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Fresh, Provocative, Positive & Dynamic; SUGARBEACH, girl band from Vancouver, Canada released their debut single "I Just Love Girls" and 6 song EP CD of the same name in August 07. Their 2008 Pride Theme song "Living Out Proud" was used by 8 cities around the globe for their gay pride celebrations. "..these married lesbians have shown us that we can reach out, be ourselves, out, proud and make our dreams come true and be role models in our community as mainstream entertainers" (Rev. Ash Todoruk)Out lesbians Marlee Walchuk and Tully Callender, pack a number of styles into this EP. Let's call this collection of original gay love songs “electroni-lesbi-pop,” with “She's With Me” adding a salsa-rific Latin flare. (Outsmart Magazine - Texas USA -Nancy Ford)Mette Bach from Xtra West explains that Sugarbeach is hugely motivated by authenticity.."Their lyrics, while clearly lesbian, are universal and resonate with straight and queer audiences alike." (for more detail on these and other press check out www.sugarbeachmusic.com)Marlee began public live performances with siblings Judy Ginn and Jim Walchuk at age 14 - no quiet start for Marlee as she faced 16,000 fans at the Vancouver Coliseum as a teenager and was a regular on the CBC Variety hit “The Judy & Jim Show”.Her training at The Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute in LA propelled her further into a music and acting career. She balanced her club performances with her studio singing for commercials such as McDonalds and BC Lotto, and television appearances on popular programs like The Vancouver show, The Irish Rovers, The Nice Show and many others.

Various Duo & Trio projects led to Marlee’s single act which won “Battle of Vancouver’s Best Solo Rock Acts” and a hit single which won 1st prize in the Canadian Song Festival and was on the Canadian A Playlist for 6 months.

Marlee’s pop/rock band Mistress toured the US and Canada and was a massive favourite in the gay community.

Her 1st album “One More Chance” was released in the late 90's and she toured Canada and Germany with crowds of 10,000 people eager to hear her smooth, sexy and powerful voice. She was nominated for 5 BCCMA awards and won Best Vocalist in 1999.

Tully joined Marlee to form Sugarbeach in early 2007 leaving behind her corporate career in Sydney, Australia. Tully who has always had her hand in some musical project or another, now focuses on Sugarbeach with the same energy with which she energized her own corporate firm. "Walchuk credits Callender's determination and goal-setting ability as the driving force behind the duo" (Mette Bach - Xtra West).

"These girls make the hairs stand up on the back on my neck" - Rod Zelles, Vancouver Pride Entertainment Director



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Music:

Member Since: 07/06/2007
Band Website: www.sugarbeachmusic.com
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Influences:

NEW YORK PRIDE - THE RALLY 2009Sugarbeach at "The 6th-month Rule" Premiere in West Hollywood April 2009I JUST LOVE GIRLS

Missy Higgins, Indigo Girls, Gladys Knight, Jann Arden, Pink, Melissa Etheridge, Stevie Wonder, Sarah McLaughlan, Cold Chisel, Crowded House, Pussycat Dolls, Katie Noonan, Billy Joel
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

"The 6th Month Rule" Premiere

Earlier this year, we were contacted by Linda Andersson, a writer and director in LA to see if she could use two songs from our album, "She's With Me" and "I Just Love Girls' for her new lesbian short...
Posted by on Mon, 04 May 2009 19:11:00 GMT

Stonewall Forty Years Later - Pink Banana Media - Flash Player Installation

http://pinkbananamedia.ning.com/profiles/blogs/sto...Check out "Stonewall Forty Years Later - Pink Banana Media - Flash Player Installation" on Pink Banana Media
Posted by on Tue, 14 Apr 2009 10:48:00 GMT

3 bits of great news!

#1: Today we're booking the flights to LA to be a part of our first Hollywood Red Carpet Premiere! The new Lesbian Short film, "The 6 Month Rule" starring Michelle Wolfe from Dante's Cove used 2 ...
Posted by on Mon, 09 Mar 2009 15:46:00 GMT

New Year - Big Plans!

First of all, Happy New Year!There's something fresh and exciting about starting another year. The hope that the resolutions we make this time, we will actually follow through with. I love that every ...
Posted by on Fri, 02 Jan 2009 16:09:00 GMT

#1 GLBT Out Voice Top 40 Chart

Thanks so much to everyone who is supporting us and especially to those who voted us to #1 on the OutVoice Top 40 Chart. We are so excited and looking forward to heading out into the US...
Posted by on Tue, 11 Nov 2008 20:13:00 GMT

You could be in our next music video!

I got this idea from a friend of ours who is getting people from around the world to lipsinc to his song to put into his next video. Well we've got something even easier...do you or any friends of you...
Posted by on Mon, 29 Sep 2008 10:36:00 GMT

Our Anniversary

On September 1st, Tully and I will celebrate our first year wedding anniversary. Once I realized I was gay...many years ago, it never occurred to me that one day I might still get married. In fac...
Posted by on Sat, 30 Aug 2008 16:30:00 GMT

#3 on Outvoice Chart

It was only a few months ago that we googled the LGBT Top 40 chart in the U.S.A.,"Outvoice" to see if we could find out how our music might be considered for it. We were stunned to find out that we we...
Posted by on Fri, 22 Aug 2008 11:20:00 GMT

Pride Season Part 3

Jump off the float and run to the Mainstage on English Bay. The weather is hot and gorgeous...like most of the people there. Our good friend Rod Zelles who is the stage manager is relieved to see us a...
Posted by on Thu, 07 Aug 2008 11:16:00 GMT

Pride Season Part 2

Sunday Aug 3- After 2 hours sleep, we got ready, loaded the van with our soundsystem, rented poles, feather boas and handpainted banners and went to meet the 20 ft. flatdeck truck outside my sisters b...
Posted by on Wed, 06 Aug 2008 07:03:00 GMT