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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