Hi, all,

Trauma's coming out to sing with the Freedom Band at its spring concert Friday night, and I thought I'd let you know.

Donna Sachet and male soprano Don Tatro will also be featured.

Here's the announcement:

The Freedom Band is performing a terrific concert featuring gender-bending singers Trauma Flintstone, Donna Sachet and Don Tatro.

Hope you can make it! Here's the announcement below:


* A String of Pearls Concert - SF Lesbian/Gay Freedom Band - 3/14 *

Link to online version of announcement:
www.sflgfb.org/astringofpearls.html

- The San Francisco Lesbian/Gay Freedom Band Presents . . .

A String of Pearls:
What Else Do You Wear with Basic Black?

Saturday, March 14th
8:00 PM - Performance & Reception

Dr. Roberto-Juan González, Artistic Director

Featured Vocalists:
- Trauma Flintstone
- Donna Sachet
- Don Tatro

Ebenezer Lutheran Church
678 Portola Drive (near Twin Peaks)
San Francisco

Admission Free

The San Francisco Lesbian/Gay Freedom Band presents its own “torch song trilogy,” showcasing three gender-bending vocalists in its spring concert, A String of Pearls. (What else do you wear with basic black?)

This concert features special performances by drag artists Trauma Flintstone, Donna Sachet and male soprano Don Tatro, crooning various George and Ira Gershwin selections.

The Band's new saxophone ensemble, makes their public debut performing a Glenn Miller medley, including the title piece, “A String of Pearls.”

Soloist Keith Sklower is featured in Donizetti's “Concertino for English Horn.”

Program also includes Ponchielli's “Dance of the Hours,” Rodgers' and Hammerstein's “South Pacific” and Saint-Saëns' “Danse Bacchanale.”

Reception and photo exhibit by A Woman's Eye Gallery follows. Admission free.


* More About the Lesbian/Gay Freedom Band of San Francisco -

Named the "Official Band of San Francisco" by the Board of Supervisors in 1998 and 2003, the San Francisco Lesbian/Gay Freedom Band is the first openly gay musical organization in the world, inspiring the formation of gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgender/ intersex/questioning/queer bands, choruses and performing groups around the globe. Founded in 1978 by Jon Sims at the height of Anita Bryant's anti-gay crusade, the Band has made music to build understanding between gay and non-gay communities for 30 years, and will be celebrating its 30th anniversary at the 2008 Pride Concert, June 26th and 27th.

For more information, please visit the website: www.sflgfb.org