Be Here! Be YOU! Skating and Dance Party for Pride Month on June 15

In honor of Pride Month, Joy Skate Productions, a company that promotes health & happiness through the joy of ice skating, will host their fourth annual Be Here! Be YOU! event to benefit the LGBTQ+ community. This year’s beneficiary is the Jeff Perrotti LGBTQ Scholarship Fund, a fund set up through the Massachusetts Commission on LGBTQ Youth.

The Jeff Perrotti LGBTQ Scholarship fund will be presented to LGBTQ+ identified or allied students in their final year at a Massachusetts public high school who plan to attend an accredited higher education program after graduation. In addition to the scholarship presentation, Jeff Perrotti will receive a special award for his work as the founding Director of the Safe Schools Program for LGBTQ Students.

The event will be held on Saturday, June 15th from 6:00-8:30 pm at The Skating Club of Boston in Norwood, MA. Tickets for the event are $20 for general admission and $10 for students and will include skate rentals, open skate session, DJ entertainment, parking, and hot chocolate. The Skating Club of Boston will offer additional amenities including a cash bar, café and gender-neutral restrooms.

The event will include performances by QWAM, a dance troupe that wants to express and experience dance in all aspects; Mizery McRae, Boston’s premiere gender illusionists; Milk, an American drag performer and fashion model who was on the sixth season of RuPaul’s Drag Race; and DJ Brian Halligan who has performed throughout Boston including at Legacy, Machine and Club Café.

“Be Here! Be YOU! is so important to me,” said Elin Schran, founder of Joy Skate Productions. "When you walk in, you’re walking into a joyful, family-friendly LGBTQ+ safe space. We are proud to partner with the Massachusetts Commission on LGBTQ Youth and raise money for this fantastic scholarship. We truly believe that people should be able to be who they are and love who they love."

Tickets can be purchased here or at the door on the day of the event.