The Pride Parade 2007

This was my first time attending the parade, and I was deejaying on the Whole Foods float. It was Jon Hood, Tanya Cascoe, and myself representing fig media and the music that almost a half million people were hearing. The parade started at Belmont and Halsted. Jon was well into "I'm Coming Out" when our float started to move up Halsted. I played the next song "Hot Stuff" by Donna Summer. We played a little more disco at this point, and transitioned into club anthems like "Call On Me". We hit eighties, nineties, and current stuff along the route. The parade turned were Halsted crosses Broadway, and headed south. At that point, to their surprise, I pointe out some of my friends in the crowd. Later on they gave me mad props for suporting them. Tanya had been taking pictures this wwhole time, and gave me her camera to shoot. I ended up shooting most of the Broadway portion of the parade. It helped to interact with spectators. They would wave, point, and smile at the camera as I got their picture. The parade ended at Diversy and Cannon. I had a lot of fun and would do it again.

My learns on the gig were to bring less music. I would put togeter about 6-8 mixes and play from those songs. Also, have the car, for pick up of our equipment, parked inside the blocks of Belmont to Sheridan to Diversey. Bring sun block, sun glasses, and water.

Brian Carey
deejay, photographer