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.