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In the 1970s, gay men began congregating to watch Atlanta Falcon football games in an Atlanta gay bar called the Armory every Sunday. To keep the crowds at halftime, a group of regulars formed a drag troupe that became known as the Armorettes.
Their leader, Greg Troia, wanted the troupe to perform “camp drag” since the beginning, and that's what they've done known as the “Infamous Camp Drag Queens of the South.” They quickly moved from being half-time entertainment to the focus of the entire evening, performing every Sunday since 1979. (Since the Armory closed, they now perform at Burkharts).
A composite cast of over 70 men have performed over 58,000 numbers and have collected over $1.7 Million in buckets in front of the stage, all for various AIDS-related causes.
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