED TWICE AS MANY CUPCAKES. THEY ARE FOR SALE AT THE GSA TABLE. PLEASE GO BUY SOME CUPCAKES. UM, VANISHING INK, BOOKS AND IDEAS. WERE SO GRATEFUL TO HAVE YOU IN OUR COMMUNITY. NOW TO KYLE LOFF. THANK YOU FOR COMING AND BEING A PART OF THIS. RIVER TOWN'S, PLANTS AND GIFTS. TEMPLE BETH SHALOM. FIRST REFORMED CHURCH, SUPER YOUTH FOUNDATION AND LORD'S LANE AGAIN TO LITTLE LEAF PRESCHOOL, LEMON TERRACE, FLORAL HASTINGS HAVOC TO ALL OUR VENDORS, TO THESE ORGANIZATIONS. TO CENTER LANE, TO THE LOFT, ALLIED CARE CENTER OF WESTCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER. P FLAG, WESTCHESTER HASTINGS RISE, HASTINGS RAINBOW FAMILIES. WOOHOO. UM, TO METEOROLOGIST MICHAEL SCHLATER, WHO HANDLES OUR ANXIETIES EVERY YEAR WHEN WE'RE LIKE, IS IT GONNA RAIN? IS IT GONNA RAIN? IS IT GONNA RAIN? YOU DIDN'T TELL US ABOUT THE RAINBOW, BUT THAT'S OKAY. YOU CAN GET IT NEXT YEAR. UH, TO JOHN RES, JOHN RES TO JOHN RES TO JOANNA PRISCO AT THE GOOD WITCH. WHO, IF YOU DON'T KNOW THIS, JOANNA HOSTED THE FIRST EVER PRIDE THAT WE HAVE IN TOWN. THAT WAS FIVE YEARS AGO. AND THEN WE SCALED IT UP AND SHE STILL DOES THE PRE EVENT EVERY YEAR. JOIN US. INCREDIBLE. UM, TO DAVINO SPEAKEASY AND TO THE AFTER PARTY PLANNERS. TO MELISSA DELO, TO LEXI SANO AND 10 AND LIZ BATSON TO MY INCREDIBLE PLANNING TEAM UP HERE TO THE INCOMPARABLE KATIE CHO, WHO HAS BEEN MY STAGE MANAGER SINCE DAY ONE. PLEASE GET A HAND FOR KATIE CHO [01:20:02] TO FRANNIE CASTOR TO, TO OUR INCREDIBLE MC AMY LYNN. ISN'T SHE AMAZING? SHE JUST HAD SUCH INCREDIBLE STAGE PRESENCE. GIVE A HAND TO AMY LYNN. AND WE'RE ON TO SIMON LEVINE, WHO IS BACK FOR A YEAR TWO TO DO SOUND BECAUSE I TOLD HIM THAT I WOULD NOT LET HIM GO. THAT HE HAD TO COME BACK AND HE DOES AN AMAZING JOB WITH SOUND. THANK YOU SIMON. YOU'RE INCREDIBLE. UM, TO AND WHO ELSE IS DOING SOUND? SIMON TOMMY, TOMMY DE DELLA, TOMMY DELLA TORAH, TOMMY DELLA TORAH, WHO IS ALSO DOING SOUND TO ZACH PERRIN, WHO YOU MIGHT HAVE HEARD, GIVE AN INCREDIBLE SPEECH EARLIER TO MARCUS GALLAND, WHO IS AROUND TAKING PICTURES AND DID SO LAST YEAR TOO. AND DOING A WONDERFUL JOB OF IT TO THE HASTINGS PD, TO THE DPW, TO MORGAN RATCLIFFE, DAVID WEINSTEIN AND THE HASTINGS FIRE DEPARTMENT TO NIKKI ARMACOST, OUR MAYOR. JUST A BRIEF WORD ABOUT NIKKI. YOU MAY NOT KNOW THAT SHE WAS AN INSTRUMENTAL PART OF MAKING HASTINGS ONE OF THE ONLY TOWNS IN NEW YORK TO HAVE A PERFECT SCORE FOR L-G-B-T-Q RIGHTS WITH THE HRC. SO GIVE IT UP FOR NIKKI AND HER. PARDON MAC FOR BAR PRIMAN LISA O'REILLY. AND LAST, BUT VERY, VERY MUCH, NOT LEAST TO MY CO-ORGANIZER, NONE OF THIS THAT'S HAPPENING ON THE STREET WOULD HAPPEN WITHOUT HER. SO THANK YOU TO JEN DE BONURA. YOU DON'T HAVE TO SPEAK. YOU DON'T HAVE TO SPEAK. AND TO BRIAN HARRIS. WHO THAT WAS AWESOME. MKA DANCE. DO WE HAVE ANY MORE? WE GOT WHO WANTS TO COME TALK TO ME? COME ON GIRL. LET'S GO. THE FULL COMPANY FINALE. IT'S TO THE SONG THE LAST DANCE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND WHAT'S YOUR NAME? RUBY. THANK YOU RUBY. I LOVE YOUR HAIR. DO YOU SEE HER PONY TONIGHT? NO. I'M ONE. I SHOULD SCORE. I SHOULD HAVE SCORED THAT ONE. THAT YOU THINK THAT. [01:26:46] OH, BRIAN, YOU'RE