Held
during the weekend of Coronation 14, the First Annual Bat-N-Rouge Softball
Tournament was a great success. The game was organized by our current Emperor
Elvin Harkins, and featured a team of women who regularly play in a women's
league against a team of queens and out-of-town guests of the RSIC. Though
they led after the first two innings, the heat under the wigs and makeup
began to get to the queens, and despite lots of trash-talking by their
catcher, Empress 6 Twyla Knight, the Queen Bees suffered a humiliating
defeat at the hands of the Stinger Stompers. One of the real women was
heard commenting that they had a tournament to play in the next weekend,
and they wouldn't be able to show their faces if they were beaten by a
bunch of queens. Oh well, at least they had nothing on us when it came
to fashion! And nearly $200 was donated to the Fayette County AIDS
Medication Fund.
Coronations 15's game was rained out, and is planned for Fall of 1997.
Her
most Royal Sovereign


King
Father Ultima "Papa" Joe Raimondo of Buffalo, New York has
long been a friend of the RSIC. Here he is performing at our coronation
14.
Emperor
15 Paul Johnson carouses with a hunky leather-clad court
member from Colorado at the Cincinnati coronation. If you can
identify this man, please let me know. It makes blackmailing Paul much
easier! :-)
Empress
6 Twyla Knight and Empress 3 & 4 and Renee Alexander
let their hair down.