And we have a winner - Corner Brook's Irma Gerd is our newest Drag Idol. It's one of the first times the winner hasn't been from St. John's, but he had the crowds chanting his name all night. He did great in the lip sync, was hilarious in the runway competition (for self-stitched creations), and even blew away the talent portion. I can't remember any more what the other two rounds involved.
This is Irma:
And a couple of pics of from last night's lip sync and talent portion:
And here are some scenes from the first two rounds last night. We didn't eliminate the first contestant until 2 a.m., it went on forever, so I only have footage from those two.
And Dr. Androbox (the drag king who does that Get Lucky song from last year or the year before) was awesome too. She definitely got the second-biggest applause of the night. She could've been the first drag king to win ever, but I'm not sure how the six judges scored her.
Starts with an intro performance by Doris, who's so bad she's good.
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Also, one of the contestants was a boy with autism who is quite sensitive. So they warned the judges beforehand to be fair but very gentle - no digs like they give to them normally. But they forgot to tell one of the judges, who was EXTRA mean because she couldn't figure out why everyone else was being so sweet. Oh God, brutal.
Also... the judges table was back-on to the performance area.
"Irish Empire".
Also, earlier this week The 'Out'port (our LGBT mag) hosted a fashion show. Our own jeddy1989 organized it.
It included a drag queen, a city councillor, and a former NHL player as models - as well as all sorts of locals of all shapes and sizes. Two performances by Red Hot, a local dance troupe. It was hosted by one of the local celebrity hosts of OZ FM. And we had a minute of silence for trans* awareness.
It was held at the Johnson Geo Centre on Signal Hill. And it was great!
Getting ready:
The show:
And a video of the first performance by Red Hot:
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November 18, 2014
It was raining too hard for a walk, but I needed a pack so I went for a spin around the Cookstown Road area to the Queen's Road store and then a cruise along Water Street. Downtown was deserted - people here don't know what to do with proper, soaking rain.
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A little knot of streets coming together with Cookstown Road.
Three of the last remaining houses from the Central Slum of St. John's, which was bulldozed in the 1950s. They've been extensively fixed up and made suitable for habitation - but you can still tell they
were slum houses by their roofs.
A little three-house block.
The Church Lad's Brigade Armoury.
Murder Row.
Sidewalk stairs.
Zapatas leading down to the stairs that lead down to George Street that leads down to Water Street.
Delta Hotel, Cabot Place Complex, the St. John's Convention Centre (left), and Mile One Centre (right).
I wish they'd require retail on the ground floor of all Water Street buildings. There are a handful, like these, that are entirely offices.
This is normally the type of shot I don't take - showing ALL the faults.
But I love the little houses under the road so much. That giant pile covered in tires is our winter road salt.
This is what I'd normally do from an angle like that. X marks the spot.
Devon Row, formerly part of the residential properties of our Prime Minister and his staff. A lot of people think the Prime Minister used to live in Government House (me included), but that was the residence of our Governor (equivalent of Governor General) and is still today used by the provincial Lieutenant Governor.
The extreme east end of Duckworth Street.
Cavendish Square.