Open Door Metropolitan Community Church’s Tasha’s Follies

Julia and I had such a good time at our first and Open Door Metropolitan Community Church’s 19th Tasha’s Follies – Open Door’s almost-annual fundraising variety show with raffle to benefit WUMCO Help! Thanks, everyone!! 

We went tonight; it is, unbelievably, tomorrow night too. This year’s theme was Country Vs. Rock & Roll. They brought new meaning to ‘being a fool for the Lord’, and I truly do mean that in a wonderful way. To some extent, of course, ‘you had to be there’ – and I’m particularly sorry that some of you couldn’t be. But here are some of my highlights:

• Maxie Pearl as the Narrator
• Marie Osmond being played by a fat person, and wearing a sandwich board that had weight loss ads on the front and a “healthy is not a size” poster on the back; and returning to play the “little sister” during Billy Idol’s White Wedding
• Jerry Lee Lewis throwing rainbow pom-poms into the audience during Great Balls Of Fire
• Dolly Parton pulling all of her props out of her bra
• June Carter Cash being played by a blow-up doll
• Elton John changing his glasses several times
• Ozzie Osbourne biting the heads off of Peeps
• The Oakridge Boys’ Elvira including Elvira Mistress Of The Dark
• Garth Brooks’ Friends In Low Places including a limbo contest and a crew of miners
• Wynonna Judd losing it – and she was singing, not lip synching – because among other things Naomi was being too funny during their duet Rockin’ With The Rhythm Of The Rain
• A version of Tina and Ike Turner doing Proud Mary that has actually, amazingly, ruined me for the original
• The blow-up guitar used in a few of the performances having “Lucille” written on it 

Also:

• Marie was joined by Donny
• Tammy Wynette did Stand By Your Man
• Dolly did 9 To 5 and Jolene
• Mick Jagger and Keith Richards did Satisfaction
• June was joined by Johnny for Jackson
• Joan Jett did I Love Rock And Roll
• The Beatles and others did Yellow Submarine and A Little Help From My Friends
• American Idol with Simon Cowell, J. Lo, Randy Jackson; Justin Timberlake, Dolly, Elton, Ozzie, Elvis 
• The cast did Miley Cyrus’ Party In The USA (a guilty pleasure of mine as well)
• Family Feud with Richard Dawson, and Garth, Patsy and Dolly vs. Elton, Elvis and Ozzie
• An Everly Brother did Wake Up Little Susie
• Patsy Cline did Crazy
• Elvis did Blue Suede Shoes – or rather, Green Neon Shoes, as in the sneakers zie was wearing

Plus tasty treats during intermission, and a number of extras that are hard to describe. Here is the flyer.  And, we made Julia’s outfit into her latest Massculine Fatshion post; though I was so into that that I forgot to get photos of my own outfit, oy.