"Standing United" Special Events Page

This page is under construction as of 1-15-99. It will be updated in a couple days with details of the special events of this convention in a better "graphic" format.

Wednesday Night : Transgendered Comedy Special at Louisville's own Comedy Caravan. This event will feature transgendered comedians, as well as comedians from the local community, and will benefit KAN-DO's local effort to open an Pediatric Aids clinic in Louisville, as well as IFGE, and the Fairness Campaign. This event is open to the local GLBT community, and all who want a laugh are encouraged to attend! Tickets are $20.

Thursday Night: Derby Dinner Playhouse is a dinner theatre. They feature an American buffet, followed by a play or revue "in the round." "In Taffeta" will be the revue this night, and features the "girl groups" of the 1950. So, get out your poodle skirts, bob your hair, or put on a zoot suit if you prefer, and get into that ol' "graffiti" mood! Tickets are $30

Friday Night: The First Transgendered Derby Party. First, a buffet, then a variety show featuring The Royal Sovereign Imperial Court of All Kentucky. Bring dollar bills- your tips to the girls will benefit local charity! Dress in your Derby best - get out your big hats, nice spring dresses, or English tweeds, and sample the local Derby drink, the mint julep (just don't try to drive afterwards!) Full admission get you in here.

Saturday Night Awards Banquet: A fine banquet dinner, then IFGE will present the Trinity and Virginia Prince Awards. Entertainment will be by "Fourte'", a singing quartet from the the Lexington Gay Men's Chorus, and Vicky, a transgendered pianist and singer from Cincinnati. Included in your full admission.

Tours are being planned to:

Churchill Downs, site of the Kentucky Derby, Breeders' Cup, and the Kentucky Derby Museum. The Downs is our most famous local landmark, and focal point of the largest civic festival in the USA. The Kentucky Derby Festival lasts 3 weeks, and features many events, but none as famous as the "Most Famous 2 Minutes In Sport", the Kentucky Derby. No visit to Louisville is complete without a visit to the "World's Most Famous Racetrack" and you can learn all about the history of the noble thoroughbred racehorse at the Derby Museum. They feature a multimedia presentation that is fascinating.

Hillerich and Bradsby Louisville Slugger Bat Museum, which is a fascinating trip back into the history of baseball, right up to the historic home run chase of Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa. Many people don't know that the first professional baseball team was the Louisville Colonels. Professional baseball is a tradition here, and a state of the art ballpark is being built for our local AAA team, the Louisville Riverbats (a Milwaukee Brewers' affiliate), on the riverfront, near the bars where many of us will socialize after hours.

We have many other local attractions, museums, restaurants, stores, and clubs of interest locally. Ask any BGB member at the conference, and we will direct you to many things of interest. Or, click here for the Louisvlle Bureau of Conventions and Tourism