There is not much that is more fun than playing bingo with friends. Oh wait - yes there is. Playing bingo with a drag-queen calling the numbers! We hung out at Sharp's last night to participate in their Saturday night bingo game. It was a special night with Hedwig hosting the festivities. Eubank Productions is opening the 10th anniversary show of Hedwig and the Angry Inch later this month, starring the very talented Justin Van Pelt as Hedwig. We were having a good time, winning some prizes (Ken was in charge of the prizes, so it was all temporary tattoos, fake sideburns and slap bracelets.) The final game was a "blackout", where you have to fill in every square on your card to win. We all colored in our spaces with anticipation until finally I looked over at Scott's card and noticed he only needed ONE spot to win. Our table got excited and listened for his number to be called... AND IT WAS! Our whole table screamed "BINGO!!" and Hedwig said "it sounds like that whole table won!" Scott won the big prize of the night, which was a drag-queen wig, which actually looks a bit more like a mullett than any hair-do a respectable drag queen would wear. He was channelling Dolly Parton as he wore it and got his picture taken with Hedwig (Ken took the picture, so I'll have to beg him to send it to me so I can post it). He also got a Crown Royal/Nascar t-shirt (don't get me started on how wrong it is for alcohol companies to sponsor the sport of driving cars), two tickets to Hedwig and the Angry Inch, a Sharp's gift certificate and a bag full of crazy goodies (the aforementioned tattoos, slap bracelets, etc.)
When he went up to get his prize he was a little anxious about being the center of attention, and that didn't improve when Hedwig said "you must open the box in front of everyone". All I could think was "uh oh! He's not going to enjoy this!" He played it up, though, and all the folks enjoyed watching. I was probably the only one in the place who could tell he was uncomfortable with all the eyes on him and having to make witty banter with the transvestite. (the issue there being the making of the witty banter, not the transvestite)
We had a great time and look forward to playing bingo at Sharp's again. I gotta go put on some cool tattoos now.