“I’m
not phased by what is being said, as a matter of fact, I can’t
wait to work with him again,” a defiant Khan told Sunday PUNCH.
“Whatever is being said now is pure mischief and an attack
on IslandEvents.com.
“Sean did such a fantastic presentation and we all loved it.”
Khan said after a successful launch for 2005, in which a dance group
was used, IslandEvents.com decided to do theatre, and so gave the
job to Edwards.
“Last year we used the Metamorphosis Dance Company, this year
we gave Sean the responsibility and we are all satisfied with what
he did. We wanted theatre and that’s just what we got.”
The “ladies of the night” featured prominently on stage
drawing oohs and aahs from the medium-sized crowd from the moment
they came on stage singing and dancing.
Most of the drag queens involved in the Mardi Gras production were
part of the recent Miss Queen of Queens 2005, the premiere show
in the gay community.
Edwards is also the promoter of that beauty pageant.
A former Miss Queen of Queens did MC duties on the night.
Sources told Sunday PUNCH that some patrons became upset when they
realised the cast doing the routine on stage was in fact gay men.
They expressed their views publicly.
Khan noted that Island-Events.com was not promoting homosexuality.
“In fact, in IslandEvents we do not discriminate,” she
said, as she took pains to explain.
“We welcome people from all walks of life in our band.
“If you are Black or White, if your are wealthy, from the
grass-roots, fat or thin, be part of our band.”
Khan warned that Island Events is here to stay and so-called detractors
would not take them off-track.
“Douglas (Gordon) has been sitting quietly in the background
and one thing we are sure of, we will not disappear,” she
chuckled.
“I’m really taking this thing as a big joke.”
Each year gays flock the Mardi Gras festival in New Orleans. |
