|
Dayton Pride Partnership
Dinner
March 2010/ Dayton,
OH: Dayton Judge Mary Wiseman and Seattle
singer/comedian, Lisa Koch (“Coke”) will
headline the Dayton Pride Dinner on June 12,
2010 at the Ponitz Center located on the
campus of Sinclair Community College. In
both serious and light hearted ways, these
two women will help the Pride Dinner
celebrate the 2010 Pride theme: We Are Here!
Bound for Equality. The evening begins at 5
PM with an impressive business and
non-profit exposition with hors d'oeuvres
and cocktails. At 7 PM dinner begins and is
followed by awards and recognitions, Judge
Wiseman’s keynote speech, and Lisa Koch’s
comedy show. The evening ends with the
annual Pride raffle drawing for many prizes
including Diamond rings.
Tickets are $45.00
with an early bird special of $40 per person
or $400.00 per table of 10 if purchased by
May 5, 2009. To purchase tickets send a note
with a check to The Dayton Pride
Partnership, Box 1203, Dayton, OH 45401-1203
or go online to
www.pridedayton.com or
www.daytonlgbtcenter.com. The online
purchase or purchases through the mail are
the only outlets for early bird tickets.
Regular tickets at $45.00 per person or
$450.00 per table of 10 will be available
after April 15 online, through the mail and
the following additional outlets: Q-Gifts at
1904 North Main and 464 on 5th. If you
belong to a local LGBT organization, check
to see if they also have tickets.
About our Speaker and
Entertainer:
The Dayton Pride
Partnership is excited to have Judge Wiseman
as the keynote speaker this year. Judge
Wiseman has been
a General Division Judge in Montgomery
County Common Pleas Court since November
2007. She is the Chair of the Judicial
Technology Committee and serves on the
Judicial Civil Practice, Criminal Practice
and Security Committees. Judge Wiseman
received her B.S. from Ball State University
in 1984 and her J.D. with honors from the
University of Arkansas in 1988. While a
Dayton City Commissioner in 1999, Judge
Wiseman advocated for the city to adopt
civil rights laws that included LGBT people
in the protected classes. Along with many
other advocates, she achieved that goal in
2007 when Dayton amended its Human Rights
Ordinance to include language she originally
proposed protecting all sexual orientations
and gender identity/expressions from
discrimination in housing, credit,
employment and public accommodations.
Lisa Koch will make
your roar with laughter. She produces,
writes, and performs all over the globe, and
has been a featured act at the National and
Michigan Women's Music Festivals,
Bumbershoot, and the Vancouver Comedy
Festival. The Dayton Pride Partnership is
pleased she accepted the offer to headline
the Pride Dinner entertainment this year.
As one critic wrote:
“Picture a fusion of Bette Midler, Lily
Tomlin, and Joan Jett and you’ve got Lisa
Koch.” An irreverent Seattle
singer/comedian, Koch is a deliciously
twisted mix of comedy, theater, and demented
songs. |
