Derbyshire Rainbow Fringe Festival

Derbyshire Rainbow Festival has so very many people to thank and so many things to be thankful for, that it is difficult to know where to start to extending gratitude. In any case it is necessary to at least attempt to make a list of acknowledgement, and to say thank you to those without whom the Festival would not have been realised. To our unsung heroes DRFF would like to preface the lists below by saying thank you, thank you all so very much, to all of you who lent a hand, helped to construct and take down tents, blow up balloons, cook, staple, undertake collections and so many more tasks than anyone even remembers.

The second set of thank you’s go out to our supporters during our inaugural festival year 2009

Organisations and Businesses

• Boogie Nights– Owners and staff
• Curzon’s – Owners and staff
• Derbyshire Friend
• Derby Goes Pink Committee
• Le Bistro Pierre
• The Crown Inn – Owners and staff
• The Duke of York– Owners & staff
• Top Chef
• Union Blue – Owners and staff
• Women Zone members
• Performers and Individual Contributions
• Bijoux Belles
• Calidoscopio
• Dr Graham Rowe
• Desert Jewels
• Downi
• Phoenix Nights
• Derbyshire Poet Laureate 2007 – 09 River Wolton
• Shonaleigh
• Sindee Chaddite (Lauren Strange, James, Adam, Chernobyl Fallout and Ivan Arden)
• Sophie Snell
• Wagmeister

Invaluable Individual Contributions

• Bex
• CJ
• Ro
• Elaine
• Julie H
• Kay
• Marion
• Nick
• Nina
• Ray A
• Thelma

Towards 2010

Thank you Taiche for donating the following beautiful works. These works will be exhibited during the Festival September 24th to October 3rd 2010 and will then be auctioned off as part of the Festival proceedings in October 2010

Taiche has also been spreading the word about the Fringe and has been instrumental eliciting further donations to the Fringe by other artists. Thank you Taiche, Thank you so very much.

To view other works by this talented and generous artist please visit Taiche at http://www.redbubble.com/people/taiche/art

Taiche’s call out for donations on behalf of Derbyshire Rainbow Fringe Festival has also led to further donations from RedBubble/Zazzle artists. The first is Richard H from Yorkshire.

Richard H
Originally from the West Midlands, UK (near Birmingham), but now living in South Yorkshire. “I have a silly sense of humour, which sometimes appears in my pictures. I hope you enjoy the characters I create”.

1. Growing and Yearning
2. He’s Leaving
3. The Kiss
4. Together we can

Richard has also generously given us permission to use one of his prints “Because He is Gay” in our anti-homophobia campaign.

This picture is also available for sale through RedBubble.

You can see further examples and order from Richard’s work at http://www.redbubble.com/people/richepics. Thank you Richard for your generous gift. Thank you very much.

J Robin Whitley is the third artist to respond to Taiche’s call out on our behalf. J Robin lives is a multi-talented performance and visual artist:
Visual Arts: Photography, drawing, painting
Music: Guitar and Vocals
Literature: Poetry, Non-fiction, Song Writing,
Traditional Art/Craft: Storytelling
She lives and works in Western North Carolina, United States.

In describing her work she writes, “The intuitive comes easy to me in music, poetry, reflective writing and music composition. In mid-life I’m learning to see with a different eye, my real ones! As a lover of meditation I also am finding photography a great and new way to focus, center and quiet…In my art, music and stories I seek to convey the beauty I see, hear and feel in the live around us. We are surrounded by the spirit of nature, the soul of sound and the dance of vision. The goal of art is to move us; move us to look inward or reach outward or stop and be still. All we have is here and now and this life before us, over our heads, under our feet, residing in our center is good. My art is an attempt to share this with others while at the same time loving life again and again”. Source: http://www.redbubble.com/people/jrobinwhitley

Donated Work: Blues Guitar

Thank you J Robin thank you for reaching out from across The Pond and sharing in our cause. Thank you very much.

See more of Jrobin’s work please visit her website at http://www.jrobinwhitley.com/. Her work can also be viewed at http://www.redbubble.com/people/jrobinwhitley or email her at jrobinwhitley@gmail.com

Please place your bid, along with the name of the work you are bidding on, your name and preferred contact details by visiting our Donated Arts Bid Page under Projects and then the Arts. Good luck.!

Fresh from very busy flurry of activity for LGBT History Month 2010 DRFF would like to extend a very big thank you very much to the following people who made a contribution to some really wonderful events:

Julie Heron
Narvel Annable and Terrry Durand
Mark Bowyer and everyone at Derby Central Library
Toni Montinaro and Derbyshire Friend staff (including Melvyn Fearne, Travis Peters, Tina Ellis and Becks)
LKNG Youth Group
Ray Gumbley, Age Concern Derby and Derbyshire
Bill Hussey
Beth Seymour, Transcend
Claire Smith, Derbyshire LINks
Chesterfield Library
Tim and Amy, Corporate Services, The QUAD.
John Cowings, Equality and Diversity Derbyshire County Council
Ann Webster, Derby City Council, Equality and Diversity
Chief Inspector Tracy Harrison, Derbyshire Constabulary
PC Ali Adams, Derbyshire Constabulary
Rosie Maychajlow, Derby Pride
CPSO Elaine Porter
Ryan Powell, University of Derby LGBT Society
Ian Campbell, Joint Winner Nottinghampsire, Young Person of The Year Award (YOPEY) 2010