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queen from Pittsburgh of an excited member
of the crowd.
McGarvey Commons was transformed
into what looked like a dance club and was
packed with people who were there to witness
Behrend's fourth Annual Drag Show. Trigon,
campus's gay-straight alliance club, booked
six big-name drag queens to attend: Glitter
Trix, Sasha Fierce, Lola, Thea Trix, Ann fu
Young and Angelique.
These performers came from Pittsburgh,
New Jersey and even one from Erie, stealing
titles from pageants everywhere. The six drag
queens took turns tearing up the floor (and
the students) for almost three hours.
The audience could not help but interact
with the dancers, holding money over friends'
heads for lap dance, kisses, or harassment.
"Sasha was my favorite, but they were all re
ally good" stated Aundrea Luczak.
Students Desiree Fajago and Anissa Cham
bers both said they came out of curiosity and
to support Trigon. Ann fu Young dedicated
her second dance to "all those who have taken
their lives due to bullying because of their ori
entation."
For her last dance of the night, Angelique
chose six people from the crowd to be put on
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"It was all in good fun," said Matt Smith,
who didn't initially seem happy to have been
chosen, but had a huge smile on his face when
he walked away.
The dancers were happy to see that there
were more people that dressed in drag this
year, a total of nine compared to last year's
three. The winner was chosen based on how
loudly the crowd cheered for the contestant.
The winner was very clear when Miss Ramona
strutted his stuff and the room nearly explod
ed with applause. Ramona and Ms. Kinoshi
took first place.
Ramona (student Ray Wolken) walked
away with a $5O gift card to the Olive Garden.
One of the other contestants, Kyle Reilly, said
that he dressed in drag because "it's just fun,
plus my fiancée talked me into it."
The show ended with Sasha Fierce and Ann
Fu Young dancing as Beyonce and Lady Gaga.
The dancers were reluctant to end the show,
as the student audience was wildly energetic
and encouraging.
"I have been doing this for four and a half
years, and I just lave coming to Behrend! I
drive six hours both ways because I love see
ing how much bigger it is year to year," Glitter
Trix said.
"I like how involved they make the crowd
get and how energetic they got us. It also
opens our eyes to people that are different but
the same," said student Brianna Smith.
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