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By Leilani Marie Labong |
April 14, 2021 10:00 AM
Why do people move to San Francisco? Is it for the singular landscape, all dramatic hills and breathtaking coastline, the perfect topography for fog to cling to or completely engulf? Is it for the chance to live in proximity to that world-famous bridge, a monumental feat of engineering in International Orange, a gateway for people and ideas from all over the world? Perhaps it’s the city’s history as the birthplace of counterculture after all, progressive views in politics, the arts and technology are constantly percolating here, brewing entire movements and new industries.
In what will undoubtedly be recalled as the biggest drag fundraiser in local history, Oasis nightclub s 12-hour three-camera marathon telethon more than doubled the initial goal by raising more than $253,000 through the club s March 6 online event.
Streamed live from Oasis, the benefit, whose original target was a mere $100,000, also included several recorded tributes from celebrities, dignitaries and drag talents. Host and owner D Arcy Drollinger was joined by a bevy of guest-hosts, Dot Comme and Afrika America among them, with Mama Celeste and God s Little Princess, both injured, who nevertheless provided hilarious snark late in the event.
Just offstage, heading up the call center, Patti from HR (aka Michael Phyllis) offered witty comments as gogo guys and dragsters took donor calls. More funds flowed in through the online link as the entertainment cavalcade continued, with merely a few technical glitches.
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