By Jeannie

 

 

 

One could say the 42^nd election was rigged…

 Reports of her popularity and that she was a “shoo-in” flooded the community even before the  actual  event

And the Community House was abuzz with anticipation at this first ARTs Project event.

 

“Everybody loves her…she does so much for the community” were among the  comments floating around..

In contrast was her predecessor, the ineffable, soon to be retired HCQ Logan Hardcore, who commented “I did it MY way” and  “I turned the fucking town out!”

 

The Bette Midler mania managed to infiltrate the contest: Mother wore her red sequined dress but lip synched Channoing, Mica sang another Midler song, “The Rose”, and Saki Tome sang it in Asain.

 

STalwarts Matt Baney and Alison Brackman kept it all looking and sounding good.

 

 

 

Panzi (HCQ 1976 and ‘77) & Bella  bantered their way through a somewhat abbreviated evening.

 

2016 reigning Queen Logan Hardcore channeled Beyoncé’s “I Was Here (I want to leave my footprint on the sands of time)”

 

 

Contestant, and obvious home town favorite Ginger Snap rolled in with a “Xanadu”    incarnation.

 

Lady Long Legs

 

belted “I’m Every Woman” and “(It’s a) Woman’s World”

Before struting the recently popular political top, “Nasty Woman” (Hello, Hillary)

 

Anita Morehead  aka the beloved Mother, sings “So Long Dearie” as Channing

 

Panzi seconds the thought

 

Mica, representing another version of Bette Midler, sang  “The Rose” using her own voice, offering a moving moment.

 

Saki Tome, dramatic in red, offering her own version of “The Rose”  in Asian

Who will it be???

 

OK! Here’s the crown. Take it

No! I really want you to have it

 

Already paying homage to the new queen

 

Gracing the affair were our illustrious past HCQueens

in chronological order Philomena (1990), Ariel Sinclair (2002), Donna Piranha (2004), Ivanna Cocktair:l (2005), Lola (2007), Urban Sprawl (2009), Beach DeBree (2010), YaNeeda Dunes (2011), Whore D’Oeuvre (2014), and Demi-Tasse (2015).

 

 

In a year in which “rigged elections” were allegedly common, this one surely was…and in a good way!

 

 

Seeing red? I obviously need more practice using my cell as a camera.Sorry