MARIAH HANSON FOUNDER & PRODUCER OF CLUB SKIRTS DINAH SHORE WEEKEND TO BE HONORED BY THE CENTER AS THE FIRST RECIPIENT OF THE INAUGURAL LEGACY AWARD AT THE 5TH ANNUAL CENTER STAGE GALA

Palm Spring, CA - The Center – a Palm Springs, CA based organization serving the desert LGBT community – is honoring Club Skirts Dinah Shore Weekend founder and producer, Mariah Hanson, with the first ever  “ Legacy Award” for her invaluable contribution to the Coachella Valley LGBT community.

The 5th Annual Center Stage Gala presented by Eisenhower Medical Center will be held on Friday, November 7th, 2014 at The Riviera Resort & Spa in Palm Springs, CA.

Hanson's visionary leadership as the founder of one of the Coachella Valley’s largest tourism boosters and undisputed biggest lesbian event of it kind in the world, the legendary Club Skirts Dinah Shore Weekend  (aka “The Dinah”) makes her the perfect choice as the first recipient of this inaugural award.

Presented by The Center, the LEGACY award is a brand new distinguished honor, which pays tribute to remarkable individuals exemplifying the highest level of achievement and professional excellence when it comes to leading and travailing for the advancement of the LGBT community.

 

 “When considering those who have made a lasting impact on the desert’s LGBT community, Mariah Hanson’s name quickly rose to the top. Her vision for an all-women’s event has become the largest lesbian event of its kind in the world. This is Mariah’s legacy to our community and our reason for recognizing and celebrating her outstanding accomplishment,” says Mike Thompson, Executive Director at the LGBT Community Center of The Desert.

Hanson's incredible accomplishment with The Dinah has for the past 25 years continuously created a viable platform for the advancement of the LGBT community.

Transforming lives and making a difference in and for the LGBT community, The Dinah offers an unparalleled one-of-a-kind experience for myriads of women who come from all over the world to enjoy the freedom to be who they truly are without fearing the judgment of others, and gain, as well, a tremendous amount of self worth.

Over the course of a quarter of a century, The Dinah has not only been changing lives, but also spearheading music careers. Building on its reputation as the ultimate entertainment hub Club Skirts Dinah Shore Weekend has positioned itself not only as an event the entertainment industry’s most elite go to but also as a trendsetting event that music industry insiders watch and jockey to book their artists’ performances.

The Dinah is one of the only all-girl parties featuring a phenomenal line-up of talent ever to perform at a lesbian event. Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, Colbie Caillat, India Arie, The Pussycat Dolls, Kesha and more recently Iggy Azalea, are just a few examples of major recording artists that headlined the epic event while still "unknown" and then systematically went on to hit international superstardom.

More than just an event promoter extraordinaire, Hanson is first and foremost an avant-garde business entrepreneur and exemplary community leader, who in a little over two decades has created an unsurpassed cultural and social phenomenon and built an impressive empire turning a small one-night event with 1,500 participants into a five-day bash with some 15,000-plus participants, booking entire hotels and securing major corporate sponsors.

The 5th Annual Center Stage Gala will open with a Reception & Silent Auction at 5:30 PM, followed by a sit-down Dinner and Entertainment at 7 PM, hosted by the quick witted Kate Clinton and concert by the nationally recognized singing string quartet Well-Strung.  The Center will also honor Judge Vaughn R. Walker (Ret) with the “Vanguard” Award.

Already expected to be one of the highlights of the Coachella Valley social season, the Center Stage soiree not only stands as a fun kick-off to Palm Springs Pride, but also as the perfect opportunity for The Dinah to stamp its mark in its highly anticipated upcoming April 2015 milestone 25th Anniversary.



For more information or to purchase a ticket, call 760-416-7790 or go to www.thecenterps.org/events/centerstage

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CLUB SKIRTS DINAH SHORE WEEKEND TO HOST THE ONLY OFFICIAL WOMEN PARTY AT THE 2014 GAY GAMES

 

 The legendary Club Skirts Dinah Shore Weekend – the biggest lesbian event of its kind in the world – is confirmed to be hosting the only official Gay Games-sanctioned women party this summer in Cleveland, Ohio.

