Sunrise Park, Palm SpringsSaturday, November 312PM to 4PM The Flaggers of the Desert were proud to invite fellow flaggers, poi/fan dancers and friends from everywhere to our inaugural celebration in Palm Springs during Pride weekend. They came to celebrate life and uplifting music with us under the beautiful San Jacinto Mountains. 2018 Partners Our mother event Flagging In The Park has proudly been supported by San Francisco’s Grass Roots Gay Rights Foundation, the nonprofit behind REAL BAD. GRGRF offers a $2,000 matching grant for each FITP event. So with the natural tie between events and communities, they agreed to stand behind Flagging in the Desert as well and donate a matching grant of $2,000 that was split between our beneficiaries! Representatives from their Board were with us on the day so we thank them for their generosity. Our Thanks Dave Eckert, Leif Wauters, Mike Richey, and Amy Sat Prem, our official liaison with our northern namesake. Other very special thank you's go to the entire FITP family for endorsing and supporting this extension of the magic they worked hard to create, the City of Palm Springs, Jeff Dannels for creating our awesome art and logo, Flagger Central for hosting the details of our event (and so many other things they do), Jeff Kennedy for creating our web presence, the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Luc Benech for allowing us use of his sound equipment, and our beneficiaries who give so much to our community – it’s time to give some love back.
Peter Barona Peter began his musical journey early in life while watching his mother teach piano to young music lovers. From that time on, he was drawn to music as a life force and infused it with his Cuban roots. He decided to become a DJ in the late seventies and trained under some of the most well-known club mixers in Los Angeles at that time. In the past thirty years, Peter has played in clubs all over the country and Canada, projecting onto every set that a celebration of life and love defines a great party. Luc Benech Luc’s DJ career started on the island of St. Croix in the US virgin island under the guidance of DJ Christopher Keefe. There he spun the monthly Planet Q roving parties from 1990 – 1996. Since then he has played across the country as a fixture while living in Boston and a musical force across Southern California and the world since moving to Palm Springs in 1999, including the Tom of Finland Black parties and the first US DJ to play the Amsterdam White party.
Pet’s Are Wonderful Support at DAP Desert AIDS Project (DAP) is proud to bring the Pets are Wonderful Support (PAWS) program to the Coachella Valley through their Client Wellness Services Center. They are dedicated to preserving the human-animal bond by providing support to our clients with companion animals. Support services include veterinary care, pet food and supplies, temporary foster homes and volunteer services — all at no charge. The National AIDS Memorial Grove National AIDS Memorial Grove is a dedicated space in the national landscape where millions of Americans touched directly or indirectly by AIDS can gather to heal, hope and remember. Having been the home of Flagging in the Park since its inception, Flagging in the Desert is proud to honor them with our first event for their ongoing support of our flagging family while creating and maintaining a safe place for us to remember lovers, friends and a precious generation lost to AIDS.
