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Thank-you to everyone who's contacted us with feedback on the first Norwich Pride. Here's a sample of the messages we received... |
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| "Thanks to all of you for organising a brilliant first-ever LGBT Pride in Norwich. It was wonderful to see such a great diversity of LGBT people, family and friends celebrating being out together. And the welcome from the general community lining the streets was very encouraging. We look forward to next year’s Pride and many more to come." | |
| "Thank you" just isn't enough to express the gratitude I feel towards the Norwich Pride Collective for all your efforts that resulted in such a fabulous, awesome, history-making day!! From the "consumer's" point of view, it all ran like clockwork - hopefully there were few behind-the-scenes panic moments so that you could all enjoy the fruits of all your hard work?!" | |
| "A wonderful day - CONGRATULATIONS and MANY, MANY THANK-YOU'S!" | |
| "Well done everyone! I found it very nice/entertaining/interesting and well ran : it would be very nice to have it done every year" | |
| "Great atmosphere out side the forum today, many thanks" | |
| "Today was amazing! and i feel more confident about who i am now :)" | |
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"Your parade was excellent! The information in the Forum was so useful. Thank you so much. If you need more volunteers for anything let me know!" |
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| "Goes to show that people coming together can make such a diffrence, lets try and get some more bears for next year lol :) XXX" | |
| "Great day yesterday, brlliant vibe- you must be exhausted!Thanks in advance for all your hard work!" |
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| "Have to say a huge well done and thank you for everything Pride yesterday. Must admit I'm a bit hungover too" | |
| "My friends and i had an absolute ball and were really pleased for all concerned that it went so more than expectedly well , what a joy to be part of the first one !!!! so, a huge thankyou to you and all concerned, you deserve to smile for the next few months at least, | |
| " Well done, Norwich Pride has been a long time coming, and events of this kind supports the ethos of demonstrating that Norfolk is visably diverse" | |
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"I was in the parade! How come the loony christians were allowed to hold up hateful signs? Surely thats banned under the new laws about spreading hate? I think this time they were definitely out numbered lol xxxx"" |
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| "What a fantastic Pride! Felt honoured to be part of it. Collective organised so well - even arranging the great weather!" | |
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" Thx to the pride collective for organising a fab pride it was great fun!" |
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| "Wat a great day loved me n my gf had greatest day of our lives still payin 4 a weekend of booze tho lol... cnt w8 til nxt 1t" | |
| "Please also pass on my congratulations to the relevant members of the collective for making Pride so cool." | |
| "I just wanted to pass on my massive congratulations to you and the Collective for pulling off such an amazing first Pride event for Norwich. It was an incredible achievement and I felt very moved to be part of it. I've never attended such a large public event with such a fantastic energy - everywhere I looked people were smiling and chatting with one another. It was an historic milestone for the county." | |
| "Be Proud, you did a great job!" | |
| "What a great day, well done. brilliant i to will look forward to next year xx" | |
| "Just wanted to say a 'HUUUUUGE' thank you to the whole team for the fab work you and everyone else put in for Norwich's 1st Pride. Let it be the first of many!! =) Along with a host of friends and friends I just hadn't yet met, I had an amazing time and got a huge buzz from the empowerment that came from the march and so many likeminded people all being together in one spot..G, L, B, T and soooo many str8 supporters too. My first Pride and a fabulous memory to treasure - thank you. =)You all did yourselves so proud- well done!" | |
| "It is so wonderful how the community seemed to really come together to make Pride such an incredible success." | |
| "My first Pride and a fabulous memory to treasure - thank you. =)" | |
| "Awesome so far, need more stalls with sex shows" | |
| " Hi there, we just wanted to let you know that we had a wonderful day at Pride, and feel very proud to have taken part in Norwich's frist ever Pride event, and to see the rainbow flag flying high upon the castle, wow what a statement, would'nt it be fantasic to see the flag fly there proudly on pride day every year. The entertainment was enjoyable to watch and listen to, along with some of the speakers , we are already looking forward to next year." | |
| "Its going to be lovely watching our city's pride event grow each year." | |
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"Amazing!! so fabulous!! thank-you!!" |
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| "We are very greatful to all the organisers, stewards and helpers for giving up their time to ensure a wonderful time was had by all." | |
| "By the way, Norwich Pride was amazing. May thanks for that!"" | |
| "What a fantastic turn out, well done for all that hard work and everyone else of course. Felt quite emotional watching the parade" | |
