Drag Show Packs the House at Georgia Southern University
By Kimeko McCoy, The George-Anne
Drag queens and kings Bianca Nicole, Hayden McCord, Diego Wolfe and Jordan West took to the Russell Union Ballroom stage Thursday evening and performed latest hits as the Georgia Southern University community looked on.
The performers brought music that had the crowd dancing. Music from artists of all different ranges were heard like Keri Hilson, Bruno Mars, Justin Bieber, Nicki Minaj, Red Jumpsuit Apparatus and even some hip-hop artists like Tyga and Drake.
For the past six years, the Multicultural Student Center, in collaboration with the Gay Straight Alliance, has brought Bianca Nicole and the other drag performers to entertain and wow the crowd at the annual drag show.
“A good friend of mine introduced me through Consuela Ward,” Nicole said, considering her start here at the GSU drag show.
New to the DRAG show line-up was Hayden McCord, who considers herself a lesbian with an alter ego. McCord brought something new to the table that really gave the audience members a chance to get involved by dancing with them during her performance.
While the event is one for student enjoyment, the performers wanted attendees to gain more from the show than just a good time.
“The show is for entertainment, but the questions and answers are to really get to know us,” Nicole said. “I want people to know that even though our lives are different, we are still human.”
Previous performers, Diego Wolf who switched things up and performed country songs, and Jordan West who was a Justin Bieber replica, received positive feedback from the crowd.
Students were very eager as they waited for the show to start. Doors did not open until 7 p.m. that evening but audience members started to form a line shortly after 6 p.m.
Master and mistress of ceremonies for the night, Danielle Dunken and Michael Boddie, kept the show going in between performers with a few fillers, including a dance contest, gay trivia and Twitter for the audience to participate.
One tweet came in asking for Nicole’s hand in marriage.
At the end of the show, there was a special question and answer session where audience members got the chance to ask personal questions to the performers. Everyone had their own different stories to share with questioning audience members.
“In high school, I was in the theater department and I was in a mockery pageant,” Nicole said about the beginning of her career in drag. “My friend convinced me to do it.”
MSC and GSA work to bring different events on campus outside of race and ethnicities with concerts and performances like the annual drag show and will be sure to bring the same show next year.