Annual fundraiser features drag contest

Valley24.com – By Sarah Poulton

Do you have what it takes to be The Oakland’s Next Top Drag Queen?

Five locals think they do, and they’ll be battling it out on-stage during The Oakland Center for the Arts’ annual “Fundraising is a Drag” show June 14.

Event organizer Robert Dennick Joki, otherwise known as “Starrlet O’Hara,” says the five contestants — “Ginga Rail,” “Snowflake St. Clair,” “BeBe Starr,” “Mary Jean Manson” and “Brookeback Mountains”­ — are all familiar faces at the Oakland, and all of them have been in shows this year.