Last Saturday night, Campus Activities Board (CAB) at Grand Valley State University hosted its annual double feature Drag Show and “Rocky Horror Picture Show” screening in the Kirkhof Center’s Grand River Room.
The student organization Brains and Beauty started the event by doing drag makeup on students before the show. Afterwards, the two-hour drag show began. The lineup of performers included seven local drag artists: DeeDee Chaunte, Sasha Banks, Dymond Denae, Mia Cole, Gabriella Stratton Galore, Cocky Divine and Amira S. Glass. The event concluded with a screening of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” a 1975 musical that has gained cult-classic status.
To further promote inclusivity, CAB partnered with Alcohol & Other Drugs Services, which provided mocktails for the event, and the Milton E. Ford LGBT Resource Center. Throughout the event, student attendees erupted with cheers for the queens as the performers danced and lip-synced through the night. The drag show featured a runway-walk competition with volunteers from the audience. Last but not least, attendees settled in for “Rocky Horror,” a movie that’s become iconic in drag and queer subcultures…