STEPPING ON ME. OH, EVERYONE KEEPS DOING IT. IT'S FINE. THANK YOU. OKAY, DAN, LET'S GIVE ANOTHER ROUND APPLAUSE. THAT WAS INCREDIBLE LADIES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND THANK YOU MICHELLE. OKAY. AND NOW I HAVE, FORGET IT. OKAY, WE'RE GONNA WAIT. COME ON OVER. OKAY, MIKA. OH, THERE YOU ARE, MIKA. COME ON OVER. MIKA'S THE BEST B I'VE EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE. WELL, I MEAN, YOU WERE MIKA DID CHICAGO IN JOB SCARY. AND I JUST HAPPENED TO DIRECT IT. AND YOU ARE AMAZING. HIGH FIVE. I'LL NEVER FORGET IT. IT WAS INCREDIBLE. BUT NOW SHE'S OFF TO BOSTON COLLEGE. JESUS. THAT'S WHAT I MEANT. I'M TIRED. I'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR LIKE AN HOUR. BOSTON CONSERVATORY. COME ON BOSTON CONSERVATORY. AND NOW, LOVELY LADY. WHAT ARE YOU GONNA SING THIS EVENING? I'LL BE SINGING A MILLION DREAMS FROM THE GREATEST SHOW MEN. WE CAN'T WAIT. CLOSE MY EYE. SEE THAT'S FALL. THEY CAN SEE MY MIND. I DON'T CARE. I DON'T CARE IF THEY, THE BRIDE COLORS A VISION. THE ONE I SEE IS THE A HOUSE. SO [01:30:01] WE CAN BUILD EVERY ROOM INSIDE WITH FROM AWAY SPECIAL THINGS YOU SMILE. THEY CAN SAY, THEY CAN SAY WE LOST. I DON'T CARE. WE ON A WAY TO I COLORS I THE WORLD. LET WITH YOU. MAY EYES, I EYES THE BRIGHTEST COLORS FILM I IKA IKA WORK EVERYBODY. FELLOW DOBBS FERRY RESIDENT. NO. YES. WHAT IS NEXT? OH, BRIAN, EVERYBODY. BRIAN HARRIS. SO WHEN I SAT DOWN TO WRITE MY SPEECH FOR PRIDE THIS YEAR, I DID NOT EXPECT TO WRITE A SPEECH ABOUT PATRIOTISM. BUT HERE WE ARE. TWO DAYS AGO, MY DEAR FRIEND YULIA BECAME A US CITIZEN. PLEASE SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO YULIA. IT'S A BIG DEAL. AND SHE SAID SOMETHING THAT STUCK WITH ME. SHE SAID THAT WHILE LIKE MOST OF US, SHE HAS COMPLEX FEELINGS ABOUT OUR COUNTRY, THAT SHE LEARNED FROM THIS COMMUNITY WHAT IT MEANT TO BE AMERICAN. TO STAND UP FOR WHAT WE BELIEVE IN AND NOT JUST CLAIM DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES, BUT TO LIVE BY THEM. THIS PAST YEAR REALLY PUT HASTINGS TO THE TEST. WE WERE THE TARGET OF A BULLYING CAMPAIGN THAT TOOK PLACE ON THE NATIONAL STAGE. OUR OFFICIALS WERE THREATENED, OUR SCHOOLS WENT ON LOCKOUT, OUR CITIZENS WERE AFRAID. AND RIGHT NOW, FOR REASONS THAT DEFY LOGIC AND HUMANITY, TRANSGENDER FOLKS HAVE BECOME THE FOCUS OF A NATIONWIDE CAMPAIGN OF HATRED. THERE ARE OVER 700 ANTI-TRANS BILLS ACTIVE IN NEARLY EVERY US STATE. BOO IS RIGHT, BOO. AND HERE'S THE THING. TRANSGENDER GENDER, NON-CONFORMING, NON-BINARY, INTERSEX FOLKS, THEY HAVE ALWAYS EXISTED [01:35:01] AND THEY WILL ALWAYS EXIST. SO THE REAL QUESTION HERE IS NOT WHETHER WE ACKNOWLEDGE THEIR EXISTENCE AND SPEAK UP AND SUPPORT. IT'S WHETHER WE ARE BRAVE ENOUGH TO SEE THAT THIS FIGHT IS ABOUT ALL OF US. WHETHER WE RECOGNIZE THAT OUR COMMUNITY'S DIVERSITY IS NOT JUST SOMETHING TO TOLERATE, BUT THE CORE OF WHAT MAKES US RICHER, WISER, AND FULLER HUMAN BEINGS. AND WHY WERE WE TARGETED? WE WERE TARGETED BECAUSE WE DARED TO SAY THAT EVERY KID IN OUR SCHOOLS DESERVES TO SEE THEMSELVES REPRESENTED AND TO FEEL SAFE IN THEIR BODIES. BECAUSE WE REPRESENT A COMMUNITY THAT IS NOT BOWING TO THE NATIONAL TREND OF FEAR MONGERING. 