Cooper Lawrence to emcee Pride Charlotte

Pride Charlotte is excited to announce our celebrity emcee!

COOPER LAWRENCE is a developmental psychologist and the host of her own nationally syndicated radio show, The Cooper Lawrence Show, from Dial Global, airing weekdays M-F 7pm-10pm ET . To hear the show live, podcast it, or find a station near you that carries her show go to www.cooperlawrenceshow.com. It’s smart talk about real life! Cooper is also the author of Been There, Done That, Kept The Jewelry (Adams Media/Polka Dot Press) CosmoGIRL’s All About Guys (Sterling Publications) and her newest book out January 2008, Cult of Perfection: Make Peace With Your Inner Overachiever (Globe Pequot/Skirt!) along with many published articles for magazines.

Cooper appears regularly on CNN’s Showbiz Tonight, and Fox News Live and has been seen on The Today Show, The Insider, The Morning Show With Mike and Juliet, CNN Presents, The CW11 Morning News, Your World with Neil Cavuto, Nancy Grace, and Fox & Friends. She has also been featured in print for IN STYLE Magazine, The New York Post, The New York Daily News, Star Magazine, Skirt!, Cosmopolitan Magazine, and US Weekly. Cooper’s first magazine cover was in February 2007 for Today’s Charlotte Woman Magazine.

Cooper is also on the advisory board for CosmoGIRL! Magazine, where she writes a regular column called The Love Doctor and has consulted for actress Mariska Hargitay’s Joyful Heart Foundation.

PRIDE Charlotte 2007 Sponsors

PRIDE Charlotte 2007 Entertainers

Josh Zuckerman is not your typical rock star. While exemplifying the perfect star quality, he continues to carry a message about being true to one's self. He has released two CDs (Out From Under, A Totally New Sensation) to great reviews. Having toured over 15 different countries including the United States, Bermuda, Germany, France, Belgium, Sweden, Norway, Japan, as well as Thailand, Josh continues to spread his music across the globe. He has shared the stage with The Indigo Girls, Rupaul, Macy Gray, Joan Jett, B.B King, and many others. His music has been selling across the United States, Europe, and Asia and clips of his songs "Karma," "Spiritual," and "Circle Of Friends" appeared on Kathy Griffin's reality show "My Life On The D-List" on Bravo. His song Out From Under was the number one most requested song on Sirius Out Q for four weeks in a row and the video has consistently been seen on LOGO TV's "The Click List" and "New Now Next". www.joshzuckerman.com

Kat Williams has been performing at pride festivals for a short time but at every event that she performs, she captures the audience's hearts with her exceptional vocal range. This recent transplant to Charlotte performed at Pride Charlotte 2006 and was offered an automatic invitation to return after her warmup rendition of "Amazing Grace". Kat performs all over the country in jazz clubs, weddings and at private functions with a style consisting of R&B and jazz classics, blues, and original tunes. katwilliams.com

Melissa Reaves has been delighting audiences throughout the United States and Europe for more than a decade with her rock, funk and rhythm & blues-based sound. Reaves is a powerful vocalist and guitar player whose style ranges from driving rock & roll to a funk and groove sound that lends itself to a diverse repertoire of originals as well as some occasional choice covers. In 1999, Melissa won the Lilith Fair Talent Search for the Charlotte area and performed on the main stage at the festival with Sheryl Crow and Sarah McLachlan. In January 2000, Melissa was chosen to participate in a "Women of the Millennium" showcase at the MIDEM conference in Cannes, France and toured in both England and France including opening for Robert Plant of Led Zepplin. melissareaves.com

Jimmy Roland has been entertaining audiences with a voice that is reminiscent of Luther Vandross, yet he still possess a style that is recognized as his own. Jimmy knows how to get an audience (that is ready to party) up and dancing. As a headline performer, he has shared billing with such artists as Patti LaBelle, The Village People, and Joan Jett & The BlackHearts to name a few. His newly released Dance remix “My Jamaica” is currently making an impact on Dance charts across America. Jimmy’s act includes original songs. covers and Disco. If you have never experienced a Jimmy Roland concert, you must make an effort to do so. myspace.com/thejimmyroland

