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<b class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 19px;" class="">Britannia Mine Museum’s Old Town, New Queens: Pride Night at the Museum<o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" class="">Britannia Beach, BC (July 27, 2022) – Coming up on Friday, August 5<sup class="">th</sup>, the Britannia Mine Museum will be hosting its first ever after-hours pride night,
“<b class="">Old Town, New Queens”</b> in its historic 99-year-old Mill building. A National Historic Site, the 20-storey Mill building will be transformed into a huge performance space featuring some of the most amazing LGBTQIA+ drag artists from the Lower
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<b class="">Sativa the Diva</b> and <b class="">Sofa King</b>, Vancouver’s <b class="">
Eva Scarlett</b> and <b class=""><i class="">Canada’s Drag Race Season 2</i> star Beth</b> as well as special guest
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" class="">The event also features the Britannia Mine Museum’s summer exhibit
<b class=""><i class="">“More Than a Mine: Recreation in a Mining Town</i></b>”, which pays homage to historic community celebrations and recreational activities of days past during its mining years between 1904 and 1974 including the town’s famous Copper Queen
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" class="">“We are excited to be ‘breaking new ground’ for LGBTQIA+ representation in Britannia Beach,” says
<b class="">Derek Jang, Manager of Interpretive Delivery at the Museum</b>. “From the moment I first saw the Mill, I knew it would make an incredible performance space. Drag is an underground art form, so what better venue than a historic mine to celebrate
and share the spotlight with the LGBTQIA+ community?”<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" class="">Entry to the event includes a 45-minute drag performance as well as evening access to the Museum’s exhibits and presentations in the Terra Lab that explore the mine’s environmental
legacy. Drag performers will be available for meet and greets at the gold panning pavilion through the night, with food and non-alcoholic beverages available for purchase on site. A limited number of deluxe tickets will also include evening access to the Museum’s
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 15px;" class=""><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB" class="">The Britannia Mine Museum is a mining legacy site and a vibrant, internationally recognized education and
tourist destination located between Vancouver and Whistler on the Sea-to-Sky highway. It is a National Historic Site and a non-profit organization encouraging mining awareness through entertaining, experiential education programs and exhibits, important historic
collection preservation and insightful public engagement that allows guests to leave with a better understanding of mining in BC; past, present and future.
</span><span lang="EN-US" class=""><a href="http://www.britanniaminemuseum.ca/" class=""><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB" class="">www.britanniaminemuseum.ca</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></span></p>
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Yvonne Chiang, 604-880-5090,</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" class="">
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W: <a href="http://www.britanniaminemuseum.ca/" class="">www.BritanniaMineMuseum.ca</a></div>
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<i class="">Britannia Mine Museum is a registered charity and self-supporting in its ability to earn revenues to maintain operations, research, exhibits and programs. Each admission, gift shop purchase, membership and donation helps preserve Canadian heritage
and presents mining's relevance today and towards a sustainable future. We gratefully and respectfully acknowledge that the Britannia Mine Museum operates on the ancestral unceded territory of the Sk̲wx̲wú7mesh (Squamish) Nation.</i></div>
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