Beisbier performed his last official act with the title by placing the victory medal on the chest on Sutliff, a well-known straight man who frequents the gay community gatherings. The Pistons patio was bulging at the seams as leather personalities were on hand for Beisbier's step down and to greet the newly elected icon.Īfter raffles ticket buyers got their goodies, Beisbier gave a powerful 4 1/2-minute step-aside speech, which was met with wild applause.įinally, the votes were tallied and the results were brought onstage to the emcee.
The contestants went through the usual pre-judging interviews, cruise wear, speech, and jock competition. Long Beach Leather Larry Golubski and Orange County leather maven Daddy Don. Last year's winner, Dennis Beisbier, produced the contest and also judged it along with former Mr. All in good fun but a total delight for the big audience at Pistons. He surpassed any bitchy innuendos uttered by that other Southern California emcee, Mark Malan and that's saying something. Quite possibly one of the most non-PC acts on earth. Los Angeles Leather Jeff Wocha did the emcee honors and really got into it with clever, acerbic, and targeted innuendoes for everyone. Long Beach Leather 2007 title (Dave McFaddin and Don Sutliff). Both events were emceed by Lou Romano, who certainly did a great job.Īfter a sumptuous dinner at the Paradise Restaurant in Long Beach, everyone headed for Pistons where two men were competing for the Mr. Almost $2,000 was raised by both events for two local charities, and a job well done accolade for Pierce and his volunteers. Saturday afternoon, more titleholders arrived at the Falcon in Long Beach and more jock straps were auctioned off. I'm still scooping dried whipped cream out of my ears!
There was another fundraiser scheduled for Sunday with a pie toss at your favorite celebrity but I had to leave Sunday morning so missed seeing George Wong get "his." As a preview of the pie toss benefit, yours truly was obliged to surrender to a toss wielded by Gerle. Midwest Leather 2006 Bruce Karmazin, to name only a few.
It was a full house at the LA Eagle, where IML Mikel Gerle headlined the jock strap auction and included several local titleholders as well as Mr. In Indianapolis, Kendra McClain produced yet another big leather weekend with more sashes added to the worldwide roster. Long Beach Leather contest Saturday night at Pistons bar. In Los Angeles on Friday and Saturday, Kurt Pierce presented a fundraiser at the LA Eagle on Friday night and one at The Falcon in Long Beach Saturday afternoon, followed by the Mr. The wind-down of summer centered on Southern California and in Indianapolis, Indiana.