This was the fifth sold out show in a row for the Drag Me Across Saskatchewan tour. (Ian Gustafson/paNOW staff)

By Ian Gustafson

PA Pride

Drag show performs for sold out crowd in Prince Albert

Jun 20, 2021 | 12:02 PM

The YXE Drag Collective performed for another sold out crowd in front of the Art Hauser Centre in Prince Albert as part of their 12-stop Drag Me Across Saskatchewan tour.

Prince Albert residents gathered in the parking lot Saturday night in a horseshoe formation in their vehicles and lawn chairs to see numerous drag kings and queens perform.

Karma K Meleon, who is one of the organizers of the event, said to think of the event like a drive-in movie but more up close and personal.

“Honestly for us to bring pride to such small communities, some places haven’t even had a pride parade, a flag raising. Some people don’t even have minimal queer representation as it is, so it feels really good to show them there’s more to the world than what they’ve seen,” Karma K Meleon said.

Drag kings and queens performed for a sold out crowd in front of the Art Hauser Centre. (Ian Gustafson/paNOW staff)

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Sad Sally, also known as Jory McKay, YXE Drag Collective treasurer, said this was there fifth sold out show in a row.

“The energy just keeps building and building as we get up to them,” McKay said. “I think it speaks to how large the community is, people don’t know how large it is cause there’s like 300 to 400 [people]. Even at our shows at larger centres there’s sometimes 600, 700 people that come out throughout the night.

“Also, just to show how big of a need this was for people [as] we haven’t been having anything happening for so long and also some of these communities have just never had this type of content before.”

McKay believes there are people in the pride community that do a lot in Saskatchewan but doesn’t think there’s enough representation.

Sad Sally (Jory McKay), was the first to perform on Saturday. (Ian Gustafson/paNOW staff)

“We’re really involved in our community but there’s not often a lot of exposure outside of our general community. We’re very seclusive in a way where we don’t get to get out and actually see people as much as we’d like to sometimes,” McKay said.

After growing up in a small community McKay said what pride meant as an individual was a way to feel included, especially at a young age.

“Pride was a way for me to truly discover who I was and feel more inclusive. Pride is a very important and holds a special spot in my heart.”

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