'CAUSE WE REFUSE TO LET HATE DEFINE WHO WE ARE AS A VILLAGE IN THE FACE OF THOSE ATTACKS, WE SHOWED UP, WE SPOKE OUT, AND WE STOOD TOGETHER AT A TIME IN HISTORY. WHEN DIVISION IS RAMPANT AND THE REST OF THE WORLD LOOKS AT THE US WITH PITY AND FEAR AND COULD NOT BE PROUDER TO BE A PART OF A COMMUNITY LIKE THIS. SO TAKE A MOMENT AND LOOK AROUND AT YOUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS. GO AHEAD. JUST LOOK AROUND AT WHO'S HERE BECAUSE THESE, THESE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE THIS COMMUNITY WHAT WE KNOW IT TO BE. A COMMUNITY THAT CHOOSES INCLUSION OVER EXCLUSION, HOPE OVER FEAR, LOVE OVER HATRED. SO TONIGHT, LET'S LET THIS COMMUNITY BE A TINY BUT CLEAR EXAMPLE TO THE REST OF THE WORLD OF WHAT IT REALLY MEANS TO BE AMERICAN. THANK YOU BRIAN. LET'S BRING IT BACK UP TO THE STAGE. LEXI. LEXI, THAT WAS ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL. LET'S GIVE ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE TO BRIAN. THANK YOU SO MUCH AND THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE, BRIAN, AND PUTTING THIS TOGETHER. LET'S SEE, WHAT ARE YOU DOING? YOU DON'T KNOW. THIS IS SO EXCITING. I LOVE SURPRISES. IT'S A SLOW ONE. WE NEED A NICE LITTLE SONG. YOU'RE BACK, RIGHT? THIS IS A SLOW TUNE NOW, BUT IT'S A GREAT MESSAGE. IT'S CALLED TOMORROW WILL BE KINDER. SO HOPEFULLY AND TROUBLE [01:40:03] AND TOMORROW. ALRIGHT, LET'S TAKE IT. TOMORROW WILL BE KIND. IT TRUE. I THE, BUT NOW I KNOW THAT TOMORROW WILL BE KIND, KIND. THANK YOU. OH, JOSH, CALL IT LEXI. GET UP. LEXI ANO. OH GUYS, THAT TRIO JUST TOOK ME SOMEWHERE. I JUST WANT TO, IT TOOK ME TO A BEAUTIFUL PLACE. THAT'S ALL I KNOW. THANK YOU SO MUCH GUYS. OH, EVERYBODY'S IN FOR A SPECIAL TREAT. EVERYBODY WE NEED TO WELCOME TO THE STAGE MR. JAMES JACKSON, JUNIOR OBE AWARD WINNING STAR OF THE 2023 TONY AWARD. WINNER FOR BEST MUSICAL, A STRANGE LOOP. UH, JAMES JACKSON JR. ARE YOU ANYWHERE NEAR? OH, THERE YOU ARE. LET'S GIVE IT UP. I NEED A HAND, PLEASE. THANK YOU JAMES. JAMES, WHAT'S HAPPENING? I WAS SO BEAUTIFUL. WE'RE WAY, WE'RE WAY PAST THAT. I WAS WELL, YOU GUYS ARE SO GOOD TO SAY. YEAH. OH, HI . HI. YOU'RE RIGHT UP FRONT. OKAY. HI EVERYBODY. I'M GONNA SING TWO SONGS BECAUSE MY BRAIN IS OVERLOADING. UH, I JUST PUT AN ALBUM OUT, WHICH I'M VERY PROUD OF. SO FIRST I'M GONNA, IT'S CALLED THE ALBUM IS ALSO CALLED BIRTH. UM, I'M CRAZY, UH, BUT I'M GONNA SING A SONG FROM THE ALBUM AND THEN I'M GONNA SING ANOTHER SONG RIGHT AFTER THAT. SO ONE, ONE SONG, AND TWO. SO, SO THAT'S MATH. OKAY. ARE WE READY? YEAH, LET'S GO TRY THAT. IT'S CALLED MOUNTAINS OF THINGS. LIFE. I'VE ALWAYS WANTED, I GUESS I'LL NEVER HAVE, I'LL BE WORKING FOR SOMEBODY ELSE. I'M IN MY GRAVE, HAVE A BIG, EXPENSIVE CAR. A I CAN TELL EVERYONE WILL LOOK AT AND, AND [01:45:01] MOUNTAIN, OH, MOUNTAIN CHAMPAGNE. AND CARRY ON. I HOPE YOU'LL COME AND FIND ME BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHO WE'RE WITH. THOSE WHO DESERVE THE BEST IN LIFE AND KNOW WHAT MONEY IS WORTH. AND THOSE WHO, SO MISS FORTUNE, HAVING SOUL, RENOUNCE, RENOUNCE, ALL, ALL THOSE MATERIAL THINGS YOU GAIN