Night Show

Saturday night (2/9/08) , several SCCLA folks participated in the IRLM's Leather and Lace show; reviving an old tradition of a combined drag and leather show. The IRLM crew did a fine job of making their performances genuinely fetish and sex oriented. Not a dud in the group. The show ran way too long as usual though... not due to quality but on the pure human endurance level. If only they could learn one can have a time cutoff (say two hours max) and fill the time with the best offered. (not to deny new performers a chance though; gotta mix a couple of them in as well :-) ).

The Feishtron skit that bovil (the wizardly invisible hands) kproche and I resurrected from a few years ago took a fair amount of practice to get back in shape! Yea for plenty of time to do so. I kinda had it easy. I didn't have to haul the equipment! Bovil and kproche took care of that. One of the IRLM ladies stepped up and Vanna'd for us (our scheduled Vanna wasn't able to make the rehearsal, and we found indeed practice was needed). When the time for the performance came, the fantasy was very well received. We did run a bit over time (that is, the music ran out), which disappointed me a bit. Laughing and clapping however suggests the audience had no complaint.

A bit later in the show, bovil and I did an audience participation demo using violet wands. It was a lot of fun to entice and surprise the curious to take a tingle. Lots of good sexy energy. (For me, the evening provided several doses of that, which is rather like food. :-) . I never braved the KFC provided as actual food.) Yea for yummy friendly people.

One young woman model/dancer in particular was utterly terrified. I eventually stood back and made her come to me, which she finally did. And jumped pleasingly, etc. She didn't try much more. Later in the evening she came up to me as I was chatting with a few friends, looking for strokes; the touch she couldn't quite go for when it was electric. One of my friends started to sing "Toucha Toucha Touch Me" from Rocky Horror Picture Show, particularly the "creature of the night" quote. And I realized he was completely right; she was back for more, fascinated with what she perceived as a dark sexy forbidden presence or energy (not meant to be a bragging thing; it just somehow surprised me to have that someone come to so overtly in that space).

The final SCCLA piece was a couple of members doing the beloved *Interent Is For Porn* fantasy (performed at our Leather Weekend last November, and earlier that day for ACLC! though with a different male lead). It was great, and the new leading man hit every note (so to speak).

Had another interesting conversation with a leather elder friend, about his participation in a no-trans-men-allowed club. Finally had the opportunity to ask the 'why do you stay?' question. And got a simple and true answer; because there is no where else in the south bay to have a gay male play/sex party. Gotta get the need met; I appreciate that. I don't know if it was getting a straight answer that helped, or that I was in a better place to hear the answer. He is still pushing for change as he can, and that I am greatful for.