Special Political Guests

• United States Senator, Michael Bennet
• United States Representative, Betsy Markey
• Denver Mayor, John Hickenlooper
• HRC President, Joe Solmonese

Mile High Gala 2010 Entertainment

Crystal Chappell
An Emmy Award Winning actress, Crystal Chappell currently plays main character Gina Brogno on the web series, Venice. Chappell plays a self-made interior designer who is strong, independent and has an extremely dry wit. She exudes sexuality and confidence, but is still trying to gain the approval of her father, the Colonel. Gina also happens to be gay, but lives by the philosophy of 'who you sleep with and why is no one else's business.' The plot of the web series centers on Gina's life, family, love interests and community.

Crystal Chappell has recently reprised her role as Dr. Carly Manning on NBC-TV's Days of Our Lives, for which she received Soap Opera Award's Hottest Female Star. She first played Dr. Manning in the 1980s, when she quickly became one of daytime TV's most sought- after and popular actresses.

Andrea Gibson
Andrea Gibson is a powerful live performer and was the winner of the 2008 Women of The World Poetry Slam (Detroit), and has placed 3rd in the world for the last 3 years by the iWPS. She won a DIY Poetry Book of the Year and was nominated for a Pushcart Prize for her first book, "Pole Dancing to Gospel Hymns." She has been showcased on Free Speech TV, the documentary Slam Planet, NPR, Air America and Independent Radio Stations nationwide. Now, Gibson is distinguishing herself amongst the other performance poets by bringing her love of music into her current CD, Yellowbird.

Mike Manning
MTV's The Real World focuses on a group of diverse strangers living together for several months in a different city each season, as cameras document their lives and interpersonal relationships. Mike Manning is one of eight strangers in 2010's Real World, D.C. who just happens to want LGBT equality.

"In high school, Mike was the typical jock...a star athlete, prom king, popular with all the girls...an all around golden child from a Christian family. But that's where the stereotype ends. Mike realized several years ago that, for him, love knows no gender. Mike went to MTV's Real World DC to be an environmentalist, but unexpectedly finds the inspiration to help advance marriage rights for gay and lesbian Americans."

Coles Whalen
Coles Whalen knows how to jumpstart a music career, literally. After independently releasing an EP in 2005, she bought a pick-up truck and camper and never looked back. In the next 12 months, she played over 150 venues across the western U.S. and was able to release her follow up, full-length record Gee Baby, in February of 2006. Loading up the camper once again, Whalen played over 600 shows in the U.S. and Canada and sold more than 10,000 records straight out of the back of her truck.

In 2007 Whalen released her third solo project, Nothing is Too Much and parked the camper for good. Forming a new band in her hometown of Denver, CO, she opened for Paula Cole, The John Butler Trio, Rufus Wainwright, Melissa Ferrick and Reckless Kelley among others.

A year - long US/Canadian tour to support her fourth solo release is underway and includes feature performances at CRS, Canadian Music Week, and many more. While on tour, Whalen will take a few weeks off to be in the studio with producer Keith Stegall (Alan Jackson) and Akon working on her fifth full - length release, expected to hit the airwaves in Jan of 2010.

Coles Whalen's "enchanting voice is soulful, powerful and straight from the heart" -Monica Younge, Indie Music Reviews.

The Trampolines
The Trampolines are a pop-rock/acoustic duo act based in Denver. They have shared the stage/tour slots with the likes of THE BODEANS, SARAH BETTENS, JOHNETTE NAPOLITANO & BIG HEAD TODD. The bands new disc, "Between The Lines", is charting with radio nationally and has songs featured on various MTV Network television shows as well as E'!S "Keeping up With The Kardashians" in 2010.

Dj MLe
Wicked smooth mixing skills, proper track selection for every crowd, and an unmatchable energy has elevated Dj mLe into a class above the rest. Over the years, MLe has been consistently booked all over Colorado, headlining clubs such as the Church, Vinyl, Club Beta, LA’s Viper Room, and many underground parties. She has been regularly featured in newspapers and magazines throughout the years, and continues to be a local favorite in Denver. She began to tour the country in 2006, hitting clubs in LA, NY, FL, AZ and finally broke out of the country in 2008/2009 for shows in the UK and Costa Rica.

MLE has been involved in several productions of her very own during the last few years, creating some of her very own tracks, and collaborating on a number of projects with other local artists. In 2009 MLe signed onto Velcro City Records to release a series of her own productions throughout the next year. With some amazing live shows and steady releases on Beatport in the works, 2010 is sure to be a success.

Dj MLe fully understands the healing power of music, and extends a prescription for beats to all those who will listen.