The announcement comes on the heels of the massive success of this past April’s Club Skirts Dinah Shore Weekend in Palm Springs, CA, which broke all attendance records and garnered extensive national and worldwide media coverage.

Impressed with the outstanding achievement of Mariah Hanson – the mastermind behind The Dinah – and her team in organizing for over two decades such a high profile event featuring such an elite group of high caliber performers, organizers of the 2014 Cleveland Games handpicked the event producer extraordinaire to exclusively produce the official lesbian party for Gay Games 9 (GG9).

“We’re immensely honored to be joining forces with the entire Gay Games 9 team and have no doubt our combined efforts will turn this incredibly formidable LGBT Sport and Cultural event into the best one ever,” says Mariah Hanson, founder and producer of Club Skirts Dinah Shore Weekend.

The bash dubbed “The Victory Party” will take place starting at 8:00pm EST August 13 at The Velvet Dog, Cleveland's premiere nightclub & dance destination for 15 years.

“We are thrilled to be teaming up with Mariah Hanson and beyond excited to be bringing such a staple event in LGBT culture to the Velvet Dog,” says club manager Georgina Karim.

Voted Cleveland's BEST Nightclub for the past five years in a row, The Velvet Dog is located in the warehouse district, a bastion of nightlife in the heart of the city.

"The Dinah team is honored to bring our special brand of high octane event production laced with first class entertainment and music to Cleveland’s Gay Games. We couldn’t have picked a better host location than the Velvet Dog, the premiere nightclub in Cleveland. Plus we love the idea of a rooftop patio! We're expecting a sell out crowd and plan to deliver an unforgettable event, Dinah style,” says Mariah Hanson.

The “Victory” party will mark Club Skirts’ second Gay Games participation. Hanson previously produced the largest women's event in 2006 at the navy pier in Chicago, IL, showing Club Skirts’ enduring commitment to securing the nicest locations available to showcase the host city.

Presented by the Cleveland Foundation, Gay Games 9 is one of the biggest sports & cultural festivals in the world and comes to the Cleveland and Akron areas August 9-16, 2014.

“Here at Gay Games 9 we are excited to welcome everyone to our region and especially all the women of the world and what better partners to collaborate with then the most Amazing, Club Skirts, The Dinah.  This will be "THE" Party to attend for all of the women.  So, come celebrate "Participation, Inclusion and Personal Best"  as we embrace and unite as one, “ says Michelle DeLozier, Gay Games 9 Culture Co-Chair.

Open to all adults - regardless of sexual orientation or athletic ability - Gay Games 9 will host 11,000 participants from all over the world (including countries where homosexuality remains illegal and hidden), and will feature more than 35 sports, band and choral competitions, and community and cultural events.

Launched over thirty years ago, the large scale, weeklong event is about more than just an Olympic-style sporting competition with spectacular ceremonies and parties; it is first and foremost about a celebration of the LGBT community and a celebration of the spirit of unity and diversity.  This message holds particular significance as Ohio, while recently ordered to recognize out-of-state gay marriages, still remains in the nationwide race to legalize same-sex marriage in its own state.

Both Mariah Hanson and organizers of the 2014 Cleveland Games see the event as not only a chance to show that the industrial Midwest can be gay-friendly, but also as an important potential catalyst for change.

Hanson has been sending a strong message of inclusion through the Dinah.
The event has not only come to embody the very notion of living life out loud, but has also been systematically transforming lives.

“Club Skirts has been passionately committed to extending its involvement beyond the actual Dinah in promoting and showcasing the rich diversity of our LGBT talents by engaging in and supporting events that create and enhance opportunities for our community,” comments Hanson. “We look forward to Gay Games week and can’t wait to ignite Cleveland's lesbian nightlife.”

