Welcome to Fireball Festival 2004 in Chicago where for the next 12 days the warmth of our hearts and the heat of our spectacular events will embrace you. Our Chicago family opens its arms to you. Know that your support will help our 18 Grantee Projects and allied Fireball Festival Partners throughout the coming year. We hope our love will touch you, lift you, and inspire you to share it with others.

Fireball Festival is a message of hope, against the struggle by LGBT health and social organizations to stay alive. The thousands who will experience any or all of the next 12 days also renew their commitment to help our community. Stand proud, together we do make a difference.

Fireball Festival is an act of celebration, welcoming new and old friends and building our family. The sensations of belonging, power, and reverence are the soul of your experience. Bring them inside and then share them freely.

Fireball Festival is a symbol of unity, demonstrating that diverse LGBT agencies, events, businesses and communities can come together to share a purpose, a burden, and the rewards of success.

Fireball Festival is a statement to those who would ask us to not make waves and to stop breaking the molds. The evolution of LGBT culture and action is entwined with forms of entertainment and social purpose.

Fireball Festival is a responsibility, for all of us to accept. Taking pride in your own behavior and caring for those around you should become second nature as you celebrate.

Fireball Festival is all about the FUN in FUNDraising, as we try to amaze and dazzle you with new offerings each season. The 2004 menu is full and there is something for every taste.

SO, GET READY TO: Travel to Outer Space, Dance, Schmooze, Sweat It Up in a Steel Mill (woof!), Dance with Women, Get Dressed Up, Shop for Clothes, Get Undressed, Party in a Giant Spanish Courtyard, Go to a Fine Art Auction, Dance with Men, Have New Cocktails, See Dancers, Go Out to Dinner, Get Diva Surprises, Learn about Party Safety, Party under a 727, Have More New Cocktails, Laugh on a Shuttle Bus, Dance near a Coal Mine, Chill in an Oasis Lounge, and

BE PART OF THE BIGGEST FAMILY YOU CAN IMAGINE!

THAT'S WHAT FIREBALL FESTIVAL IS

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