just two dollars

I have a trick hat I have learned over the years.  As a drag queen, I like going to shows too.   I use this trick and it works.  As you know, make up, hair and the costumes make you look very different.  Especially off stage.  You are just your regular self.   There are times when you are wearing a ball cap and jeans and no one recognizes you.  (That is not always a bad thing.)  But if you are at a show and no one seems to recognize that you are a “drag celebrity’. 

Here is what you do.

You take two dollars out of your pocket.  You fold each long ways.  You walk to the most well lit area around the stage.  Face as much toward the crowd as possible and … TIP the EMCEE.  What happens next will amaze you.  The emcee will approach you to get your money, and facial recognition will kick in....You will probably get a response like: “ Miss thing, I did not know you would be out here tonight? “ Smile.  You then tip her once, to get her attention.  Then tip her again with the remaining dollar.  She will love you for it!  It’s the second gesture that lets her know you really appreciate her.  As soon as the emcees performance is over, she will greet the audience. She will say “ladies and gentlemen, we have s special guest in the audience” .....that drag diva is... YOU!  Then She will call your name, and you can wave and smile to the audience as they applaud you…..and best of all, it only cost you…..two dollars.  Nothing like cheap publicity in a crowded gay bar.