| "THANKYOU all!!!! i have to say, i was a sceptic, i didnt think norwich needed or was ready for it, BUT........ i hold my hands up i couldnt have been more WRONG! So very well done to you all for your visions and dedications, you showed Norwich that it is BOTH ready and needed, WANTED to!!! BRING ON NEXT YEAR!!!!!! xxxxxxxxxxxxx"" | |
| "What a turn out yesterday - you must be soooo chuffed with how things went" | |
| "Had to leave Pride but just wanted to say.......... it was awesome!" | |
| "As the straight mum of a gay son (who now lives in New Zealand - can't wait to send him the pics) I can't tell you what today meant to so many people. Thanks for your hard work. Just one small point - my younger son (14) said that he had not heard about today from anyone other then me - is there anything you need for next year to help get the word out? I'd be more than happy to help in any way. Well done! Take care" | |
| "What a fantastic achievement - the first Norwich Pride!" | |
| "I thought the first Norwich Pride was a real success and must have taken such a lot of hard work. Thanks to all involved." | |
| "Pride was brilliant - you all did a fantastical job." | |
| "Iit was a quality pride (amazing turnout too!), well done for helping to organise it" | |
| "I was massively impressed by everything that you and the Collective did to make this an important, enjoyable and indeed historic day. Since then I have been thinking about how Tate Modern could contribute something to next year's event." |
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| "I just wanted to say that I thought Norwich Pride was a fantastic achievement and I'm so pleased you have already set the date for next year." | |
| "I hear the Pride event was a roaring success at the weekend" | |
| "It was the BEST thing I have ever been involved with" | |
| "Glad to see effort finally made- fabulous" | |
| "Excellent - long overdue!" | |
| "Triffic - congrats to all" | |
| "At last! keep it going from strength to strength" | |
| "We're proud to be part of the rainbow!" | |
| "I loved it! can't wait for next year!" | |
| "For the first Norwich Pride I feel it was amazing, so may people celebrating the day" | |
| "Fabulous - I think what you are achieving is beautiful" | |
| "Great, fun festival, even better next year" | |
| "Great stuff! I'm coming to Norwich soon for Uni - glad to see there's Pride here" | |
| "A fantastic, memorable day for everyone. May this day live on and may it banish ignorance and prejudice" | |
| "Great job. What a fantastic thing you have created. Here's to 2010" | |
| "Just a quick message to say thankyou for a great Pride xx And a big hug to the whole team who looked after the Killer queens so well - We can be a handful lol xx " | |
| "Amazing, well done Collective, well done Norwich!" | |
| "Well done Norwich Pride" | |
| "Norwich Pride was the best day I've ever had" | |
| "Thankyou to all the people whose hard work, creativity and enthusiasm made Saturday such a success,it was brilliant. Not just an enjoyable day OUT! but so important for Norwich and Norfolk as a whole. p.s. seeing the rainbow flag on the castle was quite emotional!! " | |
| "Just want to say, I am a straight ally and gutted I couldn't come to the first pride parade in Norwich to show my support. A reunion with old friends in another part of the country on the same day was the only thing I'd have missed it for." | |
| "Let me congratulate you on a great first pride, your updates on Facebook have been fantastic. Great organisation all round." | |
| "Thanks for a great and historic time!" | |
| "I went, and was expecting just a few drag queens, a couple of bears, and an old man with his dog...how wrong was I! I don't often get emotional, but watching hundreds of people walking through Norwich all with one thing in common with me was amazing.I've always said that Norwich was a safe and open city, and I hope the Pride march has given others the same opinion. Next year I'll be in the march - along with other friends who were watching it too." | |
| "Pride was great by the way! Made me feel proud to be gay AND from Norfolk!!" | |
| "We at the Diggin Women social newsletter just wanted to say thank you for organising such a brilliant time on Pride Day. We saw loads of old and new friends there and had a fab day, it seemed to run very well with no hiccups from our point of view. Our one disappointment was that we couldn't fit into the Catherine Wheel for the cabaret show - it was packed to the rafters when we arrived. Thanks again, looking forward to next year's Pride already." | |
| "Absolutely loved every bit of Norwichs first pride...loved all the events leading up to and afterwards it was just totally brilliant!" | |
| "What a lovely day: joyful, fun, entertaining, purposeful and local. A chance for gay people in Norfolk to celebrate and say 'we are here and we are part of the wider community'. So thank you for organising the event (and all the other events around the city), well done and congratulations for a really succesful pride | |
"I was sceptical about the 2009 Pride, but was amazed to see how many people turned up. It truly was an amazing day, without all of the nakedness and in-your-face attitude that London has."
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| "Just got home from Norwich and must say, it was an AMAZING day and indeed night - partied til 4 at The Castle!" | |
| "Well done. It was a great day. Thanks for all your hard work." | |
| "Really looking forward to next year! Big thanks to the Pride team for making this happening." | |
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