A runaway week ended in front of a runway that benefited Buzzy's Boys and Girls, an organization that raises money to assist people living with HIV and AIDS. Most of my previously overalls-clad friends were in the audience with me (or performing), along with many of my professional friends and colleagues I've worked with over the many years of working and volunteering in HIV and AIDS.
As you can tell from the photos, the show was incredible. I sat in the audience overcome with feelings...feelings of a seething, crisis pandemic that pushed us to work hard together and solidified friendships that I wouldn't trade for a million...feelings of gratefulness in the knowing that a short 15 years ago I'd expected to lose many of the people in that room.
Buzzy's raised $5,200 for the coffers. It was fun and easy for those of us in the audience. Just look at those one dollar bill (and sometimes larger) stuffed hands!
Relating my hunt for the graduation party dress to the fundraiser organizer, Michael "Fish" Hickerson; I told him via FB that Eric and I were afraid I had too much "B&B" (boobs and butt) for the dress I ended up wearing. Michael's priceless response:
"Baby, in drag you can never have enough B&B!"
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