Marriage Equality Rally

Don't forget to check-in when you get to the Rally! #MarriageEqualityRally to share posts and messages and pictures during the event!! TOP TIPS FOR PREPARING TO RALLY: 1. Get your Rally T-Shirt: http://www.paintorlandored.com/store 2. Sponsor a Candle: http://www.paintorlandored.com/store 3. Bring Cash for the Bars/Beer Gardens/Food Trucks! 4. Bring an umbrella in case the weather is fickle. 5. Wear RED to the Rally! 6. Make a sign supporting Marriage Equality! It's a Rally! 7. Be ready to have FUN! Bring your smiles, joy, and hope for a brighter future. 8. There will be speakers for the first hour, followed by a DJ for the next two hours! PROGRAM: 6:30 PM - 7:00 PM Food Trucks, Beer Garden, Full Bar – So Arrive Early! The Yum Yum Cupcake Truck, Feed Your Face, Korean BBQ Taco Box, Magic 4 ur Palate, Philly's Best Food Truck (Featured on the Food Networks Food Truck Challenge), and The Crepe CO 7:00PM - 8:15 PM Master of Ceremonies - Blue Starr! Julie Ohrberg Singing National Anthem with the Orlando Sound of Freedom Band Out and Proud Veterans of America Presentation of the Colors Speakers: Patty Sheehan Joy MCC Terri Steed Susanna and Scott Randolph Vivian Rodriguez / U.S. Congressman Alan Grayson Orlando Gay Chorus Orlando Gay Parents Group Rob Domenico State Representative Linda Stewart Val Demings State Representative Joe Saunders Nadine Smith 8:15 PM - 10:00 PM DJ Ants Spinning From Lake Eola Bandshell! Food Trucks, Beer Garden, Full Bar The Yum Yum Cupcake Truck, Feed Your Face, Korean BBQ Taco Box, Magic 4 ur Palate, Philly's Best Food Truck (Featured on the Food Networks Food Truck Challenge), and The Crepe CO ~~~~ Sponsor a Luminaire ~~~~ The Center Orlando's volunteer staff will be assembling and placing red luminaries around Lake Eola to symbolically "Paint The Town" red. This will be a visually stunning moment to celebrate Marriage Equality, the work that has taken place to get us to the Supreme Court, and to reflect on all of the struggles thus far, and work to be done still. If you would like to sponsor a luminaire, we are providing name tags for each bag that we will use to show your sponsorship! Please check our website for the rally to sponsor your own luminaire http://www.paintorlandored.com ~~~ INITIAL INFORMATION ~~~ The program for the Marriage Equality Rally is starting to take shape! We are proud to announce that we have tentative speakers we are finalizing confirmations with who will speak from Federal, State, and Local Government, local clergy, activists, entertainers, a celebrity or two, and community members! More information coming as we receive confirmations! In addition, after the rally we plan on having activities available to celebrate this moment! More to follow. We will provide a lot more information including the program for this event as our plans finalize throughout May - however this is one you DONT WANT TO MISS!!! This will be our pep rally / celebration of the SCOTUS decisions, along with more information of upcoming challenges our community still faces for full equality alongside our straight allies! And most of all, this is going to be FUN! Get ready to have a blast! ~~~~ Event Cost ~~~~ This event is FREE to attend! This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to celebrate these cases making it to the Supreme Court, and we want everyone to participate in this historic moment with us! ~~~~ Volunteer ~~~~ We are looking for volunteers who would like to join us at the Lake Eola Bandshell to help setup the area for the festivity, create the luminaires and distribute them around the lake, and to help afterwards with general cleanup and breakdown. If you would like to volunteer, please visit http://www.paintorlandored.com -> click on "contact us" and let us know!