Christy Snow joins us again in 2007 as an emcee and performer. Christy began performing professionally in 1991 and after leaving her job as a Marketing Specialist in 1999 she began touring full time at women's music festivals, folk festivals, folk venues and churches. Christy has a very diverse folk style of music that has been described as both playful and spiritual and leads the listener on a path of empowerment, self-love and present moment awareness. christysnow.com

The Near Misses are an all-female quartet featuring some of North Carolina's finest vocal talent. The Misses perform an eclectic blend of originals, drawing upon American roots, rock, pop, contemporary folk, country and jazz influences. Their songs feature unforgettable melodies made complete by layers of gorgeous harmony. Each one a gifted songwriter and musician in her own right, together the Misses create a whole that is even greater than the sum of its parts! thenearmisses.com

One Voice Chorus – is the Gay, Lesbian and Gay-affirmative Chorus of Charlotte. With its non-auditioned singing members of from all walks of life, One Voice exists to present a face and voice of the LGBT community at a time when visibility and understanding is paramount. In fact, it's the chorus mission to use music to reach diverse groups in order to promote inclusion of LGBT people.

Sotto Voce, an auditioned ensemble of One Voice, provides a portable element to the full chorus, performing at a number of public events throughout the year.

To learn more about the chorus and how to participate, visit www.onevoicechorus.com

Unity Fellowship Church Choir – The sounds from the Unity Fellowship Church Choir are pure angelic. They perform at church events and other community events. ufccharlotte.org

The Queen City Outlaws are the country/western dance group of Southern Country Charlotte. Their mission is to support local charities and lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender events while promoting country and western music and dance. The Outlaws have are always a draw at Pride events and we are excited to have them back performing at Pride in Charlotte. www.southerncountrycharlotte.com

PRIDE Charlotte 2007 Vendors

Acceptance Group of AA
Actor's Theatre of Charlotte
Ameriprise Financial
Avon
Bank of America
Bear Ink
Bill Clarke & Associates / Keller Williams Realty
Blowing Rock Investment Properties
Camden Properties
Carolina P.A.W.S.
Carolina Pilates
The Carolina Building Group
Center for Positive Living
Charlotte Business Guild
Charlotte Eagle
Charlotte NOW
Charlotte Purple Pages
Charlotte Roller Girls
Charlotte Royals Rugby Football Club
Chavurah Keshet
Clownin Around Foundation
Coldwell Banker United Realtors
Cooper Lawrence
Doc's Philly Water Ice
Dr. Marlowe's Weight Loss Institute
Equality NC
Food Lion
Four Corners Bath & Body
Frito-Lay EQUAL
Fruta Vida
Human Rights Campaign
Gay Lesbian Straight Alliance at The Art Institute of Charlotte
Gus's Greek Foods
JourneyMates.net
KB Designs
I Live In A Friendly World / Passionate Poet
Lantern Hill Pottery
Laura Ritchie / UNCC
Lesbian and Gay Community Center
Marvin Gardens Studio
MeckPAC
Mecklenburg County Democratic Party
Metrolina AIDS Project
Metropolitan Community Church of Charlotte
NC Coalition Againt Domestic Violence
NC `TG Unity
New Life Metropolitan Community Church
Night Owls of Gastonia
North Carolina Pride
One Voice Chorus
Operation CARE
Our Family Photo
PFLAG Charlotte
Piedmont Unitarian Universalist Church
Proud Folks
Project MUSE: Mecklenburg County Health Dept.
Q-Notes
QSales
Queen City Tennis Club
Voter Registration Booth
RAIN (Regional AIDS Interfaith Network)
Rainbow Wedding Network
Revolution Church Charlotte
Sean's Last Wish
Servicemembers Legal Defense Network
Smoothie King
Southern Country Charlotte
South Carolina Gay & Lesbian Pride
Stampin' Up! 
Steak Boys
Stone Essence
Studville Clothing, Inc.
SunTrust Mortgage
Susan Burgess Campaign
Time Out Youth
Unitarian Universalist Church of Charlotte
Unity Center for Spiritual Living
US Airways
Wachovia
Wendy Blue
White Rabbit Books

PRIDE Charlotte Mission:
Empowering all lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) and allied peoples to stand as unique individuals and together as a community, with the purpose of uniting as a creative, social, economic, and influential force.

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