Webster Drag Ball 2011

for the perfect suit, shirt and hat.  Missouri Council for the Blind came through, as it so often does, and I got a shirt for a surprisingly good price at Rag-A-Rama.  My date loaned me his hat.  There was a lot of clothes-borrowing that night as his primary partner let him wear one of her favorite dresses and her shoes. Nobody knew how to tie a tie, but between the three of us and the internet, I was able to look dapper as I stepped out with my then-sweetie.
The Webster Drag Ball is, I think, one of the most memorable events that I have attended during my six years in St. Louis — the Webster LGBTQ Alliance manages to arrange a line-up of the area’s finest talent — along with the area’s finest new talent – every year.  When I went the unforgettable Siren was MC-ing and this year it will be the ever-amazing Dieta Pepsi. $5 gets you into one of the years best shows but somehow the Drag Ball remains one of the city’s best-kept-secrets!
The LGBTQ Alliance at Webster is busybusybusy this time of year, what with organizing the Drag Ball and starting the end-o’-semester crunch, but Christopher, the VP, and also a sophomore in Human Rights took the time to share a little about this year’s Drag Ball.  When I asked him what this year would be like, he let me know that “People can expect a lot of fun at drag ball. It is basically a huge themed (Candyland this year) drag show, including the largest names in Drag in St. Louis. We have HIV Testing and two amateur competitions. We have food and a Cash Bar as well.”  It sounds like these students have all their bases covered – awesome theme, heath & safety and food & alcohol! What could be better?
Attendees are encouraged to dress in drag. But they don’t have to.  When I go next year, I’m going to go double: