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The Gay Appreciation Awards Board of Directors presented the 19th Lifetime Achieve-ment Award to Michael "Fish" Hickerson for his outstanding service to the communityat the 19th GAA Gala hosted at the Marigny Theatre behind Cowpokes in New Orleans.
The event raised $3,517 for Buzzy's Boys and Girls through the generosity of VIP table sales, $100donations, door donations and stage performance tips. Photo: Rip & Marsha Naquin-Delain, SDGMXXXIII Lisa Beaumann, Michael "Fish" Hickerson and Teryl-Lynn Foxx.
For the first time in the 19 year history of the Gay Appreciation Awards, there was atie for Entertainer of the Year. Both New Orleans' Donnie Jay and Austin BabtistWomen's Widow Modine Murphy, Betty Bea Blessing, O'Feelya Faith and Deacon Dave
took home the 2006 award presented at the 19th GAA Gala hosted at the Marigny Theatre in NewOrleans.
The Mystic Krewe of Satyricon hosted the 96th birthday bash for the legendary MissDixie at the Friendly Bar Annex with a succulent buffet. Friends traveled far and widefor this annual event honoring one of the pillars of New Orleans gay society.
Dakota Springs joins birthday girl and Southern Decadence Grand Marshal XXXIII ReginaAdams for her fab birthday blowout at her new home bar, Starlight By The Park in NewOrleans. The club just celebrated their 3rd anniversary over 4th of July Weekend.
NO/AIDS Task Force is bringinghealthcare services into the com-munity with its 37-foot “CareVan,”
donated by Dame Elizabeth Taylor and Macy’sdepartment stores to help provide vital care tothe HIV/AIDS community in the Gulf Coast fol-lowing Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. NO/AIDSTask Force executive director Noel Twilbeckwas presented a check for $40,000 from Eliza-beth Taylor and the Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foun-dation, by Project Inform's Martin Delaney.
Twilbeck, said the donation goes a longway toward providing the nec-essary care and testing to thecommunity. The 37-footCareVan features two exami-nation tables, an X-ray ma-chine and flat screen TVs.
“This is a phenomenalgift that Elizabeth Taylorwanted to make available topeople with HIV/AIDS. We’reincredibly grateful that she hasreached out with such a valu-able piece of equipment thattruly fills a need in New Or-leans,” Twilbeck said. “Her do-nation has opened other doorsand opportunities for our or-ganization to provide betterhealthcare to the New Or-leans community.”
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David Boyd & Mike Andrews acceptCarnival Ball of the Year for Lords of
Leather
Rhonda Roget (right) accepts Bitch ofthe Year for daughter-in-law Bianca Del
Rio-Roget from Southern DecadenceGrand Marshal XXXIII Lisa Beaumann
Steve Mettner accepts Restaurant/Deliof the Year for Quartermaster: The
Nellie Deli
Michael “Fish” Hickerson accepts theBuzzy Fanning AIDS Award
Tittie Toulouse & Electra City acceptGLBT Business of the Year for Queen
Fashions
Southern Decadence Grand MarshalXXXIII Regina Adams accepts
Transgender of the Year
Rusty Downing accepts PerformingArts Award for the New Orleans Gay
Men’s Chorus
Marsha Naquin-Delain presents theMarsha Delain Award of Excellence(Drag Ambassador Award) to Tami
Tarmac
Mina Hernandez accepts LeatherPerson of the Year
Bobby Connell & Tim Miller acceptLeather Bar of the Year for the Phoenix
GAA’s Lisa Beaumann presents RobinMalta with Hair Salon of the Year
Bartenders Rusty Downing & MartyCurtin accept Neighborhood of the Year
for the Friendly Bar
Showgirls’ Lisa Beaumann, VivicaDevereaux, Coca & Persana Shouldersjoin bartender Randi Holmes accepting
Dance Bar of the Year for Oz
Madam Adam accepts the Fly FashionVictim Award in memory of the late Ms.
Fly for Starlight By The Park’sJaded Jade
GAA’s Lisa Beaumann presentsBourbon Pub/Parade showgirl Savanna
DeLorean with the Fly FashionGlamour Award in memory of the late
Ms. Fly
Comedy Award in memory of the lateSonny Cleveland
Barry Bareass accepts the Cheridon
Cowpokes Lance Pippin acceptsBartender of the Year
Mina Hernandez acceptsLesbian of the Year
David Boyd accepts Man of the Year forTodd Cole, Lords of Leather President
Showgirl Lisa Beaumann, GM TedMcCrary, showgirl's Persana
Shoulders, Coca & Vivica Devereauxaccept Show Bar of the Year from
GAA’s Teryl-Lynn Foxx
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Gay Appreciation Awards Gala emceesTeryl-Lynn Foxx & Lisa Beaumann
Special Guests, the Austin BabtistWomen
Rikki Redd & Madam Adam representTop 5 Show Bar of the Year Finalist
Starlight By The Park
The men of Cowpokes represent Top 5Show Bar of the Year Finalist
Cowpokes
Princesse Stephaney, Starr Daniels,Electra City, Tami Tarmac & Tittie
Toulouse represent Top 5 Show Bar ofthe Year Finalist Cowpokes
Vivica Devereaux & Lisa Beaumannrepresent Top 5 Show Bar of the Year
Finalist Oz
Gay Appreciation Awards FounderMarcy Marcell
Donnie Jay & Klorocks Bleachmanrepresent Top 5 Show Bar of the Year
Finalist Golden Lantern
The Corner Pocket Boys join ElectraCity, Lisa Beaumann, Barry Bareass &
Tittie Toulouse representing Top 5Show Bar of the Year Finalist Corner
Electra City, Star Daniels, Tami Tarmac &Tittie Toulouse
Top 5 Lesbian of the Year FinalistRed Velour from Phoenix
Top 5 Bartender of the Year FinalistAletha Bryant from Lafitte's
Miss Gay Pride Elizabeth & partnerSteven
Fly Fashion Glamour winner SavannaDeLorean, Boom Boom Laverne, GAA
Founder Marcy Marcell & Transgenderof the Year Regina Adams
Sandy Phillips & Starlight By The Parkbar baron CW Stambaugh
Marsha Delain Award of Excellencewinner Tami Tarmac, Marsha Naquin-
Delain & Fly Fashion Glamour winner &former Marsha Delain Award of
Excellence winner Savanna DeLorean
David & Rhonda Roget
Top 5 Entertainer of the Year Finalists:ABW’s O’feelya Faith, Princesse
Stephaney & ABW’s Widow ModineMurphy & Betty Bea Blessings
The whole family: Nan, Momma Mina &both Leather Person & Lesbian of the
Year Mina Hernandez herself
Top 5 Fly Fashion Glamour AwardFinalist Tyriq Davenport Kennedy
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