and matching ear rings, elbow length black gloves completed the ensemble. I had my wig fixed in my favorite style, a page fluff. When the time to go came I was more than ready.

I left home at noon on Saturday and drove like a mad man (girl) for New Orleans. I was shaking all over with anticipation of what lay before me four wonderful days at Mardi Gras. It is a total of 530 miles from my home to New Orleans and I know I must have set a new record for that trip because I was sitting in "Dixies" a club in the French Quarter, at 10:30 P.M. Saturday night. I didn't even look for a motel immediately. While I was there I ran into a friend of mine who used to live in my home town but shortly before had moved to New Orleans. He knew of my TV desires and is quite broad minded about the whole thing. I didn't dress that first night because of the lateness of the hour and too I was exhausted from the long drive I had just completed. However, my friend and I did catch the 12:00 show at the Club My-O-My, a club famous for their female impersonators. We met Jimmy Calloway, the star of the show along with Billie DeVoe the MC and several more including Bob Banner who is the show's comedian. I talded to Bobbie (Banner) for nearly an hour both before and after the show. She sensed my interest in female impersanation and was quite understanding although she herself was not a TV. I saw her several times after that and have became close friends since then. During my stay in New Orleans, I revisited the "My-O-My" several times but with difference--I went as a girl.

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Through the friend whom I had met when I first arrived in New Orleans, I met many wonderful and understanding people who accepted me and made me feel right at home. I was invited to a total of seven Parties and two costume balls at one of which I won 1st prize for the best costume.

I went out every night dressed and had a wonderful time every where i went. This would be a wonderful place to hold a national meeting tf FPE every year. The days were taken up with sight seeing. New Orleans is a beautiful place, especially for anyone who has never been there before. The French Quarter is unique in that