JUDGES

Alana Reign

Regional and National Pageant Title Holder

Community Advocate

Truly Scrumptious St. James

Former Empress ISQCCBE,

Life Long Educator

Michael Carpenter

Pageantry and Visual Arts Design

Choreographer

Three Categories

Existence is Resistance: Share a personal story about how your resilience has been tested as a Queer person and how that’s shaped who you are as a performer. In closing, tell us something that you learned about yourself doing Center Stage. Attire: All about YOU! - Drag that best represents you as a person and entertainer.

Maximum Time: 2 minutes

Chaos Couture : New Performers are always on a budget. Showcase a look at best defines you as a performer using Non-Traditional Materials. This should be made only from materials that you sourced from your home or is given to you. An internal part of it must use random, budget friendly items. You can use a base, corset, shoes, pads, of your own but it should be defined by your non-traditional materials, not what you attached them to. The base shouldn’t be telling more of a story than what you’ve created.

Maximum Time: 4 minutes

Lip Sync or Other Talent: Show us what you’ve got! This is your opportunity to put your talents on display. You might lip-sync or juggle or tell jokes…whatever you like. We want you to showcase what makes you special.

Maximum Time: 5 minutes

Rules

Nothing Dangerous: No Nudity, Fire, Fog, Water, Blood, or anything dangerous. The Lounge is not that big of a space. Be mindful to plan nothing that may harm others or The Lounge. Our wonderful neighbors are opening their doors to us and we want to be respectful.

Backup Dancers, Dressers, and Other Assistance: You’re limited to one (1) person to assist you in getting ready. No Backup Dancers, Twirlers, or Over the Top Productions. You will only have 10 minutes in total presentation across the three categories.

Lipsync/Talent Time: Under 5 minutes. Do not bring an 7 minute mix. We will play you off like the Oscars.

Scoring: Each Judge will have up to a maximum of 25 points to award. Another 25 points will be awarded by the Audience by commUNITY Choice Vote for a maximum of 100 Points. You will receive feedback via judge’s sheets. The judge will make a single overall commentary recording after your last presentation to provide audio feedback.

There will be no sub-caption ties in each category and there will be no overall ties. Sub-caption ties by a single Judge will be resolved by the Judge. This means a Judge cannot give two people the same score in a category. Overall ties will be broken by the highest talent score.