Drag Day

Drag Day is the prevalent term at Carlisle for Cross-dress Day. See Cross-dress Day for more info on the tradition in general.

Generally, Drag Day is the most-participated in day of all dress-up days. Often, the night before, during Meet Market, a guy and a girl exchange clothing. The next day, they put on the clothing of the opposite sex and strut their stuff while some of the ballerinas secretly take pictures. Drag Day always occurs on the second Tuesday of the session.

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Origins of Drag Day

The origins of Drag Day actually have nothing to do with Sound of America - in fact, there were several years where Drag Day and SoA overlapped. In 97.2, Pierre(?), for one reason or another, dressed up as a girl. The administration promptly cracked down, forcing him to change, on the grounds that they had heard angry complaints from parents via the Baltimore office about cross-dressing at CTY. Although it was not known at the time, this was actually an excuse fabricated by the Dean of Res. Life. After this incident, a mass protest was held by the students (see Hall of Fame:CAR). In subsequent years, the theme spread, and Drag Day was born. During the few years when their time on campus overlapped, the Washington Redskins found Drag Day particularly amusing.