Stay tuned as Mariah Hanson will be announcing the headlining act in the coming weeks.


Tickets to the event are $25 per person, or $50 for VIP, which includes bottle service opportunity, and access to all VIP areas in all three floors as well as the spectacular roof top patio that overlooks the entire city of Cleveland.

 

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For More information about Club Skirts Dinah Shore Weekend “Victory Party” go to: www.TheDinah.com

Information about Gay Games 9 is available at: www.Gaygames.com

 

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"HOW I MET MY PARTNER": 4 COUPLES WHO MET AT THE DINAH!

 Club Skirts Dinah Shore Weekend is a one-of-a-kind vacation spot where lesbians of all ages, interests, ability, relationship status, cultural background and profession come together for a long weekend getaway to meet and connect with other women, make new friends, reunite with old ones, and yes ... find their dream girl, and marry them!

We putting the spotlight on four adorable couples who met and found true love while attending The Dinah in Palm Springs.

And today they're sharing their (Dinah) "love connection" stories ...

"HOW I MET MY PARTNER": 

4 COUPLES WHO MET AT THE DINAH!

1. LISETTE & PATTY

"We met in 2008 at the white party and exchanged numbers since I thought she was hot! She lived in LA and I was in San Diego and we dated for a about year before making it official. 

We now live together, with our pooch Mozart, in San Diego." - Lisette Martinez

 

 

2. JENNIFER AND SHANETTE

"My wife and I at Dinah 2 years ago. If I recall correctly, this was at the closing party. We met in the hallway at the Riviera in 2010, and have been together ever since. She lived in Phoenix at the time, and I lived in Vegas. 

We traded travel weekends EVERY weekend for 4 months until she moved to Vegas. We did our Domestic Partnership in March of this year, and will have the full ceremony in September 2015" - Jennifer McHugh

3. LILIA AND CHRIS

 

"Chris and I met working at Dinah in 2011. In 2012, despite the extreme long distance between us, we decided to move forward with our relationship and make the effort to see each other as much as possible and or Skype everyday. 

It wasn't long before we couldn't stand being apart, I moved to Northern New York to be closer. I proposed and Chris said yes, and we married shortly after. 

I am happy to say that we are celebrating our one year wedding anniversary on Nov 3rd and will continue to live happily ever after in Easter Canada." - Lilia Brekke

 

 

4. KATE AND NOELLE

 

"Noelle and I met BECAUSE of the DINAH.

My roomie Jenna was going solo & her girlfriend Liz told her " hey, my friend Noelle is going by herself too. You should meet her so you can hang out." 

So on the Monday Night before the Dinah,  my roomie, her girlfriend and I went to the Abbey & Noelle was going to pop over and meet Jenna so she they could talk about the Dinah and meet before the weekend.

I didn't know any of this was happening at the time until right before Noelle came by. I had never met her. She walked in and started to talk to Liz and my roomie. I was talking to someone else and then they made the introductions.  We just all had a social hour and by the end of the night, I asked her to dinner and we went out the Wednesday before Dinah for dinner.  The dinner led to her asking if I would like to join her at the Dinah Shore weekend, as she was staying at a friend's home and it would be a great way to get to know each other – plus I had never been.

So I was off to Dinah and the rest is history. I'm a psychic medium and this one event I didn't see coming*! lol

We have taken our relationship slowly up until about a month ago, when I asked Noelle to marry me.
When you know, you know.... :)  So there you go

Thank you Club Skirts!  

We met because of the Dinah and we want to continue that tradition every year!"

- Kate Cadore

*Kate Cadore is a real life (lesbian) forensic psychic/medium.

Affectionately called “the Ellen of the Psychic World” by some colleagues, Cadoré not only works on criminal cases but also offers intuitive counseling. As a life counselor she can relay spiritual guidance and offer life-coaching sessions.

