Majesty of the Berkshires Drag Pageant Returns to Adams Theater

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ADAMS, Mass. — The Majesty of the Berkshires Drag Pageant will return to the Adams Theater for its third annual event on Friday, May 30, at 7:30 p.m.

The pageant, which precedes Pride Month, will feature drag performers competing for the title and a one-year role as a representative of the Berkshire County LGBTQIA+ community. Tickets are available for purchase at AdamsTheater.org/events.

The competition will showcase drag artistry and self-expression. The evening's program, created and presented by Bella Santarella and hosted by Shawn Hollenbach, is scheduled to include guest performers, musical and dance numbers, and lip-sync performances. A component of the competition involves contestants collaborating with Berkshire businesses on a drag commercial.

Vuronika Baked, the 2024 winner, and Poppy DaBubbly, the 2023 winner, are expected to attend. Organizers note that the event has sold out in the previous two years and encourage early ticket purchase.

 


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Hoosac Valley Seeks to Prevent 'Volatile' Assessments

By Sabrina DammsiBerkshires Staff
ADAMS, Mass.— The "volatile" shifts in Hoosac Valley Regional School District's town assessments year to year is hard for smaller towns to absorb; however, a proposed change to the regional agreement would fix that. 
 
During the Select Board meeting last week, Superintendent Aaron Dean presented the proposed change to the regional agreement that would set assessments based on a five-year rolling average rather than the annual student enrollment.
 
"The long-term goal is to make the assessment process a little bit more viable for people from year-to-year," he said. 
 
An ad hoc committee was convened to review the district's agreement, during which concerns arose about the rapid fluctuations in assessments.
 
"I think you have to look short term, and you have to look long term. The goal is to kind of level it off and make planning easier and flatten that curve in terms of how it's going to impact both communities," Dean said. 
 
Every year, it is a little more difficult for one community because they are feeling disproportionately impacted compared to the other, he said. 
 
"The transient nature of this population right now is like nothing I've ever seen," Dean said. 
 
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