BACKING A HUMAN BEING MORE THAN YOU NEED. THIS IS THE DREAM. COULD MAKE YOU A PAPA, MAKE YOU QUEEN. I WON'T DIE. I'LL HAVE IT ALL PREARRANGED WITH A THAT'S DEEP. AND THERE'S STILL TIME TO SAVE MY SOUL. TELL ME NCE ALL RENOUNCE ALL THOSE MATERIAL THINGS YOU GAIN BACK EXPLOITING HUMAN THINGS. I FEEL LONELY. GOOD PEOPLE ARE GOOD PEOPLE. ROLLING. MY STEPPING STONES, IT'S GOING TAKE ON MY MOUNTAINS OF THINGS TO ME. KEEP ON MY ENEMIES WAY. KEEP MY SADNESS AND LONELINESS. THE LIFE I'VE ALWAYS WANTED. I GUESS I'LL NEVER HAVE, I'LL BE WORKING FOR SOMEBODY ELSE UNTIL I'M IN MY DREAM. I'LL BE DREAMING OF A LIFE OF EASE. AND MOUNTAINS. OR MOUNTAINS THINGS. I'LL BE DREAMING. DREAM, DREAM, DREAM, DREAM, DREAM, DREAM DREAMING. DREAM, DREAM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. LIKE YOU. THANK YOU. CAN I SING ONE MORE SONG FOR YOU? UM, I'M GONNA HAVE MY NEPHEW ELIJAH. HE'S NOT REALLY MY NEPHEW, BUT HE, HE'S MY PLAY NEPHEW. UM, LET'S GIVE ELIJAH A ROUND OF APPLAUSE TOO. YOU NEED A CHAIR? THE DEVIL STAYS BUSY. THE DEVIL HAS A FULL-TIME JOB AS IT TURNS OUT. JAMES? YES. DO YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE SINGING OR DO YOU WANNA KEEP IT A SURPRISE? NO, THIS IS A SURPRISE. I LOVE SURPRISES TOO. I'M SO EXCITED BECAUSE WHEN YOU STARTED SINGING BEFORE IN CHECK, I WAS REALLY SURPRISED AND I WAS OBSESSED WITH THIS ONE. YES. OH YES. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I THINK PEOPLE WILL KNOW THIS ONE. I THINK THEY WILL. THEY'RE GONNA BE SO EXCITED. JAMES, WHERE CAN PEOPLE GET YOUR ALBUM IF THEY WANT TO? IT'S ON ALL OF THE THINGS LIKE THE ITUNES AND THE SPOTIFY. IF YOU JUST LOOK UP JAMES JACKSON JR. OOH. A PICTURE OF ME AT MY THIRD BIRTHDAY PARTY SHOWS UP. THAT'S THE ONE. YES. WOO. OKAY, TRY THIS. AH, YEAH. WHERE HAVE ALL, WHERE'S THE STREET WISE HERCULES TO FIGHT [01:50:01] RISING? ISN'T THERE A WHITE NIGHT UPON HIS FIRE? STEVE? LATE NIGHT. I TOSS AND I TURN. DREAM. WHAT? I NEED A HERO HOLDING OUT FOR A HERO TO THE END OF THE NIGHT. HE GOTTA BE STRONG. HE GOTTA BE FASTER. HE'S GOTTA BE FRESH FROM THE FLAG. I'M NEAR THE MORNING. HE'S BE SOON. HE'S BE BEST. HE'S MIDNIGHT. HE, HE, HE'S GOTTA BE FRESH FROM THE A HERO HOLDING HERO TO THE MORNING LIFE. HE'S BE STRONG. HE'S HERO. THE THE HEAVENS THE LIGHTNING. I SWEAR. RAIN. AND HE'S GOTTA BE STRONG. HE'S GOTTA BE BEST. HE'S GOTTA BE THE FIGHT. THE HE'S STRONG. HE BE HE. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. HAPPY PRIDE HASTINGS. OH, JAMES JACKSON JR. EVERYBODY AND ELI CALWELL. THANK YOU SO, SO, SO, SO, SO MUCH. THERE WAS, THERE IS A SPECIFIC REQUEST, WHICH IS MY DAUGHTER AND HER FRIEND JUNIE WOULD LIKE TO COME UP AND SAY SOMETHING. THIS IS MY DAUGHTER MATILDA AND HER FRIEND UNI. HAPPY PRIDE. HAPPY PRIDE. HAPPY PRIDE. UH, WE NOW HAVE SOME DANCING. IS THAT WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW? HUH? SO DO WE NEED TO BACK IT UP AGAIN? DO I NEED TO BACK THE AUDIENCE UP? I WHAT SHE SAY? ARE THEY BRIANNA? YES. RIGHT. WE DO. WE DO. OH, YOU ARE MAKING ME WORK AGAIN. I'M, I SO FAR HAVE NOT DIED. BACK IT UP. BACK IT UP. OKAY. WE NEED TO BACK IT UP. OKAY. OOH, WE GOT, OOH, LOVE THE HAT. OKAY. I'M