Club Skirts Dinah Shore Weekend, popularly known as "The Dinah", is a five-day weekend getaway and music festival catering to the lesbian community that takes place annually in Palm Springs, California, United States. It is considered the largest lesbian event in the United States and the world. Held each spring, the event offers a series of pool parties, night entertainment, live concerts by Top Ten Billboard recording artists, comedy shows, sport-games and social networking opportunities.
Primarily catering to the lesbian demographics, The Dinah celebrates the tapestry of women around the world, attracting some 10,000-plus participants from countries such as Australia, Russia, France, Germany, United Kingdom, Japan, China, South Africa, Belgium and Spain. Over the years, it has gradually rallied the corporate support of market leaders such as Miller Beer, MTV/LOGO Networks, here! TV, Sirius Radio, Showtime, O.B. Tampons, Shake Weight and Bacardi among others.
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History
First events
The Dinah Shore Weekend was named after the late Dinah Shore - a singer, TV personality and renowned golfer, born Frances Rose Shore, in 1916, who lived in the Coachella Valley and is credited for having founded in Palm Springs the Colgate-Dinah Shore Winner's Circle. The Dinah now coincides with the Kraft Nabisco Championship women's golf tournament. The first unofficial Dinah Shore Weekend took place in 1986 when women began to flock to Palm Springs in conjunction with the tournament. After-dinner parties following the golfing turned benefits for the Human Rights Campaign and the AIDS Service Foundation.
Official debut
The first Dinah Shore Weekend was produced in 1991 by Mariah Hanson under her Club Skirts Presents The Dinah Marquee at the Palm Springs Art Museum.
Recent years
In 2006 Guinevere Turner featured the event in the TV documentary A Lez in Wonderland (original title: Broute-minou à Palm Springs).
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Timeline and highlights
Activism and humanitarian endeavors
The Dinah has become a platform to mobilize the lesbian community around LGBT-oriented humanitarian projects and social issues. Hanson has teamed up with a variety of organizations and lent her support to various humanitarian causes and activist movements such as GLAAD, NOH8, LOVE IS LOUDER, The San Francisco Gay and Lesbian Community Center, The Women's Building, National Center for Lesbian Rights, Jon Sims Center, Ladies Philharmonic, Uhuru Movement, HRC, Lyon Martin Health Clinic, Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Community Center, and Equality California. Hanson just ended her second term on the Board of Equality California and also sits on the "Women's Night" committee for the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center. Both organizations are named charity recipients of The Club Skirts Dinah Shore Weekend.
Further reading
- Rival parties toast 20 years at the Dinah: LA Times
- Dinah 2011: Mary B interviews Mariah Hanson from Club Skirts: GayTravel.com
- The Dinah's Mariah Hanson Nets Another Big Star!: LezGetReal.com
- Fernanda Rocha, Real Lesbian Housewife of Orange County, Poses Topless for NoH8: LA Weekly
- Natasha Bedingfield Is Back and Rocking The Dinah: Curve Magazine
- Mariah Hanson Blows It Out at Dinah Shore 2009: SheWired.com
- Interview with Mariah Hanson: AfterEllen.com
- Brooke Means Business: Talking to Dinah Shore Masterbrain Mariah Hanson: Autostraddle.com
- Mariah Hanson, la diva du Dinah Shore: Tetue.com
- Ten Money Questions for Mariah Hanson: Queercents.com
- PROFILE: Mariah Hanson: Echelon Magazine
- Dinah Turns 20 With Mariah Hanson At The Helm: OurSceneTV.com
- Interview: Mariah Hanson, Les'preneur Extraordinaire: Cherrygrrl.com
- Win a date at The Dinah with "The Real L Word's" Whitney or Rose: San Diego Gay & Lesbian News
- The Dinah: At 21...She's Legal!: EdgeOnTheNet.com
- NBC Last Call with Carson Daly: NBC Last Call with Carson Daly
- Julie Goldman's Celesbian Interviews Special: MARIAH HANSON: AfterEllen.com
- The Seattle Lesbian Exclusive Photos From The Dinah: TheNextFamily.com
- Exclusive Interview With The Dinah Pioneer Mariah Hanson: TheSeattleLesbianNews.com
- Femalefyimag.com: Femalfyimag.com
- NATIONAL PROFILE The Dinah turns 20: Talking with Mariah Hanson: Windy City Times
- PerezHilton.com: PerezHilton.com
- Girls' Guide to Dinah Shore: Advocate.com
- Club Skirts Presents The Dinah, Celebrates Its 20th Milestone Anniversary With A Music Legend: Salt N Pepa: Top40Charts.com
- How Can You Make Salt-N-Pepa Even Better? Add A Sprinkle Of Spinderella: Queeried.com
- Salt-N-Pepa Reunites With Spinderella: AntiMusic.com
- Natasha Bedingfield headlines The Dinah 2011: Music-news.com
- here! TV Parties with the Dinah Girls: Heretv.com
- Natasha Bedingfield Named Headliner For 'The Dinah': http://www.kesq.com/news/26874451/detail.html Kesq.com]
- Actress, Artist Laurel Holloman: Glammagazine.com
- Laurel Holloman on the Dinah, acting and art: Windycitymediagroup.com
- Laurel Holloman on Art, Motherhood and the Balancing Act That Makes for a Truly Great Life: EdgeOrlando.com
- Newsmagazineblog.com: Newsmagazineblog.com
- Katy Perry Headlines The Dinah 2009: Musesmuse.com
- The Dinah Weathers the Storm: Curvemag.com
- Freshmen class of Dinah 2011: Palmsprings.metromix.com
- From the closet to club skirts: OFC interviews 'out' country music artist Chely Wright: OutFrontColorado.com
See also
- List of electronic music festivals
- List of circuit parties
- List of music festivals in the United States
References
- Kort, Michele. Dinah! Three Decades of Sex, Golf, and Rock N' Roll. Los Angeles, CA: Out Traveler Books. p. 163. ISBN 1-55583-824-3. LCCN 2004063783. OCLC 57209173. LCC GV970.3.D56 K67 2005
External links
- Official website
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