Many students grabbed onto their seats and prepared themselves to experience Life is a Drag Show, an event put together by Delta Lambda Phi fraternity that took place Sept. 17 in the University ballroom.

The purpose of the show was to bring awareness to suicide prevention, the philanthropy of Delta Lambda Phi.

The fraternity introduced the audience to a short video about The Trevor Project, an intervention and suicide prevention lifeline for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning youth.

After the brief introduction of the fraternity, the show kicked off with host Mahlae Balenciaga, renowned drag queen from the Bay area and FunnSizedIndy, party promoter and Youtube entertainer.

There was a full itinerary with performers not only from the Sacramento and Bay area but also from Arizona. Local performer, Amira Fatale, started off the first half of the show and channeled Beyonce by doing choreography and lip-synching from “Run the World” and “Crazy in Love”.

Jules Moura, 18, said her favorite part of the show was the Beyonce performance.

The first half also consisted of other local performers, Mia Ho and dance group I-M-Sickening. Host Balenciaga even performed as Nicki Minaj in a pink and white leopard print unitard and long platinum blonde wig.

After the intermission, the UC Davis Delta Lamba Chi XI chapter got on stage and performed the song “Bang Bang” by Jessie J, Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj. Then came performer, Zonnique Glam Demornay, bringing her rendition of Nicki Minaj.

But the fun did not stop there. Balenciaga made sure there was full audience participation. Four students were called to the stage to lip-sync for their lives, in the words of famous drag queen Ru Paul, in a mini-competition.

Omani Kirkendall, an 18-year-old communications major, attended the drag show for the first time and was one of the contestants who participated in the competition.

“It was just me, just me,” Kirkendall said. “It was like I was dancing in the bathroom in front of the mirror.”

Another contestant also attending a drag show for the first time, put on a performance on stage.

William Schmidt, 18-year-old sociology major, said he felt like the show brought everyone together and it was fun and out of the ordinary.

Schmidt and Kirkendall, along with two others, performed by strutting across the stage and dancing. The competition was judged based on who had the loudest cheers from the audience.

The real showstopper was when Marya Endriga, psychology professor, got on stage dancing and lip syncing to Nicki Minaj’s “Anaconda.”

Balenciaga closed the show with a crowd pleasing performance to the song “Get Up”, with students standing and clapping as the show ended. But before anyone could leave, Balenciaga gathered students together for a selfie.

To find out more information about The Trevor Project visit www.thetrevorproject.org.