Guelph Pride 2007

[vaneramos]

I just got home from the most fun evening I've had in a long time. After our concert, a number of us went to the Guelph Pride dance, hosted at Holiday Inn.

The crowd filled the banquet hall, and Tammy was an excellent deejay as usual, playing a good mix of dance songs, new and old, that appealed to everybody. For a few minutes the dance floor cleared so Muffy St. Bernard could entertain us for two numbers. Quite a few people from the chorus were there, gradually dwindling as they got tired and went home.

There was one particularly hot young man in the room. And there was a friend I've had a crush on for a while. It so happened that friend picked up the other hot fellow. It brought home the fact that they're both 20-something, and I'm not anymore. But the benefit of being 40-something is I don't care so much.

I stuck with rye and ginger, and didn't get indigestion. I spent longer on the dance floor than I've done in ages, and closed the place down with Crystal, Colleen, Paula, Margie and Terrilyn—a hot group of lesbians I really enjoy, but rarely get to spend time with.

Driving home with Paula, we agreed it was the best dance Guelph has ever had.

One of my closer friends opted out of the event, which was fine, but did so with bitterness. In my opinion you get out of community what you put into it. It's a lot of work for people to organize such events, but invariably other people would rather criticize than get involved and influence the course of things. This is a simple fact of life that frequently escapes notice. Anyway, friends who attended the dance all seemed to enjoy themselves.

I used to hate coming home alone from dances. That, too, has changed. It's nice just sitting here, winding down, and recording another fine memory.