The Lesbian and Gay Big Apple Corps at Symphony Space in Manhattan - Brian Worsdale Conducting

Syndicated from: QOnStage.com, New York's Performance and Arts Reviews site at http://www.qonstage.com/QOnStage_articles/2009BigAppleCorps600-Gelbert/a...

Bruce-Michael Gelbert. Posted November 15, 2009 | 11:54 PM (EST)

Our community's cherished band, the Big Apple Corps, in its formal concert incarnation as the Lesbian & Gay Big Apple Corps Symphonic Band, celebrated the pearl anniversary of the Corps' founding, in 1979, with "Generations: A 30-Year Celebration," a festive evening at the Peter Norton Symphony Space, on November 14. Beside Artistic Director Brian P. Worsdale, past Music Directors were welcomed back to the stage to preside over some of the selections.

Syndicated from: Time Out New York, http://newyork.timeout.com/articles/features/29961/queens-for-a-day

By Billie Cohen, Photographs by Tim Soter

Meet the proud marchers who kick off Pride Month on Sunday 1 at the Jackson Heights parade.

Syndicated from: The Huffington Post, "Lesbian and Gay Musical Ambassadors" at http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jim-luce/lesbian-and-gay-musical-a_b_19098...

By Jim Luce. Posted April 30, 2009 | 11:54 PM (EST)

As Harvey Milk, a transplanted New Yorker, pulled the gay and lesbian community of San Francisco together in the mid-1970s, like-minded musicians there formed the world's first gay and lesbian marching band.

New Yorkers took notice and a sister band was born the next year in Manhattan. They marched down Fifth Avenue for the first time in 1980. Fast forward 30 years, when gays and lesbians have more rights but still no equal marriage, and the Lesbian & Gay Big Apple Corps prepares for its 30th anniversary event.

Syndicated from: WNYC Public Radio, http://www.wnyc.org/news/articles/121139

NEW YORK, NY January 15, 2009 —For the first time in history a lesbian, gay, and transgendered marching band has been chosen to perform in the presidential inaugural parade. The Lesbian and Gay Band Association has assembled nearly 180 members from all over the country to play. 40 of them are New Yorkers. WNYC's Kathleen Horan dropped by their only rehearsal in the city before the big day.