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Inaugural Rutland County Pride Festival encourages 'living out loud'

By Connor Cyrus,
Andrea Laurion
Published June 7, 2023 at 3:58 PM EDT
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This hour, we'll hear from an organizer of Rutland County Pride on what visitors can expect for this year's celebration.

The theme for the first-ever Rutland County Pride Festival is "live out loud," with a performance by Joslyn Fox from season six of RuPaul's Drag Race. The family-friendly event features vendors, live music, and performances. It begins at 9 a.m. Saturday, June 17, and will end at 5 p.m.

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Broadcast at noon Thursday, June 8, 2023; rebroadcast at 7 p.m.

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Connor Cyrus
Connor Cyrus was co-host and senior producer of Vermont Edition from 2021-2023.
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Andrea Laurion
Andrea Laurion joined Vermont Public as a news producer for Vermont Edition in December 2022. She is a native of Pittsburgh, Pa., and a graduate of the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies in Portland, Maine. Before getting into audio, Andrea worked as an obituary writer, a lunch lady, a wedding photographer assistant, a children’s birthday party hostess, a haunted house actor, and an admin assistant many times over.
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