June 29, 2009
Pink Saturday 2009
The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence present Pink Saturday 2009, the night before Pride. It was a much larger event than we've ever done for Pink Saturday and the City gave us a lot of trouble at the beginning, which really screwed up preparations. It was frantic behind the scenes, but everyone in the community loved it!
We anticipated a larger crowd and as it turned out, it was nearly double the number of people we expected. The battle with the City came from the fact that we needed to barricade more streets for the overflowing crowds, and to pay for it, we needed to sell booze. That's where the cops freaked out. It was a night time event with alcohol. We had actually officially canceled the event when the cops finally agreed to our proposal, and since it was so late in happening, Supervisor Bevan Dufty stepped in with some additional volunteers and sponsorship money to save the event.
In anticipation, between the volunteers and paid security, there were nearly 1,000 people involved in the production. We also added two performance stages, a live broadcast with Energy 92.7 FM, food vendors, alcohol sales, a laser light show and a giant disco ball suspended from a crane!
I got caught up in running errands at the last minute during all the panic, and for some reason, the flash on my camera was not cooperating. I only got a handful of pictures this year, so enjoy the little slide show above.
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Posted by lavenderlounge at 8:52 PM
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