Yes, I've been gone a little while. So it's time to Catch up (or 'Ketchup', if you're curious about the post title). When last I left you, I had just garnered myself my very first (and still only) $100 tip. The guy who gave it to me took me to the Miss Gay Texas USofA pageant that Friday (August 22), where three girls from work were competing. Ashleey Houston didn't make top twelve, Raven St. James did, but not top 5, and Adeciya Iman came in First Runner-Up (second place). Not bad, three competitors from the same bar.
The pageant was lovely. I finally saw TX celebqueens like Tommie Ross and Kourtney Paige van Wales (whose pictures do her no justice). It was also my first big pageant like that, and seeing the reactions to... certain things makes me nervous about my performance should I ever choose to enter one. It certainly favored the ridiculously over-the-top, I'll say that. But hey, it's Texas.
August 25th was a work night, and I busted out a LOT of drag tricks... but mostly just a lot of fake hair. Oh, and a see-through dress. I performed:
CandyMan
California Girls (lip-synced and with real candy!)
Blow, Gabriel, Blow
Defying Gravity (again, lip-synced to the Kerry Ellis "Wicked in Rock" cover version)
Broken Wing
I Don't Care if the Sun Don't Shine (lip-synced)
Sin Wagon
Alone
If that seems like a lot of songs IT IS. Instead of our usual long 3-hour show, Tanya wanted to do a long[er] show based on the number of songs we performed. So three hours became 4.5 as we all did EIGHT SONGS. I had chosen all big belt numbers, maybe you noticed, so I was not prepared for two extra numbers, but it was ok. "Alone" was a little strained, but no one was still there anyway--well, no one sober enough to really care, I think. Still a good time. Pics on Facebook. :)
August 28th found me at In 'N' Out for the "Girls on the Go" new traveling Drag Troupe auditions. I was pretty certain I was making the cut regardless, but we still need to audition, of course. Alongside me for the night was Amber LeMay Fox, Ebony State, and Erica Champagne. And at the last minute, a queen we didn't know arrived, Ms. Michelle ... uh... Michelle... Michaels? ...not sure. Anyway, Diane Jackson opened the show for us (after a last-minute group number was added). Judges Sherry-Lynne, Alexandria, Tanya, and Travis (from In 'N' Out) scored us based on... I'm not sure, very specific criteria. :/ We had to do one fast and one slow song, so I chose "Good Morning, Baltimore" and "Maybe This Time". The bar was HOT, but the staging was nice, and I sort of re-met John the bartender who was a little past tipsy. But the show was fun. We ended up ranking, and I won third place, which got me a new wig, some lashes, and a photoshoot with local ...uh, "mentor" Vanity Wilde. Very exciting!
September! Ok, well the day before September. Amber has her car back so we finally got to go out shopping again (yaaaaay). The Wednesday night show was lined up on September 1st, so we kicked it off with our new group numbers for the month. I'm going to add an Asterisk (*) before the group numbers in this lineup. I/we performed:
*Ladies' Night (an Atomic Kitten cover which we staged as a sleepover, all wearing nightgowns and negligés. It was fun!)
Taylor, the Latté Boy (lip-synced to Kristen Chenoweth's adorable version)
The Way of Love
River Deep, Mountain High
*I Will Follow Him (from Sister Act)
Crazy
Cabaret
I'm Going Bananas (lip-synced to the Madonna song)
Maybe This Time
Find Your Grail (this was another 'after hours' song, as I'm calling them now, when we go past 11p. I lip-synced this Monty Python tune just for laughs, but the audience seemed to enjoy it)
*Best of my Love (the classic by The Emotions)
...and Adrian was there recording! So he posted them on his YouTube, which is sort of TC's YouTube.
........and I decided I should finally have a one-stop Violet shop on YouTube. So I made my very own channel!! Mom didn't have the camera for the shows this week BUT you can see some of what I did and wore by watching me IN MOTION! Check out the channel. Looking forward to your feedback, and hoping it's all positive. <3
Violet's YouTube Home!!!
...and we'll include the Sister Act video, just because I enjoy watching it. :)
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