The LaBelle of the ball Patti LaBelle
Dallas Southern Pride’s Holiday Gala is an event for everyone, says organizer Kirk Myers TAMMYE NASH | Managing Editornash@dallasvoice.com Kirk Myers It was just last weekend, on Dec.
4, that Patti LaBelle took to the stage at the Kennedy Center Honors to pay tribute to her longtime friend, Gladys Knight. And in just a little over a week, LaBelle will take to the stage at The Fairmount Dallas as the special guest when Dallas Southern Pride presents its 2022 Holiday Gala.
The event is a fundraiser benefitting Abounding Prosperity, Inc. Singer Kelly Price headlined the last Gala, noted DSP lead organizer Kirk Myers. “This year,” he continued, “we wanted to have a living icon.
That’s what we got.” LaBelle, 78, has long been known as “The Godmother of Soul.” While she started her career on stage in the 1960s, performing with Cindy Birdsong (who left in 1967 to join The Supremes), Nona Hendryx and Sarah Dash as The Blue Belles, later changing the name to Patti and Bluebelles and finally, just LaBelle.
