A host of foxy dames are set to entertain as part of Sybil's Dynamic Female Impersonators show this weekend.

The "Queen of Bermuda", Sybil Barrington, aka Mark Anderson, is leading the troupe of overseas and local performers – a diverse group which he promises won't disappoint, despite the last-minute pullout by singer Larrita Adderley.

"I wish her well in all of her endeavours and this show is going on with or without their blessing!" he said, referring to the singer's decision to cancel after her church made it clear it disapproved of her performing in the show. "We will have Mr. Kenny Todd – the man himself – and the Two Fools, Nadanja Bailey and Jahrazino Simmons. I also have two local drag artists – Miss Sheila Showers and Chrissy Dior.

"I have Liza Minnelli coming, a Barbra Streisand, a surprise celebrity guest and there is also a Beyoncé look alike. I have a Diana Ross, a Lucille Ball and my girlfriend, Tyra Colbaire."

He added that Lady Tyson will now perform in Ms Adderley's place.

"I am disappointed that she will not perform, but my audiences are about 80 percent heterosexual or straight people. You cannot get upset about it – this is what I have endured and encountered over the years – but the show will go on!"

The show was organised as a dedication to Joseph Ascento, who was once a regular performer in Mr. Anderson's shows.

"Basically the show this year is a tribute to the late Jospeh Ascento. As you know, he was the man behind 'Miss Mahogany', so that is the theme this year," he said.

"And the reason that I had to do this is because Jo was one of the last performers of his era. He basically started to perform in the 1970s, but he was part of an era that started the shows in the mid-1950s at the Bermudiana Beach Club. I think it was 1958 when it started. Segregation was still very much upon us. When the shows started in the 50s black Bermudians had to have their own places to socialise – he pretty much performed with 'Miss World', 'Lady Gilda', 'Miss Madame Butterfly', 'Miss Peaches', the 'Duchess of Devonshire', 'Miss Mamie', and I think it was 'Miss Bermuda Idol', if memory serves.

"The shows went from there to where the Customs building is now on Front Street and then they ended up going later on to Clayhouse Inn. They were there for a number of years."

The shows ran for almost three decades under the direction of the late Leroy Bean, Mr. Anderson added.

"So Jo was one of the last from that era. The other three remaining people are still alive, but of course they are no longer performing.

"But now it has gotten to my era, my generation. Now I'm considered a living legend because (of the attention gained after my ban from the 2006 Bermuda Day Parade and because) this is my fifth annual show at City Hall Theatre."

Members of the public with reservations about his act only need attend one to see how entertaining they can be, he stated.

"I know that people have reservations about my show and I can understand why, but they haven't broadened their horizons to really see what is out there. Female impersonation is very mainstream all over the world and I just wish that my Government could see that and realise that I play a big part in the entertainment that could be (here) for the tourists.

"I say that because I performed in 'La Cage aux Folles,' which was held in Las Vegas and Atlantic City, as far away as Japan, in the Universal Studios in Orlando and in LA as Patti LaBelle.

"It is just unfortunate that my country still does not acknowledge me as a professional artist and Patti LaBelle impersonator. I just wish that sometime in the near future I can be doing a major show at one of the hotels for the tourists that are coming here to Bermuda – a nightly show when the cruise ships are in ¿ (that tourists) can see while here on the Island.

"That is one of my goals – that some day it can be as big as the Music Festival."

Tickets $50, are available online at www.boxoffice.bm, or at Shannon's Boutique.