Houston
Black Tie Dinners
1988 - 2010

History
from the 2001 program

The dinners were also held for many years in other cities in Texas, most notably Dallas.

Programs

      Download 2001                                          Download 2002                            Download 2007

Clippings

1988

1994

1995

1996

1999 

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2004-ish

2005

Photos from their Facebook Page

Entertainer was Kathy Griffin

Above left, Randy Ellis

Above, Bill White, Janine Brunjes and Tamara Ishee
Below, Jerry Atwood, Marion Coleman and Trudy

above, Kathy Griffin, Tori Williams; Below, Rene Tappe

2006

the blue boxes below were grabbed from the site houstonblacktiedinner.org via
the internet archive, or wayback machine. The site went dark in 2008,
unsure if a dinner was held that year

Photos from their Facebook Page

Leslie Jordan was entertainment

Houston Gay Men's Chorus

there were cameras there, so.....above right, Sheila Jackson Lee
Below, unknown, Ellen Cohen, Sue Lovell

2007

Photos from their Facebook Page

RuPaul was entertainer

2008

A 2008 Dinner was held at the Intercontinental, at the Galleria
The Dinner for 2009 was at the Downtown Hyatt.

Last party was New Year's Eve 2009 at Hotel Zaza

Trivia: I find it interesting that the domain
www.houstonblacktiedinner.org
is owned by Pride Houston, until Sept 2018, and diverts to their site