SORRY. I KNOW, I KNOW, I KNOW. OKAY. DO WE HAVE, IS THIS ENOUGH ROOM? YEAH. BRIANNA, IS THIS ENOUGH ROOM? DON'T INTERRUPT US ABOUT WHAT WE DOING HERE. WE'RE GONNA [01:55:01] PERFORM A HIP HOP. WE JUST LOVE BECAUSE LOVE IS LOVE AND DANCE IS LOVE IN A FORMAL LOVE THAT WE LOVE TO DO. I'M BRIANNA, THIS IS KIANA. DO YOU WANT ME TO SAY HOW YOU GUYS FEELING? HEY. ALRIGHT, SO WHEN WE DANCE, WE FEED OFF OF ENERGY, RIGHT? SO WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO WHEN WE'RE DANCING? WOO. I DUNNO. THAT WAS WE. LET ME HEAR IT AGAIN. THANK YOU. YEAH. ALRIGHT. WELL MY NAME IS KIANA, AS SHE SAID. THIS IS BRIANNA. WE'RE PARTNERS IN DANCE AND IN LIFE AND I ACTUALLY GREW UP IN HASTINGS AND I WENT TO HASTINGS HIGH SCHOOL. SO IT'S COOL TO SEE THE COMMUNITY GROWING AND EVOLVING AND DANCING. SO YOU GUYS READY TO SEE SOME MOVEMENT? ALRIGHT, LET'S GO. THANK YOU LADIES. THE, ALRIGHT. I THINK WE NEED ELIJAH FOR THIS FEEDBACK. UM, IS THERE, IS THERE SOMETHING YOU WANNA SAY? OH YEAH. UM, THE FAMILY PRIDE IS REALLY, REALLY FUN AND WE'VE HAD A BLAST, BUT THERE IS AN AFTER PARTY AT DINO'S STARTING AT NINE. SO COME IF YOU WANNA DANCE AND HAVE MORE FUN, COME ON DOWN. PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO THE STAGE, THE INCREDIBLE DANIEL BELL NAVIS. SO, UH, BEFORE I SING THIS SONG, THIS IS A KIND OF A LITTLE KNOWN SONG AT THIS POINT. IT'S CALLED NIGHT SONG. IT'S FROM THE MUSICAL GOLDEN BOY AT ITS CORE IN THE CONTEXT OF THE SHOW, THIS SONG IS ABOUT THE BLACK EXPERIENCE. IT ALSO JUST APPLIES TO IDENTITY IN GENERAL IN FEELING LIKE YOU ARE AN OBSERVER OF THE WORLD AND YOU ARE TRYING TO FIND YOUR PLACE WITHIN IT. THANK YOU. NOT A SIGNS ARE SHINING. [02:00:03] EVERYONE HAS SOMEONE AND A PLACE TO LISTEN. THE, THEY DON'T EVEN SEE ME FLYING. SO GOING, WHO KNOWS WHERE. ONLY THING I KNOW IS I'M NOT GOING THERE. DO YOU GO WHEN YOU FEEL THAT FIRE? DO YOU, WHEN YOU DON'T EVEN THIS IS LAUGHTER EVERYWHERE. THE CHILDREN CALLING AND AL A DO I BELONG? WHERE DO YOU GO WHEN YOU BURN? FEELING OF RAGE WHEN YOU, BUT YOUR SKIN IS UPTOWN. JUST ANOTHER DRAW. WHERE'S THAT RIGHT? FOR LIFE IS GOING ON. I STAND AND WONDER THE HELL AM. GIVE IT UP ONE MORE TIME FOR ELIJAH, WHO HAS BEEN BACK AND FORTH AND KILLING IT ALL NIGHT LONG. THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH. HAPPY PRIDE. DANIEL, I'M SO SORRY I HAD TO GO TO THE BATHROOM AND I KNOW THE DANCE WAS GONNA BE SO SHORT OR I WANTED TO INTRODUCE YOU. OH, YOU WERE AMAZING. OKAY, BYE ELIJAH. WE'RE GONNA DO A LITTLE SOMETHING, SOMETHING I WANTED TO SIT, BUT THERE'S NOT A CHAIR, SO I GUESS I'LL STAND. OH, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OH, CAN I, I DON'T KNOW IF I DON'T, I'M GONNA GIVE, OH WAIT, WHERE'S MY LITTLE MIC? I LIKE THAT BETTER, BRIAN, I NEED MY MIC. I LIKE SINGING, BUT NOT BETTER. THANK YOU. CAN WE GIVE IT UP FOR OUR SOUND? PEOPLE OVER HERE MAKING US SOUND WONDERFUL ALL NIGHT. SIMON AND TOMMY, RIGHT? YES. AND NAILED IT. I'M GONNA USE A LITTLE LOUDER THOUGH. YOU'RE PERFECT. DON'T CHANGE YOU EITHER. SIMON AND TOMMY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'M MISSING A LITTLE DIDDY. I ACTUALLY SING THIS TO