Drag queen to sing anthem at SF Giants game

[Oeditpus Rex]

Good on the Giants' front office. :thumbsup:



History is about to be made in San Francisco. On September 29th, the San Francisco Giants will be getting ready to play ball at the AT&T Park. Before they do though, someone special will come out on the field to sing the National Anthem, and no one knows how to come out and do it better than a drag queen! That’s right, in just a few weeks, the fabulous Donna Sachet will grace the field and sing her heart out to the audience of sports fans. Is she scared? Not at all.

http://www.examiner.com/x-20225-SF-LGBT-Issues-Examiner~y2009m9d10-Donna-Sachet-star-drag-performer-sings-the-National-Anthem-at-the-San-Francisco-Giants-game



They'll be playing Arizona, btw. Game starts at 7:15 p.m. PDT. At AT&T, they do the anthem at about 7:10. If you're anywhere in northern Kollyforniya, you can probably pick it up on KNBR 680. Or, you can find other stations here: http://mlb.mlb.com/sf/schedule/radioaffiliates.jsp

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. Good for them!

[BlooInBloo]

2. Niiiice!

[NMDemDist2]

3. sweet! here's the website with more and pics!

http://www.donnasachet.com/about.html

[Taverner]

6. She looks pretty photogenic!

[NanceGreggs]

4. Coolio! n/t

[Warren DeMontague]

5. Frankly, I'm amazed it's taken this long.

Cool.

[Oeditpus Rex]

11. I'm rather amazed it's being done now

Baseball is the most socially conservative of American professional sports. The Giants have, I think, two or three GLBT nights per season, but they've done that for only a few years and I don't know of any other MLB club that does it. But then, I'm not in the habit of checking out ball clubs' promotions.

[Parche]

7. Boy ,does she have balls to sing for a big crowd...

:rofl: :rofl::rofl: :hi: :hug:

[Cant trust em]

8. Donna Sachet is amazing!

She opened for the Harvey Milk LGBT Democratic Club dinner a few years ago.

[Forkboy]

9. That's awesome! Hats off to them!

:toast:

[Captain Hilts]

10. Totally cool!

[wicket]

12. Give 'em hell Donna!

:thumbsup:

[Warpy]

13. No one with the guts to confront the real world in drag

is going to be prone to stage fright, ever!

She's beautiful. I'm guessing she has a voice to match.

It's about bloody time they did this.

The city crowd will likely be cool about it. I just hope visitors manage to behave themselves for once in their lives.

I just wish I could see it.

[mrbarber]

14. Oh lord.

Why do I feel like a major shitstorm is brewing?

[KamaAina]

15. Hopefully this will put a stop to the rampant Giants-bashing in the Sports forum

we'll see...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=215&topic_id=116353&mesg_id=116353

[GreenTea]

16. And when people always wonder, why is SF so liberal? -Acceptance of the non mainstream, tolerance of

others rights & opinions, artistic & political freedom of expression, freedom to be who one wants to be, not forced into ruling class corporate conformity, even to be a republican if that's what one chooses...(However, most here don't, thankfully)....Change! It's just in the air here, in the bay area & the northern CA coast, like great sourdough bread! ---- Understanding that others have something to offer no matter how different it might strike others....craving new ideas, learning & projecting......And, to SHOCK (in place of humdrum)....Nothing like a good shock to wake one up reminding them they are ALIVE! - That it all blows by much too quickly, so enjoy the ride while never hurting anyone as it inevitably unfolds....To the ones that allow things to flow & are open to them!

Cheers!!
:bounce:

[CTyankee]

17. I wanna see some RWingers choke on this. I totally love it.

May it cause gastric distress and major nervous breakdowns among the homophobes...

[myrna minx]

18. Wonderful. K&R n/t