I’m not calling for an end to Bike Week of any stripe. What’s the harm of a few bullets over Broadway at the Beach if the tourist dollars are still rolling in, right? Of course, when I say “we” I’m excluding the three people who were murdered as well as the victims of sexual assault, armed robbery, carjacking and other random acts of violence. We recently survived another round of Bike Weeks in Myrtle Beach. I wonder if anyone has explained to the local gentry that gay people really like to spend money? There definitely seems to be funding in Myrtle Beach for projects that generate revenue. Unless the Performing Arts Center is only going to be used for Lynyrd Skynyrd tribute bands and Kirk Cameron tent revivals, I’m missing the point. I wonder if there could possibly be a correlation between failing arts community and a defunct Gay Pride Movement?īut then again, aren’t we getting a new $10 million Performing Arts Center? At least 54 of Myrtle Beach voters seem to think this is a great idea. It appears we haven’t had an event here since 2010 when it was hailed as a great success, according to My esteemed historians tell me that in 2011, the Pride Festival lost both its organizer, the Center Project, and its fiscal sponsor, the Horry County Arts and Cultural Council. Well, it’s Gay Pride Month all over America but much like classes on evolution and progressive Christianity, it seems to be skipping Myrtle Beach again.