MY, MY 9-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER EVERY SINGLE NIGHT BEFORE BEDTIME. OOH, THANK YOU. READY? [02:07:53] THE RAINBOW. OH, THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. ELIJAH. YOU BETTER STUCK. RU WE NEED TO GO ON TOUR. WE'LL DO A LITTLE DUO . OH, THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH. I LOST MY PACE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S NEXT. I GOTCHA. CAN WE HAVE ANOTHER HAND FOR THOSE TWO? THAT WAS JUST INCREDIBLE. INCREDIBLE. OH MY GOD, YOU GUYS ARE INCREDIBLE. UM, SO ONE QUICK ANNOUNCEMENT, WHICH IS WE'VE GOT ONE MORE SONG BEFORE THE HIGH SCHOOL CHOIR. SO IF YOU'RE IN THE HIGH SCHOOL CHOIR, MAKE YOUR WAY OVER HERE SO THAT YOU CAN BE READY IN TIME. UM, THIS LAST PERFORMER IS, UH, A DEAR, UH, FRIEND OF MINE, ONE OF MY CLOSEST FRIENDS. UM, AND SO I'M, I'M SO, SO, SO EXCITED TO GET TO WELCOME HER TO THE STAGE. SHE IS, UM, TRULY A RENAISSANCE WOMAN. UM, SHE IS A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR. SHE IS A SOMATIC THERAPIST. AND TONIGHT SHE'S GONNA SING FOR YOU. PLEASE WELCOME LEANNE BROWN. I LOVE YOU. OKAY. [02:10:01] HELLO. THANK YOU. I'M LEANNE AND I'M REALLY HAPPY TO BE HERE. BRIAN IS ONE OF MY DEAREST, DEAREST FRIENDS AND WHEN HE MOVED TO HASTINGS, HE SAID, I'M REALLY EXCITED. I'M REALLY, THAT SOUNDS GOOD. THIS IS TOMMY, BY THE WAY. MATILDA'S GUITAR TEACHER. GIVE IT UP FOR TOMMY. TOMMY AND I HAVE PRACTICED THIS SONG TWO, THREE TIMES TODAY. WE MET TODAY. SO KEEP THAT IN MIND. UM, I WAS SAYING, BRIAN MOVED OUT HERE SAYING TO ME THAT HE WANTED TO BUILD REAL COMMUNITY AND HE STARTED THIS PRIDE FESTIVAL FIVE YEARS AGO. HE DID IT AND HE INSPIRED ME. I I'M GONNA SING FOR YOU ALL. I AM A AUTHOR. I'M A THERAPIST ON MANY THINGS, BUT I'M ALSO A SINGER. BUT I HAVEN'T SUNG ON STAGE SINCE I WAS THREE YEARS OLD. , WHEN I SANG, JESUS LOVES ME TO A CHURCH AUDIENCE, . AND THEY SAID I DID A GREAT JOB, BUT IT WAS SO MUCH PRESSURE THAT I NEVER DID IT AGAIN UNTIL TODAY. AND I CHOSE WHAT IS KIND OF THE OPPOSITE SONG TO JESUS LOVED ME, WHICH IS ONE OF THE MOST COMPLICATED SONGS, UH, TOMMY SAYS HE'S EVER HAD TO PLAY, WHICH I DIDN'T REALIZE AS A BRIEF I'D GIVEN HIM UNTIL EARLIER TODAY. BUT IT'S GONNA BE REALLY GOOD. MAYBE IT'S GONNA BE A LITTLE BIT DISASTROUS, BUT WE'RE ALL GONNA BE HERE TOGETHER. OKAY? . OKAY. ARE YOU READY? HERE WE GO. ALRIGHT. AND I'M GONNA ASK FOR SOME AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION. NOT YET, BUT AT THE END YOU'LL KNOW IT. OKAY. I'M REALLY EXCITED. I'M REALLY NERVOUS AT THE SAME TIME TO THE, I COULD ALMOST SEE THAT RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME. KNOW WHAT IT FEELS LIKE. OKAY. THAT WAS A WARMUP. WE'RE GETTING BETTER. I OKAY. READY FOR THE NEXT, TOOK A WALK SOMEWHERE THROUGH THE FIRE TO THE I MEET YOU. WHOA. YEAH, BRING ME BACK TO LIFE. LOVE THE WAVES CRASHING DOWN. [02:15:05] YOU, THE HEART DOWN WITHOUT YOU. OKAY. NOW HERE'S WHERE I NEED YOU ALL. HERE'S WHERE I NEED YOU ALL. I, I, NOT ME, LET ME BE ANGRY. FEEL THIS IN YOUR HEART. THINK ABOUT EVERYTHING WE'VE TALKED ABOUT TONIGHT, THE ANGER THAT YOU FEEL TOWARDS WHAT'S NOT RIGHT IN THIS WORLD. FEEL IT RIGHT HERE IN YOUR HEART. LET ME AND SING IT WITH ME. LET ME BE ANGRY. LEMME BE ANGRY. THESE GIRLS KNOW IT. YES. BE ANGRY. LET BE PATIENT. LET BE HAPPY. HAPPY. LET ME BE HAPPY. WHAT DOES IT FEEL LIKE RIGHT NOW? HAPPY. YES. YES. