No one knows a great opportunity better than drag performer Freida Whales.
She is keen to share the stage with one of Canada’s most popular drag queens, Queen Priyanka, who rose to fame after winning the first season of Canada’s Drag Race.
“Of course, I have auditioned for the show over the past few years and to work with the first winner and the first queen on the Canadian stage is a great honour,” said Whales.
Freida Whales and Ella Lamoureux are the Okanagan drag performers who will open Queen Priyanka’s opening performance on July 19 at The Vibrant Vine Winery.
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Queen Priyanka is one of the few drag queens who makes her own music and uses her platform to help others.
“You can’t create space if you don’t share it. People often forget that there is a lane for everyone, there is a destiny for everyone and that we can all be a star,” said Queen Priyanka.
“It can always feel so competitive: ‘I’m not going to share the space’ and ‘be the only one.’ But I’m like, ‘Nah, we all share, we’ll be OK.’ But I’m excited, local drag is the best drag.”
Charlie Wilson, event organizer at Vibrant Vine, said bringing a drag performance of this caliber to the East Kelowna winery was a dream come true.
“She’s a multi-talented artist, she sings, she dances and she’s someone I’ve looked up to since the first episode of the first season of Canada’s Drag Race,” Wilson said.
“Local queens with someone like [Queen] Priyanka is just giving them and the community a really great opportunity to enjoy this performance.”
Tickets for the show are available online at www.thevibrantvine.com
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