This last Saturday my slave was asked to dance for the Annual
Juvenile Diabetes fundraiser. Honestly, we have both been so tapped and tired that
we were delirious. Thankfully my slave
really wanted to stick this one out. Since I was behind in school I was going
to take that night and do homework and watch the horses. We had to place the horses out to pasture before
I have had a chance to work on it and I was worried about my horses fighting with
the neighbor’s horses, or Pokey making a run for it through the fence line. But I
watched them all day and they had done really well, and since I was so tired I wasn’t making much sense -
when my slave looked me with those amazing eyes and said that she wanted
me there with her I jumped at the chance.
It is one of my joys, pleasures and prides that she dances,
and I am so deeply proud when she dances for fundraisers.
The night was really amazing. When they have this fundraiser
the Queens all get together and put on one of the best drag shows of the year.
The talent is outstanding, everyone is impeccable, the live singing was beautiful
and the heart and love that was there made me misty eyed.
So I did what I love doing. We came in, and I got her
dressed. I did notice that at 40 it was a little bit harder for me to get up
and down from the ground that it was when I was say 30- we laughed at that. After
that I took all her extra stuff with me so she didn’t have to think about it.
Then I went to the front of the house so that she can warm up and breathe and
concentrate without me staring at her. Then
from time to time I will come back and make sure that she is drinking and
breathing and stretching.
Just before she comes on stage I get really nervous, I
survey the crowd- do they know her? Will
they connect with her? How are they going to take her? How confused are they
going to be? How drunk are they?
Then she hits the stage and they fall in love with her
smile, and her open heart, and her joy, and I do as well- all over again.
There is a huge difference between straight crowds and gay crowds.
In straight crowds touching of the belly dancer is strictly a no no. Money, if given,
is placed on the stage or in the tip bucket. Gay crowds however are a
completely different story. We as the
gay community have been the untouchables, the unwanted, and undesirables- and
so whenever she dances for a gay crowd touching is allowed. It lets the crowd
know that they are wanted, that the dancer is not repulsed by them, and it
sends a strong signal that she is one of us.
Touching is usually done respectfully, but sometimes people get -shall
we say- excited about her….. and the fingers go from lingering to an outright
grope. But my slave being the professional
that she is knows how to handle
herself, and the crowd.
After her performance I head back stage and can’t stop
gushing over her. As much as I love being in the front of the house, honestly back
stage is where the real action is. The camaraderie, the joy, the support and
the sense of family and community are palpable. Watching the Queens with their
faces done to perfection, their body padded and curved immaculately, watching
as the untouchables become the wanted and the stars, listening to the bitchy
laughter as the Queens come off stage and relax.
For the longest time my slave and I sat there just taking it
all in, laughing, asking questions, lending support. How we have both missed
this so much, and didn’t know it. At one point we were pulled aside and given a
gift from the organizer of the event. We
were stunned, so much so I almost stated to cry. We didn’t quite know how we
were going to get home with our gas tank being so low. We figured that we had enough quarters to get
us back home, but we honestly didn’t know. So when that gift came to us- it meant so much
more then they knew. I still have to hold back tears thinking about it. Thank you. Thank you so very very much.
That night was magical, we both felt so blessed to be there,
and so joyous to be able to bring money and awareness the the cause. So next year
mark your calendar for October, because this talent is not to be missed!
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