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4 Special Section Clackamas Pri|j Wednesday, May 10, 2006 Drag pageant brings glamour Yesterday’s drag pag eant, held to bring diver sity and awareness to the campus, brought a variety of high-spirited participants. (Top left) Fiona La Fauna, runner up for the Ms. Clackamas title, strikes a pose on stage. (Top right) Kamel Toelotof gets down with "her” bad self. (Middle) English Instructor James Bryant-Trerise, chosen by student vote to per- fom, dresses for success. (Bottom) the contest’s judges, (left to right) Chastity Frustration, Paris and Alexandra Terrika St. James, offer light-hearted comments following each of the per formances. Eight compete in Rainbow Clubs first ever drag contest Kyle Steele I The Clackamas Print photos by Jeff Sorensen Clackamas Print Editor’s note: This story con tains language some may find offensive. The Rainbow Club put on the first ever Mr. and Ms. Clackamas Community College Drag Pageant in the Bill Brod Community Center yesterday with the help of professional drag bar Embers Avenue. Eight amateur “men” and “women” bravely took the stage to a packed crowd and showed Clackamas what they were made of. “I’m very, very impressed with all the students that came out here,” said the host of the show, “Kamel Toelotof,” a.k.a Daniel Roa. “So many people were against it when we first started putting up posters. People were ripping them down and defacing them and we keep putting them up and up, and now there are too many.” The show was put on to bring awareness to individuals ripping down Rainbow Club posters around the campus. They hoped that the show would make the student body understand that there are many different groups that people need to be aware of. “I’m glad [they] did this, it’s a big ‘fuck you’ to the establish ment,” said Alexandra Paris, one of the show’s judges, about the poster being ripped down. Paris has had to deal with censoring on her cable public access show on channel 22. Professional drag queens Chastity Frustration and Terrika St. James joined Paris as judges. They commented on the amateurs and shot jokes back and forth about everything from the contes tants to drag queen life. The judges all perform at Embers Avenue bar, and also performed at the pageant to start off the show. I the right to be a performer du| the pageant. “For three minutes and 30 onds I was the dancing qu said Starlet, another student | former, when asked about hoi formance on stage. First place won a trip t Resort at Seaside. The runn won a gift certificate to H restaurant and a prism rewar crowd wasn’t left out, be<! the Rainbow Club passed ou chains and buttons after the s was over. “It was a lot of fun. I love see ing people trying it out,” said Chastity, a drag queen with 12 years of experience under her skirt, and the Saturday host of Embers Avenue. The “ladies’” competition was between five com petitors, with Lady Fly taking first place prize and Floria La Fauna taking run ner-up. Ray/Rae took file first place in the “men’s” competition. James Bryant- Trerise took the stage in his own show, dancing to Beethoven’s Fifth. Bryant-Trerise was selected through a fundraising competi tion in which he won Be a painter, photographer, sculptor. THE ARTS AT MARYLHURST ■ B.A. IN ART Undergraduate information session May 20th, 10-11:30 a.m., Room 200, B.P. John Building Year-round admission ■ Scholarships for transfer students B Small classes Custom degree plan option ■ National reputation Student-focused, friendly staff Free parking To register for this event or to work with an advisor, e-mail studentinfo@marylhurst.edu or call 503.699.6268. US News & World Report BEST COLLEGES 21 "Number one in the Northwest for small classes" MARYLHURST UNIVERSI Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities accredited 17600 PACIFIC HIGHWAY (HWY. 43) MARYLHURST, OREGON - JUST 10 MINUTES SOUTH OF PORTI Serving students since 1893. www.marylhurst.edu 800J
