Stripping for School

You know your ecconomy is down, when you find yourself stripping to fundraise for your kid's school. Ok, so I'm being a little extreem, but only a little..... read on.

Last night, we had an event that put the FUN back in fundraiser. Family School parent's night out at a great pub called Sam Bonds. Talent night, so we took turns entertaining eachother with songs and performances. Beer and happy hooting was plentiful. A wild pack of parents, I'm telling you.

One of the pieces we did was a runway show of Power Bras. Two friends, and I made up this idea to playfully decorate and sell new bras to make money for two friends going through breast cancer. It's been a blast. Last night, we didn't sell any bras after the runway show, but we did pass the bra purse and collected some cash for our friends. Nice!

Max and I were booked as the last two performances at midnight. We are members of the Emerald City Drama kings- we do drag king theater. Most people know what a drag queen is, but drag kings are women who don men's clothes, and impersonate men for fun. It's high theater! Our troupe focuses on fun, thoughtful, and thoroughly prepared gender performance. Cabaret. We don't just lip sync, each song has a full subtext of performance and storyline.

Normally, I'm either femme looking, or the jeans and t-shirt artsie mom, so people have no idea what an awesome dude I can be! None of the moms at my boys school have seen me perform.....

Max took the stage as a thoroughly confident character, in "Business Time" by the kiwi band, "Flight of the Concords". If you have not yet heard them, run run run to the next tab over and YOU TUBE them next. The audience was in hysterics. Max was in boxers and "business socks".

I did my performance of Leonard Cohen's "I'm Your Man". I sing and do a little soft shoe- cane routine with my character I call "Starlight Sam" (see photos-taken when I played Sam with long red hair). I'm happy to say we brought the house down and I had to hand out make believe permission slips for Starlight Sam as fantasy material. (blush). Playing with gender is a great deal of fun. And being an artist, as you know, means all of life is a stage.

Check out this amazing cartoon video I just found that was made for the song. I think it's awesome.

I've been TAGGED- the big SEVEN

I was tagged by dear Adopt-a-Critter, and now must tell you seven random, unusual things about myself and tag seven others......

1) I cry whenever I hear bagpipes. I'm Irish, but I don't think that's it. I've been to Ireland twice and am pretty sure bagpipes are Scottish. Ullean pipes are very Irish.

2) Occasionally I don suit and tie, draw on a mustache, and lip-sync for charity events. Boy drag is sooooo much fun. I recommend it.

3) I've been a professional body piercer, sub-professional phlebotomist, and professional costumer. All of which involve different types of needles and working closely with people.

4) I believe in the Law of Attraction. What we focus on, brings more into our lives. We manifest positive change in our life by knowing and stating we want, focusing positive thoughts on it, and taking direct daily action. Yet, figuring out EXACTLY what we want is harder than it sounds!

5) I really love pet rats. They are so cute and smart and FUN!!!

6) I was once a costumer for a Disney film. One summer the Disney crew came to town. A friend was working on the film and I hopped over to help out. They stuck me in a wardrobe trailer full of middle school kids 70's clothes designed for FALL. A line of 100 kids showed up at the door, all with measurement papers in hand, and I had to outfit each one asap! They were to be the background kids in a gym scene. The first-time extras actresses were attempting to make demands such as, "I dont look good in purple", "But this will make me too hot", and get this one, "But this is sooo 70's". ?? It was a wild and fun few weeks work-12 hour days, temporary union affiliation, AND have you ever had a ride with the Teamsters (professional drivers)? Wow!

7) My claim to fame? I've never eaten a Twinkie.