 

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Club Skirts Dinah Shore Weekend 2014 is April 2-6 

in Palm Springs, CA

Ticket & Hotel Information now available at: www.TheDinah.com 

 

 

 

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7 REASONS WHY THE LADIES OF “ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK” SHOULD ATTEND THE DINAH … WHEN THEY GET OUT OF JAIL!

7 REASONS WHY

THE LADIES OF “ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK” SHOULD ATTEND THE DINAH

… WHEN THEY GET OUT OF JAIL!

 

 

 

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CLUB SKIRTS DINAH SHORE WEEKEND 2014

IS APRIL 2-6 IN PALM SPRINGS, CA

Tickets & Hotel Reservations Now Available at:

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Palm Springs, The Official Host City Of Club Skirts Dinah Shore Weekend, Launches New Destination Wedding Website

For the past 23 years, Club Skirts Dinah Shore Weekend has been offering gay women from all over the world the opportunity to escape for five days from the rest of their 360-day life of make believe, in the closet, and provides them the freedom to be who they are.

Yet none of this universal unity, love and solidarity would have been possible if it wasn't as well for the host city of The Dinah Shore Weekend, namely the City of Palm Springs.

As one of the #1 LGBT travel destinations, the city, dubbed "the new Gay Mecca" boasts more gay and gay-friendly restaurants, nightclubs, hotels, retailers and other businesses than any other one gay destination in the world.  Nowhere else do lesbians get such a strong sense of community, solidarity and acceptance, feeling as much as home within the walls of the event as anywhere else on Palm Springs' playground.

Now, more than a tradition The Dinah Shore Weekend has intrinsically been linked to the Sunny Oasis becoming a Palm Springs institution.

Celebrating this past April twenty-three years of blissful marriage, the City of Palm Springs and The Dinah officially renewed their wedding vows. The victorious pair  symbolically solidified the lifelong relationship and commitment that run deep between both brides via an exclusive VIP Rewards Program - reaffirming the sacred union as two of the most popular gay Meccas in the country. 

As one of California's top LGBT destinations, today Palm Springs is one step closer for same-sex couples looking to tie the knot.

And indeed, it's a perfect match: Palm Springs and same-sex marriage!

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For those ready to celebrate and eager to start planning their big day and honeymoon, the Palm Springs Bureau of Tourism has a new website, www.WeddingsinPalmSprings.com, featuring full-service hotels, historic inns, vacation home rentals, LGBT resorts, as well as unique wedding locations that showcase the beauty and vibe of Palm Springs.

"Palm Springs has long been a romantic destination for couples looking for the perfect wedding and honeymoon," says Mary Jo Ginther, Director of Palm Springs Bureau of Tourism. "With sunny, blue skies, a gorgeous mountain backdrop, there is no better place to celebrate in California." 

To celebrate the ruling on Prop 8 and DOMA, hundreds of supporters gathered in downtown Palm Springs on June 26, 2013 at the "Forever Marilyn" sculpture. 

 

Between August and November 2008, Palm Springs officials had performed over 600 civil same-sex ceremonies. Thirty-four same sex couples were also married in downtown during a special event called "Palm Springs Celebration of Marriage," organized by the City of Palm Springs. 

 

Many of Palm Springs' gay and lesbian resorts cater to the gay honeymoon market with romance packages and on-site ceremonies.Palm Springs has the largest collection of gay and lesbian resorts in the United States with nearly 30 gay and lesbian-owned and/or operated resorts and guesthouses. 

Full-service hotels, boutique hotels and vacation home rentals also offer additional space for grand celebrations and family gatherings.

Palm Springs is less than two hours away from Los Angeles and San Diego. Daily flights are available to the Palm Springs International Airport from major U.S. cities and Canada.  Plan a destination wedding and honeymoon in Palm Springs at www.WeddingsinPalmSprings.com.

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CLUB SKIRTS DINAH SHORE WEEKEND 2014

IS APRIL 2-6 IN PALM SPRINGS, CA

Tickets & Hotel Reservations Now Available at:

www.The Dinah.com

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