BayWindows.com – by Ethan Jacobs – Staff Reporter
Despite the unrelenting 90-degree heat the Boston Center for the Arts Plaza was packed the evening of June 10 for the 15th annual Pridelights tree lighting ceremony, the kick-off to Pride in the South End. And if it wasn’t hot enough for the crowd, the evening’s performers, in particular Verna Turbulence and her crew of Boston drag performers, kicked up the heat a few more degrees.
Showstoppers included Jacques drag superstar Mizery, who brought down the house with her signature dance moves and splits in skyscraper-high heels, Lakia Mondale doing a flawless Tina Turner, and Turbulence herself, performing Shirley Bassey’s cover of Pink’s “Get This Party Started,” decked out in a cool white dress with glittering silver boots.