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ne of the greatest joys of watching a drag performance comes when something
's revealed rather than concealed, when all of the makeup and accessories allow
‘ - expression of a previously hidden talent. ,

ears ago, I experienced such a moment as I watched a taping session of The
rie and Yolanda Show. After an hour or so of playing the part of The Big-
ed Bimbo Blonde in counterpoint to Cherie Tartt’s relatively mild-mannered
gwestem refugee, Yolanda picked up her guitar, turned to the audience, and
‘V. ivered a beautiful rendition of her song “Angels.”

’ In the following years, Yolanda established herself as a serious presence on the
Burlington music scene. While songs such as “The Sickness of Beauty” and
“Alien Love Child” offered humorous takes on the transvestite life, “Cool
Intellect,” “Right to Surrender” and others demonstrated Yolanda’s stylistic

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