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No, don't let your carefully-planned spanking social event be under-attended like this one was (you knew that's what we meant all along, didn't you?). The organizers of the 2003 Annual Antwerp Spanking Festival (shown above) must have been disappointed when, from across all of Europe, only nine people showed up. If only they had taken advantage of the free event advertising in The Chicago Spanking Review! (Of course, it might also have helped if they had actually held the Antwerp Festival in Antwerp instead of Helsinki, and it probably wouldn't have hurt to have issued some really big paddles rather than the tiny miniature being used here, but never mind).
If you would like to see your event listed on this page, send an e-mail to the web-ed. We are most interested in events held in the midwest, because we feel our area of the country is underrepresented in the scene, but we will be glad to help publicize your event even if it is in Antwerp!
March 12-14, 2010 -- Texas All-State Spanking Party. For more information, write to tubaman2020@yahoo.com.
Shadow Lane Party Schedule TBA -- Shadow Lane St. Paddles Day Party!
March 26-27 -- Crimson Moon March Badness!
July 29-31 -- Crimson Moon 3-day Summer Bash!
October 29-30 (may be extended to a 3rd day) -- Crimson Moon Halloween party. Always a favorite!
The Florida Moonshine group - for party dates and more info, contact Ian at IheadH@Lycos.com, or go to www.floridamoonshine.com. The big summer party is June 4th through the June 6th, 2010. Turn up the Heat! 2010 Tropical Beach Party Registration: As you probably have already heard by now The Tropical Beach Party presented by Florida Moonshine is the premier spanking party of the summer and in 2010 we really intend to "Turn up the Heat." So now is the time to make your reservations.The party will be held at the same beautiful beachside resort as last year. We have negotiated the same unbelievable room rates for this beautiful, completely redesigned and refurnished resort and all in the same tower as the penthouse party suites. This is your first chance to take advantage of our early bird pricing and hotel reservation opportunities. It also will give you a good head start on finding the best air fares to Tampa for next June. You will need to be a member of FMS and can join by filling in the on-line application at www.FloridaMoonShine.com So mark your calendars for June 4th. through 6th. to join us at our most extravagant party yet. Three days of surf, sun and, of course, spanking. Once again we will have the entire private penthouse floor and suites with private balconies for our use only. Imagine playing in one of the luxury penthouses and looking out over a spectacular view of the Gulf of Mexico and Intracoastal Waterway. We are offering a weekend filled with fun laughter and spankings galore. The top vendors from this country and around the world will be at our vendors fair. Games and competitions like the famous Friday night mixer Scavenger Hunt, our Spanking Trivia Quiz, CP Court, Female Domme Party and the always popular Florida Moonshine Academy for Naughty Girls will all return. On top of all this we are adding a models’champagne reception and photo shoot. Once again we will have a great selection of hot and cold hors d’oeuvres at Friday night’s vendor fair, a breakfast buffet Saturday morning and sit-down dinner in the banquet hall with food and entertainment to appeal to every taste on Saturday night. If you were one of the 160 guests at last year's party you know how much fun it was. If you weren’t, don’t make the same mistake in 2010. Reservation information The Early Bird registration fee of $110.00 per person will begin this Nov.20th and registration fees will be effective until end-of-day Sunday Feb 28th, 2010. After that it will be $125 per person from March 1st to the final deadline for registration May 21, 2010. Checks or money orders must be made out to Florida Moonshine LLC. Checks or money orders made out to anything other than Florida Moonshine LLC will be returned and no reservation will be made. Checks should be mailed to: Florida Moonshine LLC PO Box 7541, Wesley Chapel, FL 33545 You can also pay by Pay Pal or by credit card through your Pay Pal account. There is a $4 per- payment surcharge for using Pay Pal. This means $8 if you are booking for two people. This is based on what PayPal charges us for the use of their service. Please remember to add this amount to your payment if you use Pay Pal. Our PayPal account is listed under headmastertony@gmail.com. A payment without the additional fee will be returned and your reservation not accepted. You will receive an email confirmation of your reservation a few days after we receive your payment. It will greatly facilitate our response if you include your Yahoo Group email address with your payment. All early-bird payments must be in by the end of day Feb 28th, 2010. All regular payments must be received no later than the end of the day, May 21st 2010. Emailing us a notification of planned attendance is not considered an RSVP. We must have your payment in hand by the deadline for you to be admitted to the party. Information on how to book your hotel reservation is listed on our FMInvitelist Yahoo group which is open only to approved members of Florida Moonshine. "Turn up the Heat!" will be the spanking party you will never forget. Don’t miss out by not reserving your place early. Headmaster Tony, Ian London Tanner, Alona and the FMS party crew. SEE YOU AT THE BEACH!
