Gay Vancouver in 1984 and in 1995 Emperor of Vancouver in 1996 and I received the José Honour in 2000.
I also produced several of the Dogwood Monarchist Society parties and continuously support community fundraisers. Soon after, I got involved with the ICSC, by hosting picnics, bowling leagues, and softball leagues to fundraise for people with AIDS. Club, ted northe, founder of the Imperial Court System of Canada (ICSC) saw me perform and said, ‘You are the first person I’ve seen do male impersonation’. I wanted to do a mind-fuck while still focusing on the audience, which included many trans women, so I did Frank-N-Furter. My first performance was a ‘turn-about’, which means the performers and the staff switched jobs, so the Queens waitered the bar and I got up on stage. B.J.’s Club was a gay show bar, mostly for men that had major shows every weekend. “I started performing while working as a bartender at B.J.’s Club in 1978. From an interview between Clare Smyth (Drag King Flare from Toronto, Canada) and Crema conducted February 14, 2020, written for The Canadian Theatre Review: (1) Crema’s first drag performance was as a male impersonator at a a gay show bar called B.J.’s Club in Vancouver Canada in 1978.
