Dragtastic

This was my first drag show. I waited outside the Potomac lounge as the line began to form. We all waited anxiously for them to begin letting people in. The purple wrist bands piled as they placed them on everyone in lines arm. I walked slowly up as a young woman placed mine on my arm.We entered the doors with the lights bright as I saw the stage set up. We then walked around looking for seats, it was still early so many were vacant. We settled on two seats to the right of the stage. It felt like forever before the show had begun. Two fabulous drag queens walked on to the stage. One with a very beautiful dress  on the other wearing a crab costume. Their personalities meshed well together as they began to introduce the acts. The first was a young drag queen who did the splits better then even many women I have seen. The next was a tag team of drag kings, one was eleven the other was quite a bit older.They were a father and son drag king group and they literally grabbed a piece of my heart. The dancing was mediocre but the heart they put on the stage could not be matched. All the performances began to blend together after the first few. Lip singing, Acting and drama filled the rest of the drag stars performances. They were all wonderful in my eyes. They magnified and glorified everything wonderful about gender play. How easy it was to play with and how easy it was to mess up. Societal norms are one thing, but this changed how I saw everything.