December 12, 2009; January 9, 2010, February 13, March 13, GD2 NEWCOMERS' SOCIAL 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Galleria Domain Two (GD2) Chicago, Illinois www.galleriadomain.org RSVP preferred but not required* Open to All 21+ FREE *************** You do NOT need to be a member of GD2 to attend. GD's Newcomers' Socials are FREE and open to everyone 21+. * Please send RSVPs to Carol at MztrsCarol@aol.com and include your first name. Confirmation of your RSVP, along with GD2's address, will be sent via email. *************** GD2's socials have become one of the best and busiest places to meet and mingle with diverse members of our communities and to meet new friends, play partners, and more. The Newcomers' Socials draw attendees from all over Chicago's BDSM and alternative lifestyle communities, including practitioners of BDSM, fetishists, members of Leather communities, polyamorists, members of the next generation, some of GD2's 180+ active members, and others. We provide an exceptional, no pressure environment for socializing and welcome everyone, whether you are completely new, curious about what a BDSM club is like, or have years of experience. Come join us! *************** For more information about GD2, including a calendar of upcoming activities, socials, and educational events, please visit www.galleriadomain.org.
The Web-Ed's non-review of GD2: I say non-review because you can't really review a B & D club the way you can a book, movie, or play, and besides, I'm not a member and so have never spent an evening at play there. But I did attend the 6/14/2008 social, and I can share my impressions of the facilities I saw and the people I met.
First, the people: everyone I met was very friendly, and the atmosphere was one of openness and tolerance. Certainly no one is going to frown on any kind of spanking, paddling, caning, etc. that you might wish to engage in. The hosts are Carol and Colt, who have obviously devoted a great deal of time and effort to the club, as evidenced by the impressive physical facilities and careful selection of equipment. There appear to be approximately 200 members, with the number attending on any particular evening difficult to predict. The club is open Friday and Saturday evenings from 08:00 P.M. to 03:00 A.M., with the larger crowds appearing on Saturdays.
There are three main play rooms designed to offer different moods (very open, more laid back, and semi-private). The rooms are spacious, well-equipped, and very attractive. I don't know if Carol did the decorating, but whoever it was should consider a career in interior design. Each room had a great variety of equipment (the semi-private one was of necessity somewhat smaller). Now, since I'm only into spanking and not the other myriad forms of B & D, I'm not sure I can remember all that I saw, but there were crosses, exam tables, cages, rope bondage and suspension gear (even a cage that could be hoisted up in the air!) and probably some stuff I couldn't figure out. I note in particular that each room had its own spanking bench, one of which was of a design I had never seen before.
Now for the hardest question: should a spankophile join the club? I would say that if your interests extend beyond spanking, the answer is yes. If you're like me, and don't really see the point of bondage except as an adjunct to spanking (e.g., tying someone to a spanking horse for a good paddling or caning), it's a more difficult call. While women would probably have no problem finding men to spank them (since there could be non-spanko men willing to give it a try in addition to the usual male Tops), a man (whether Top, Bottom, or Switch) might very well not be able to find enough women to play with to make it worth his time and effort. Something I've learned through many years of experience is that for males, it's difficult to find suitable play-partners, even at a spanking party. This certainly isn't the fault of anyone at GD2, it's just the way the spanking world is. For that reason, I won't be joining anytime soon myself, but I would certainly recommend to anyone else at least attending a Newcomers' Social before making that decision. Some kind of trial membership is available, by the way, but I don't have the details.
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