PRIDE La Bamba begins March 19

CORVALLIS, ORE. - PRIDE Corvallis and La Bamba Mix Night Club are proud to announce formation of a new partnership that will enable PRIDE Corvallis to utilize the club for fundraising events. The fundraisers will benefit the Corvallis and Mid-Willamette Valley Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Questioning, Intersex, Ally, Asexual, and Pansexual communities.

The weekly event, tentatively called “PRIDE La Bamba,” will take place on Friday evenings, 8 p.m. to 2:00 a.m.

“PRIDE La Bamba” will begin with an introductory event on Friday, March 19^th, and its first full-scale event will be on Friday, April 2, 2010. The cover charge is $3 and the event is open to people age 21 and older.

The partnership was facilitated by Robin Sabrina de La Mora of Community Alliance for Diversity, with the assistance of Steven Leider, Director of the Office of LGBT Outreach & Services at Oregon State University.

“We’re thrilled to have this opportunity to work with La Bamba Mix Night Club to provide new socializing opportunities for the local LGBTQQIAAP community,” said Chelsea Whitlow and Tristen Shay, co-founders of PRIDE Corvallis. “We look forward to working together and thank La Bamba owner Marx Garcia-Nuñez for reaching out to the LGBT community to make this happen.”

Founded in 2009, PRIDE Corvallis organizes and stages the Pride Parade and Festival in Corvallis the last weekend of June annually.

La Bamba Mix Night Club, located at 126 Southwest 4th Street, Corvallis, OR 97333, (phone 541-207-3593) is a new dance club in downtown Corvallis that features new lighting and sound systems, as well as an expanded dance floor. It opened its doors in October, 2009.