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Read the Final Press Release From The Winter Party
The National Gay & Lesbian Task Force issued its final press release leading up to the actual event in just 9 more days! See what they had to share here.
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Update: 2/24/2010

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There's no shortage of new global DJ talent at this year's festival, with 8 first time Winter Party DJs in this year's lineup. Read the release for all of the details!
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Update: 2/18/2010


Get Ready to Ride the (Sound) Waves
in Miami's Winter Wonderland:
Winter Party Festival

Buy your Winter Party tickets and passes now and dive into Winter Party Festival’s best lineup ever featuring world-famous DJ’s at Miami and Miami Beach’s hottest locations:

You will get more than just your feet wet as you kick your weekend off with Rip Current at Score Nightclub, featuring DJ’s Roland Belmares (Los Angeles) and an opening set by Score's resident DJ Pride.

Go deeper into the musical journey on Friday night at Dolce on Ocean Drive, where father/son duo Hilton and Myron Wolman bring you Rising Tide with the powerful DJ duo Rosabel (Ralphi Rosario & Abel).

To get a glimpse of daylight, you'll want to surface at Saturday's Under One Sun Pool Party at the Host Hotel, the DoubleTree Surfcomber, featuring DJ’s the Perry Twins (Los Angeles) and an opening set by local favorite, DJ Charlmix.
Stay in Miami Saturday night for Elevation and let the energy of international star DJ's Chus & Ceballos (Madrid) wash over you at Parkwest, with DJ Alexander (Los Angeles) spinning an opening set.

Want to ride a different wave on Saturday night? Dive into the Rough Waters of Fort Lauderdale's Sea Monster at Winter Party Festival's Official Leather Event with DJ Ted Eiel.

It's all building up to Sunday with our centerpiece event, the Winter Party Beach Party! "Brazilian Bombshell" DJ/Producer Ana Paula (Rio de Janeiro) headlines the event as she makes her Festival debut. DJ Brett Henrichsen gets everyone's favorite event started.

Sunday night’s musical talent will take you out of this world at Winter Party Festival’s only Official Sunday Night event, Orbit! Direct from the Space Terrace, DJ’s Tracy Young and Winter Party Festival newcomer Boris will take your musical journey to all new heights as you dance in this indoor/outdoor club under the stars.

When all of the excitement is over, only the strong survive to experience Aftermath at Nocturnal on Monday morning with DJ's Alyson Calagna and Hector Fonseca.

Stay at the fabulous Shore Club Miami. Our host hotel, the DoubleTree Surfcomber is sold out! The Shore Club Miami has a limited number of rooms available for Winter Party guests at $295 per night if booked by January 30 and $345 after. South Beach hotels room are going fast – book your room today at 877.640.6500 or www.shoreclub.com. Use promo code 802187.

WPF 2010 YouTube contest! Tell us what Winter Party Festival means to you. Enter this fun contest at a chance for you to win tickets to this spectacular event. The Winter Party Festival website gives you more details. In the meantime, check out what we’ve put together in this fun video.

PARTY AT WINTER PARTY KICK-OFF EVENTS

Cities around the globe are helping us countdown to one of the LGBT community's biggest annual celebrations.

BEACH PARTY CABANA CLUB

Are you looking for a Beach Party experience that goes beyond VIP? Join our Beach Party Cabana Club. Among the privileges: open bar, nicely furnished lounge areas, private Beach Party entrance; luxury toilets, complimentary massages and more!

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The mission of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force is to build the political power of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community from the ground up. We do this by training activists, organizing broad-based campaigns to defeat anti-LGBT referenda and advance pro-LGBT legislation, and building the organizational capacity of our movement. Our Policy Institute, the movement's premier think tank, provides research and policy analysis to support the struggle for complete equality and to counter right-wing lies. As part of a broader social justice movement, we work to create a nation that respects the diversity of human expression and identity and creates opportunity for all. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., we also have offices in New York City, Los Angeles, Miami, Minneapolis and Cambridge. The Task Force is a 501(c)(3) corporation incorporated in Washington, D.C. Contributions to the Task Force are tax-deductible to the full extent allowed by law. (C) 2010 National Gay and Lesbian Task Force. 1325 Massachusetts Ave NW, Suite 600, Washington, DC 20005. Phone 202.393.5177. Fax 202.393.2241. TTY 202.393.2284. theTaskForce@theTaskForce.org

Please do NOT attend the vulture event being hosted by Peter Rauhofer on Sunday night, which he intentionally leverages against the best interests of charity, in order to financially profit himself. Click the image for more information at StopPeter.com!

While you're at Winter Party, take a moment to tell someone from Winter Party that in the face off threats like the above, the circuit is far too fragile - and our public services far too valuable - for us to be risking it all in the name of politics. The largest and most influential medium for circuit information was prohibited from giving free advertising, volunteer, event hosting, news, media, and documentary donations to the festival this year, to the tune of tens of thouasnds of dollars worth of value, after a decade-long participation.

 

The reason? Exclusivity deal entered into with another partner.

 

If I understand the very basics of marketing, an exclusivity deal is counter-productive, to a CHARITY. Within reason, there should be every effort to capitalize on any avenue that would maximize the saturation of showcasing that event, to its desired audience. Politics and manipulation already infiltrate our lives enough, do we really need our public service organizations embarking down the same path? Keep the circuit fair and benevolent, the way it was created during the terrifying health crisis that left friends and family dead without warning and continues to be THE major issue for our community.

 

AS A PROUD WINTER PARTY PARTNER & ALSO AS A RETURNING WPF ATTENDEE WITH MANY GREAT WPF MEMORIES AND EXPERIENCES I'LL ALWAYS CHERISH, I MUST SAY:


Winter Party: Bring back JustCircuit next year, or explain how it is justified to limit the audience for potential festival attendees, under any circumstance, but even so - how the value of such a major contributor was recouped by "exclusivity" agreements, so we may better understand.