By Cliff Dunn

Photo: Gay Men’s Chorus of South Florida Members  sing the National Anthem at this year’s  Florida AIDS?Walk in Huizenga Plaza

The inaugural season of the Gay Men’s Chorus of South Florida (GMCSF) will end with a bang the weekend of June 17 and 18, with the East Coast premier of Metamorphosis: Change Can Be Wonderful.

The program, which includes the title work – an original piece written exclusively for male choruses by contemporary composers Robert Espindola and Robert Seeley – also features music by such gay luminaries of the Terpsichorean muse as Aaron Copland and George Handel. Performances are at 8 p.m. on both nights at Fort Lauderdale’s Sunshine Cathedral. Learn more at www.GMCSF.org.

The Depot: Summer Comes Poolside Off Wilton Drive

Owners Jim Babb and Marc Scharphorn have unveiled a summer that’s full of events at The Depot Cabana Bar & Grill on US 1 in Fort Lauderdale. Kicking off the season, Memorial Day Weekend with the return of a Poolside T-Dance that evokes memories of Club Caribbean Resort’s legendary Tea Dances in the late 1980s, just down the road at the current location of the Original Pancake House. (And it is hard to imagine ordering a western omelet today on the spot where so many memorable moments transpired next to CCR’s pool.) June will also see the inauguration of The Depot’s Pool Volleyball League, which will be run similarly to a bowling league, and the Pride Pool Party on Saturday, June 18, hosted by Chad Bush with DJ Daddy O. The cabana bar is located adjacent to the America’s Best Inn & Suites, which is offering a deep discount on rates that weekend (which may make for a cool stay-cation that’s inexpensive and just minutes from Wilton Drive, Sebastian Beach, as well as the events happening around town that Stonewall Weekend – and just steps away from The Depot’s bar and grill.)

Water, Water, Everywhere,  and Not a Drop to Drink

A somewhat happy ending to the vandalism which occurred last week to the water pump system at Island City Health & Fitness (ICHF) in Wilton Manors. On Wednesday, May 18, Broward Sheriff’s Office (BSO) deputies pulled over a suspicious-looking white Grand Marquis that was dripping mud. The stop occurred around 3 a.m. at the 4700 block of North Dixie Highway. The occupants, Gannon Wing, 20, of Coconut Creek and John Martin, 29, of Fort Lauderdale, were likewise up to their armpits in muck. After they initially offered the constabulary that he were just coming back from the beach, the Crown Princes of Crud confessed to having stolen 26 backflow valves found in their car, along with the ax they used to “liberate” the piping. The pair has been charged (so far) with loitering/prowling; other charges are pending (count on it). ICHF owner Reece Darham and GM Bryan Nosal say the club’s water supply has been temporarily re-routed, and that a new unit should be ready to install in approximately two weeks.

Photos: Gannon Wing , Jon Martin

By the Numbers

• 118: Number of ridges around the edge of a U.S. dime

•119: Number of ridges around the edge of a U.S. quarter

•+/- 25%: Approximate percentage of human population who sneeze when they are exposed to light

•100%: Percentage of babies born color blind

•0%: Percentage of butter found in buttermilk

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