Another busy weekend… Thursday I attended the premiere of the excellent documentary, “Drag: Not Just Men in Heels” (more about that in an upcoming post).
Then Friday night, I performed at Little Jason’s benefit for a local youth center at Marlena’s. We raised over $1,000 and Jason — who went in drag for the evening — looked quite cute. I was asked to do three songs, but upon seeing house packed with queens I knew that wasn’t to be. But I still got do two songs and tried a new one — “I Need a Man” by the Eurythmics. (I also want try “Missionary Man.)
Sunday was the installation of Mr. and Ms. Cowboy for the Imperial Court. I didn’t really have any cowgirl outfits (nor did any of the other queens as it turned out), so I settled for Texas tacky. And I had just the song to go along it with “Vanity” by Lisa Koch (who does both comedy songs and cabaret jazz — and who’s well worth checking out). It was hit… Sue told me people were singing along by the second chorus, so it’s definitely on my heavy-rotation list. I also had a cry-in-your-drink country ballad by Koch: “Back When We Had Sex.” (As Lisa says: This is an “R” rated song, so for God’s sake… put on the headphones, or shoo Grandma and the kids out of the room.) Sunday’s fundraiser also raised about $1,000 for Court’s charity fund.