Tight, flashy costumes, high heels, loud music and glitter — the MSU Drag Show was glam rock at its finest.

The event was sponsored by the University Activities Board and Respecting Individuals on Neutral Ground as a part of Pride Week, which highlights the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community.

Most participants perform as members of the opposite sex, while lip-synching and dancing to popular music from many genres.

Dressed in a glittery gold evening gown, Hershae Chocolatae opened the show performing songs by Tina Turner and Macy Gray.

Premedical and nutritional sciences senior Eric Harper specifically came to the show to see his friend, performing on stage as Moltyn Decadence, but thought Chocolatae did a great job.

"I love the host," Harper said. "He brings a lot to the show."

More than 1,050 people came to the International Center throughout the night, Christian Schneider, a 2004 MSU alumnus, said near the end of the four-hour performance.

Schneider has worked the stage, lighting and sound for the past three years, and has attended for four years.

"It's gotten better every year," Schneider said. "The crowd has more energy than ever, and the performers are loving it."

The crowd cheered on the performers — including Elektra, who sported a sparkly leopard-print leotard and performed a Shakira song, and Sabin, who wore a headpiece with metallic purple streamers flowing from it.

During the show, audience members made their way to the stage to give dollar bills to their favorite acts, who danced to everything from Ricky Martin and Justin Timberlake to the Spice Girls and Marilyn Manson.

Among the several celebrity imitations was Johnny Lonesome as Detroit rocker Kid Rock. Lonesome dressed in black leather pants, a white ribbed tank top, sunglasses, a goatee, silver chain necklace and a red, velvet hat.

To complete the performance, Lonesome sang Kid Rock's "Bawitdaba."

No-preference freshman Lynlee Kooistra came to the International Center to see her resident mentor, Mara Deutch, perform as Chad Waterfalls.

"I didn't really know what to expect," she said, while waiting to see Deutch perform. "It's a good atmosphere."

Deutch, a journalism, education and Spanish senior, has organized and performed in the drag show for the past four years.

She said the majority of the crowd is not part of the LGBT community, which makes it different from many drag shows.

Deutch, a former State News employee, said it's great the university is OK with putting on a drag show.

Ann Bisese came all the way from Tennessee to see the performance. She first heard about it from her niece, Amy Campbell, who raved about last year's show.

Campbell, a zoology and veterinary medicine sophomore, went to the show with her friends last year planning on staying half an hour, but instead stayed at the show until 1 a.m.

"I probably had a dropped mouth the entire time," Campbell said.

Bisese said Friday was her first time at a drag show, and she called it "fabulous."

Starmeshia Jones also was attending her first drag show and didn't quite know what she would see.

"I probably expected a bunch of guys dressed up as women," said Jones, a psychology sophomore. "I wasn't sure what they'd be doing."

Evan Lebow-Wolf, a human biology senior, said he has played in a band during a drag show, but this was his first time at the MSU show.

"I'm impressed with the split moves and the high kicks," he said.

In comparison to other drag shows, Schneider — who goes to one or two shows per month — said MSU's is the "biggest drag show I've ever been to.

"It has the most exciting crowd and most talented performers."