It was a big Saturday night in Woolomin when we headed about 2 and a half hours away to the North West Rainbow Connection dance, an opportunity for rural gays and lesbians to get together and party like it's, well, 1976. Woolomin, is a sleepy little town about half an hour outside Tamworth and if only locals knew! The dance floor filled up in an instant, when the Grease Medley came powering out over the speakers and everybody chanelled either Sandy and Danny or both. The big gay hits kept coming like there was no tomorrow, Rocky Horror's The Time Warp, at least four Village people hits including YMCA with all the action, Pet Shop Boys with Dusty Springfield singing, You were always on my mind. It was a quirky crowd who were all up for meeting new people. Some of the girls from Armidale were disappointed that I was straight, as you can imagine it's pretty hard to meet gay people out in the bush. There was also a raffle and I was delighted to win what Glenn calls 'my aids t-shirt'. Modelled here for your viewing pleasure.
now that sounds like my kinda party! x
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