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THAT WAS REALLY FUN. THANK YOU TOMMY. THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR THE SUPPORT. THAT WAS SO MUCH FUN. LET'S GIVE IT UP FOR LEANNE. WOW, THAT WAS INCREDIBLE. WELL, LET'S ASK THE SOUND OVER HERE. SANDRA, IS IT OKAY FOR HIM TO PLUG OUT? OH, PLEASE. OKAY GUYS, ARE WE READY? WE HAVE A COUPLE MORE NUMBERS. I JUST WANNA THANK EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING. HAS EVERYONE HAD A WONDERFUL TIME AT FRIDAY? MY PROUD. THANK YOU SO MUCH EVERYONE. THIS HAS BEEN A BEAUTIFUL EVENING WEATHER-WISE, THE VIBE, THE LOVE. WE ALL FEEL WONDERFUL THIS EVENING. ELIJAH, TAKE IT AWAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. IT'S EVEN UP FOR ELIJAH. ELIJAH, CHECK. HI. HEY Y'ALL. HOW ARE Y'ALL? HAPPY PRIDE. UM, SO I'VE FINALLY DO A LITTLE LOW NUMBER, NUMBER. I'VE BEEN COMING ALL NIGHT. UH, I'VE BEEN LOVING GETTING TO BE WITH ALL THESE PERFORMERS ON STAGE, BUT NOW IT'S STARTING FOR A LITTLE ELIJAH SHOW. Y'ALL WANT A LITTLE ELIZA SHOW? ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. DO Y'ALL WANT TO PARTY? THAT'S A LITTLE SOFT FOR PRIDE. DO Y'ALL WANNA PARTY? THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT. OH, UH, JULIAN CUMMINGS, CAN YOU COME TO VFW? YOUR CHILD IS CRYING BABE. JULIAN CUMMINGS. YOU'RE, YOU'RE WELCOME. OH, WELL I'M GONNA SING THEM HOPEFULLY HAPPILY. SO HERE WE GO. OH BABY. NICE. [02:20:02] ALL THE YOUNG GUNS TOO. OKAY. SO WASN'T RIGHT. OH, YOU GO NOW. YOU ARE RIGHT OFFSIDE. AND SHOW ME HOW YOU WANT IT. THAT'S RIGHT. TELL ME BECAUSE I NEED TO KNOW NOW WHAT? BECAUSE LONELINESS IS KILLING ME. WHAT I STILL BELIEVE WHEN I'M OH, BRITTANY DID I SHOW ME HOW YOU TELL IS ME ONE MORE WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO RELEASE ME. DON'T IF YOU SINGING ALONG, MY BODY'S SAYING LET'S GO. BUT MY HEART IS SAYING NO. IF YOU WANNA BE WITH ME, YOU, YOU MAKE A BIG YOU WON'T MY SOUL. YOU WON'T BRING MY SOUL. YOU WON'T BRING MY SOUL. YOU WON. BREAK MY SOUL. AND I'M TELLING EVERYBODY, EVERYBODY, EVERYBODY. OKAY. MY LAST ONE, I PROMISE, I PROMISE. BETTY GARMO AND MONROE DIETRICH AND DIAGGIO. MARLON BRANDO. JIMMY DEAN WHAT? ON THE COVER OF A MAGAZINE. GRACE KELLY HOLLOW JEAN, PICTURE OF A BEAUTY QUEEN. JEAN KELLY, FRONT GINGER ROGERS DANCE ON AIR. THEY HAD STOPPED. THEY HAD GRACE. RITA HAYWORTH GAVE GOOD FACE. LAUREN LETTER, BETTY DAVIS. LADIES WITH AN ATTITUDE, FELLAS THAT WERE IN. HEY, DON'T JUST STAND THERE. LET'S GET TO EXTRACT A THERE'S NOTHING TO IT. COME. LET, LET BODY KNOW. E THANKS ELIJAH. YOU BETTER PUT A MELY TOGETHER. YOU BETTER BE FOUR 50 SONGS IN TWO MINUTES. THAT WAS AMAZING. THANK YOU SO MUCH. LET'S GIVE IT OVER ELIJAH. ALRIGHT, MY FRIENDS. OH, HERE THEY COME. THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL CHOIR TO END THE EVENING. THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH. AND WHAT WILL YOU BE SINGING