Estrada Brings The Power Of Pride To Tallahassee

Released on = June 7, 2007, 2:18 am

Press Release Author = Vicarious New York

Industry = Entertainment

Press Release Summary = \"America\'s Prince of Pride\" Jade Esteban Estrada returns to
Florida to host Pridefest

Press Release Body = June 1, 2007 - New York, N.Y. - The Family Tree LGBT Community
Center and Vicarious Productions are very proud to announce the return engagement of
music, stage and television star Jade Esteban Estrada as the 2007 host of the 3rd
Annual TALLAHASSEE PRIDEFEST from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Saturday, June 9, 2007 at
Tom Brown Park in Tallahassee, Florida. The theme for this year's fest is "Breaking
Down The Closet Door." Admission is free and the festival is family-friendy. For
more information visit www.getjaded.com or www.tallahasseepride.com or email
staff@familytreecenter.org.

Other musical acts scheduled to perform include the Linda Nunez Band, Eric Himan,
the Pop Heads, the United Church of Christ Praise Team and Alain Raymond. There will
be a variety of local vendors and a kid\'s zone.

Estrada\'s television credits include appearances on the Emmy-nominated \"In the Life
TV\" on PBS, \"Friday Night Lights\" on NBC and \"The Graham Norton Effect\" on Comedy
Central. His popular Latin dance music can be heard on the Golden Globe and Emmy
award-winning police drama, \"The Shield\" on the FX Network.

Formally the choreographer to television personality Charo and a scratch vocalist
for the Back Street Boys, Estrada released his debut CD \"Angel\" (Vicarious) in 2001
and in 2002 took part in the \"Being Out Rocks\" (Centaur) CD compilation in honor of
National Coming Out Day for the Human Rights Campaign.

In October 2006, Kentucky Governor Ernie Fletcher paid tribute to Estrada by
commissioning him the title of \"Kentucky Colonel,\" the highest honor awarded by the
Commonwealth of Kentucky that acknowledges outstanding ambassadors of goodwill and
fellowship around the world. The Texas native joined other honorary colonels which
include Winston Churchill, Ronald Reagan, Bob Hope, Joan Crawford, Johnny Depp,
Muhammad Ali and Pope John Paul II.

NBC News calls Estrada "America's Prince of Pride." He has performed and emceed 179
pride events worldwide and was the first American artist ever to headline pride
events in Iceland and in Denmark. This is his second engagement as master of
ceremonies for Tallahassee Pridefest.

Tom Sime of the Dallas Morning News calls Estrada, \"...funny and irreverent.\" \"Most
performers would be happy to have a fraction of Jade Esteban Estrada\'s career,\"
states Marty Rosen of the Louisville Courier-Journal. Hector Saldana of the San
Antonio Express-News calls him \"a show biz messiah.\" Roy Proctor of the Richmond
Times-Dispatch calls him \"a master entertainer.\"

For further information or to request high resolution artwork or an interview,
please contact Greta Golding at vicariouspr@aol.com, call 646-342-8647 or visit
www.getjaded.com.



Web Site = http://www.getjaded.com

Contact Details = Vicarious New York
145 West 45th Street
New York, New York
646-342-8647
vicariouspr@aol.com

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