Paws with Pride
Wednesday 25th July
Paws with Pride, Northern Pride's popular family pet spectacular returns to Leazes Park ,on Sunday 29 July 11.30pm to 4.30pm. This year Paws is introducing ‘gay walkies’ - their very own Pride Parade for dogs. 'Gay walkies' will raise much needed funds for Guide Dogs and there will be rosettes for the most colourfully dressed dogs taking part and every dog taking part will receive a special Paws with Pride certificate. So 'rainbow up' your Rottweiler, camp up your chihuahua and make this a dog walk to remember! Gay Walkies sets off at 12.00 midday.
As always there’s a fun dog show with ‘prettiest bitch’, ‘cutest expression’, ‘waggiest tail’, ‘feeliest fur’ and even the ‘most butch or camp dog in fancy dress’. For our cat lovers we have ‘show us your kitties’, our bonny cat photo competition.
For the kids there is a mini zoo with rabbits, guinea pigs, a bouncy slide, carousel and other rides, pony rides, alpacas, Shetland ponies – even a reptile house. You can even take a horse drawn carriage around beautiful Leazes Park and the amazing NORTH NORTHUMBERLAND DOG TRAINING CLUB DISPLAY TEAM will be doing agility and also a Flyball competition and there will be some amazing birds of prey. There’s so much to do for everyone!
Bring your pets, your family and friends and enjoy a fantastic day in the park.
Paws with Pride 2012 - Dog Show Classes
• Prettiest Bitch
• Most Handsome Dog
• Most Appealing Eyes
• Best Veteran
• Best Condition
• Feeliest Fur
• Most Camp / Butch Dog (Fancy Dress)
• Waggiest Tail
• Best Biscuit Catcher
• Cheekiest Expression
• Best Rescue Dog
• Dog the Judge Would Most Like to Take Home
Show us yer kitties!
Do you have the cutest cat; the most marvellous moggy or fantastically fabulous feline? Why not enter their photo in 'Show us yer kitties', our bonny cat photo competition which is part of Paws with Pride on 29th July. Please send your photographs by e-mail to: ken.mortimer@npride.org.uk or bring them on the day (no later than 12.00).
Video Messages
Tuesday 24th July
We have had lots of Birthday wishes for this years Newcastle Pride.
Newcastle Pride 2012
Sunday 22nd July
Saturday 21st July 2012 saw the biggest Pride event ever to hit the city of Newcastle. The sun came out to celebrate with the whole LGBT community and attracted the largest crowd ever. Around 3000 people marched from Newcastle Civic Centre to Exhibition Park home for Newcastle Pride this year after being moved there from Leazes park only a week ago due to the recent poor weather conditions. 23000 people turned up in the park to party from 1pm until 6pm and enjoyed the entertainment in the sun from Northern Proud Voices, Scooch, Elle Diva, Sam Dickinson, Totally Gaga, Diva Fever, Horse, Cheeky Girls, Kelly Wilde and Sonia. Along with the main stage there was plenty of other entertainment to keep everyone happy. The out! northeast Women's tent was a huge success with a host a fantastic female entertailment and was packed all day. along with the Eazy Street Cabaret tent providing first class entertainment from acts like Tess Tickle and Eazy Street Follies. The Steve Paske Health Zone was a huge succces and for the first time provide a sexual health screening service which carried 50% more screenings than planned, alomg with the fun fair and over 60 market stalls providing information, and retail items the whole event provided so much for people to do and see.
In just a weeks time its the pets turn to celebrate Pride with Paws with Pride complete with their own Pride Parde called Gay Walkies which will raise funds for Guid Dogs to be held in Leazes Park from 11am till 4pm. Whats next from Northern Pride well keep checking the events page, facebook and twitter as Northern Pride arranges a number of other events throughout the year. The committee thank all the volunteers who give up ther free time to support Northern Pride and wiyth out them it just wouldnt be posiible to run. In the next couple of weeks the whole of the pride committee will start the planning for Newcastle Pride 2013 plus the other events to be run this year like LGBT History Month in February and IDAOH day on the 17th May.