FOR THE FIRST NUMBER? I DON'T REALLY KNOW GIRL. WHO KNOWS WHAT THEY'RE SINGING HERE. SOMEONE COME, SOMEONE COME TALK TO ME. I NEED TO TALK TO SOMEONE. NO, I MEAN, I WANTED A LITTLE PERSON TALK TO ME. DRAW THE CIRCLE. WHAT SHE THE CLUB? OH [02:25:01] MY GOD. YOU'RE SINGING FROM BRENT. THE BEST. OKAY. THANK YOU LADIES. HAVE FUN. FIVE, SIX. FIVE, SIX. HOW DO, OH, YOU'VE GOT TO, YOU REMEMBER, WE ARE GOING OUT OF OUR TRADITIONAL ORDER. WE HAVE AT LEAST TWO MORE. AND DEPENDING ON HOW WE'RE DOING ON TIME, WE MAY HAVE THREE MORE. WE WILL SEE. BUT WE ARE GOING OUT OF TRADITIONAL ORDER. FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR A WHILE, WE CAN BE TOGETHER NOW AND FOREVER. I LOVE YOU. I LOVE YOU. AND WHEN PRAYING, I HEAR THEM SAYING, I LOVE YOU. I LOVE YOU. PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD. THEY'RE OPENING UP, THEY'RE COMING AROUND AND THEY'RE SAYING, I LOVE YOU. I LOVE YOU. I LOVE YOU. I LOVE YOU. I LOVE YOU. I LOVE YOU. I LOVE YOU. I LOVE YOU. I LOVE YOU. I LOVE YOU. I LOVE [02:30:05] PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD. THEY'RE OPENING UP, THEY'RE COMING AROUND AND THEY'RE SAYING, I LOVE YOU. I LOVE YOU. I LOVE YOU. I LOVE YOU. I LOVE YOU. I LOVE YOU. WE, THE, OUR SOLOISTS WITH MY APOLOGIES IF I FORGET ANY NAMES. OUR SOLOISTS ON, UM, SEASONS OF LOVE. WERE LOLA NORLANDER, NOAH RIMER, AND, AND CHIO CHRIST. OF COURSE MAX BOYD ON. I LOVE YOU. AND WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD [02:35:03] THIS YEAR. AND AS BRIAN KNOWS, I WAS DEBATING, UM, UP UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE. IN FACT, I DIDN'T EVEN TELL HIM WHAT ORDER WE WERE GONNA GO IN. 'CAUSE I HONESTLY DIDN'T SETTLE UNTIL MAYBE ABOUT 10 MINUTES AGO. THIS ORDER, WE ARE FINISHING UP WITH A PIECE CALLED DRAW THE CIRCLE WIDE. IT'S BY A BLACK QUEER COMPOSER, MOSTLY KNOWN IN THE, UM, CHRISTIAN SACRED MUSIC WORLD. HIS NAME IS MARK MILLER. UM, I WAS JUST HAVING A CONVERSATION ABOUT HIM WITH EMILY BROWN, UH, OVER THERE RECENTLY. AND I THINK THE WORD SPEAK FOR ITSELF AND I THINK IT'S JUST ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT IN THESE TIMES. SO DRAW THE CIRCLE WIDE. FEEL FREE TO SING ALONG AS YOU ARE ABLE TO CATCH ON TO WHAT THE CHORUS IS SINGING SOLOISTS ON THIS ARE LEE JACOBS, SAM NICHOLSON, AND LOLA NORLANDER. DRUNK CIRCLE WIDE MARK MILLER. YEAH. DRAW THE CIRCLE. DRAW THE CIRCLE RIGHT. DRAW THE DRAW ONE STANDS SIDE BY SIDE. DRAW CIRCLE. DRAW THE CIRCLE. DRAW THE CIRCLE. DRAW THE CIRCLE. WIDE ALONG WE'LL SIDE BY SIDE. DRAW THE DRAW. CIRCLE WIDE DRAW THE CIRCLE WIDE. DRAW THE CIRCLE, DRAW THE CIRCLE SIDE BY SIDE. DRAW THE DRAW. THE [02:40:16] MIDDLE SCHOOL PARENTS, IF YOU CHECKED OFF THAT YOU WOULD BE PICKING YOUR CHILD UP ON THE PERMISSION SLIP. PLEASE COME SEE ME. BRIAN, ANY HOUSEKEEPING? JUST A BIG THANK YOU TO MR. RIS IN THE HIGH SCHOOL, MIDDLE SCHOOL CHOIRS. AGAIN, THAT WAS FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART. THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT TO HELP US CELEBRATE FRIDAY NIGHT PRIDE, AND WE'LL SEE YOU AGAIN NEXT YEAR. BYE EVERYBODY. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.