TES Fest is bringing you the best BDSM presenters from all around the country! They will present classes for every level of experience, from introductory and basic to expert and edgy. We're covering bondage from all angles, impact play from flogging to takedowns, and D/s from multiple perspectives. We're offering classes from the experts on emenas, humiliation, suspension, caning, scene history, bootblacking, cutting, and much more. The following presenters have been confirmed for TEFSFest08:
Ardenne
Ardenne is a pro-Domme at RaptureNYC in addition to being an avid lifestyle player. She has presented classes on singletails, roleplay, and rope bondage to the NYC scene, and is one of the senior trainers at Rapture's highly acclaimed training program. She enjoys candlelit nipples and long walks on your chest. More information on her can be found at rapturenyc.com.
Boomer
My name is Boomer. I am from Atlanta, GA. Quite literally, from the first day I “came out,” I have loved single tails. Using them for over 11 years, I have learned about the physical, psychological and emotional aspects of single tails in SM play. It is my privilege to pass what I know on to you. I have presented at SELF, The Boston Fetish Flea, Atlanta Sadomasochists Society, NC-CAPEX, Augusta Iron Rose, SC-LOCK, Columbia-TTTWD, and Atlanta-Whippersnappers.
I have had many mentors, the most influential being Wayne Brawner, Bob Deegan, Jeremiah Parsons, Sebastian, and Joe Wheeler. Gentlemen, I thank you.
Boymeat
Phillip Wolf, aka Boymeat, has been living, loving, learning, and playing in the scene for over 13 years. He is a member of TES, Gay Male S/M Activists, NCSF, and is on the planning committee for NYC's Leather Pride Night. Boymeat co-founded the concept of a TNG (The Next Generation) group, which are devoted to people between the ages of 18-35 and co-founded TES-TiNG. Boymeat is a bisexual, polyamorous switch, with a penchant for foot, incest role play and piss play, and is rumored to be the quite the sadist. He is the man who nerve.com said "makes the Marquis de Sade look like Pat Boone."
Brother Leo
Brother Leo has for over 50 years has been an award-winning professional educator in history, humanities aud religious studies. He joined TES within a year of its founding and with Pat Bond served on the Board of Directors for nearly 20 years. He chaired several committees, i.e. Membership, Calendar, Prometheus, and lectured on the scene at several colleges. He continues to give a series of lectures on S&M from the ancient times to the present.
Daddy David
Part reformed Bohemian, part accidental shaman, Daddy David is a work-in-progress. A New York City-based Dominant Daddy, he did his first erotic hot-wax scene back somewhere in the haze of the mid-1970's and the girl he did it to was eventually the person to lead him into the public Leather scene a quarter of a century later. Daddy David is a member of TES, where he has presented classes and also served on the board of directors for two years. Other affiliations include MAsT-Metro-NYC, and briefly, GMSMA. He has presented at and created Special Events for TES 30, Dark Odyssey and Leather Retreat.
Danielle DV8
Active in the BDSM/Leather community for twelve years, a Domina for eight, and a slave, owned by DV8 Dan, for four, Danielle is the Matriarch of House DV8, Houston, TX - a Polyamorous, Spiritually Focused, BDSM family. Dan and Danielle are practicing Zen Buddhists but House DV8 is all-denominational, pan-sexual and gender/sexual orientation bending. Danielle started presenting in the lifestyle in 2007 but has been a public speaker on various aspects of wellness for ten years. Danielle is a certified personal trainer, kick-boxing, yoga, Pilates, and aerobics instructor. Dan and Danielle practice homeopathy and energy medicine professionally.
Felice Shays
Known for her straight talk infused with humor, Felice Shays provides sexual and BDSM education and counseling across the US, Canada, and internationally. Based in Brooklyn, Felice has presented at a plethora of events for almost a decade including Black Rose, Pacific Friction, Dark Odyssey, Babeland, LSM, TES, Wicked Womyn, KinkFest, Safer SM, Tribal Fire, MOB, Come As You Are, The Exiles, Desire, Thunder In The Mountains, and IMsL. Felice is an active member of the Lesbian Sex Mafia (LSM), an accomplished performance artist, ASL interpreter, and produces sex and BDSM parties for women and trans people.
Flagg
Flagg is a founding member of Power in Practice and The Estate, and has been both a Director and Presiding Officer of the TES Board of Directors for more than six years. Recently in hiding due to health problems, he has limped out of seclusion to resume teaching here at TES Fest, as well as for the dominant women of Rapture NYC, the Core Protocol Seminar at www.Powerinpractice.com., and to promote his upcoming book. For TES Fest, he is acting as Chair of Safety, which is a dubious irony at best. Flagg is very fond of hypnosis, psyche play, and sharp, sharp shiny things. Rumor has it he was raised by wolves.
Glenda Rider
Glenda Rider was the first woman to hold an Eagle Bar title as Ms Baltimore Eagle 1992. She is the co-founder of FIST – Females Investigating Sexual Terrain – and a long time member of the Lesbian Sex Mafia. She sits on the Emeritus Board of LLC. She owns Play House Studios in Baltimore which is 4500 square feet of play space decorated with her extensive fetish art collection. Glenda is also the Executive Producer of International Ms Leather (www.imsl.org) to be held the third weekend of March 2009 in San Francisco. Glenda is very happily partnered with her boy, Levi.
Graydancer
Graydancer, Ninja Sex Poodle & Ronin of Love, comes from the venerable rope bondage tradition of Madison, WI, where he honed his craft to become the pre-eminent podcaster of rope bondage with "the Ropecast." He has presented from coast to coast in the U.S. as well as Mexico at events, clubs, and private instruction. His writing has also been published in Secret, Power Exchange Magazine, and his novel "Nawashi" is available through Lulu.com. Currently he plies his trade as an itinerant Rope Artist and Kink Educator, smiting the evil of sloppy ends wherever they may lie.
Janice
Janice is a switch and poly player who has been in the lifestyle for five years. She has been co-teaching for the past three years with her husband, Lochai. She has also taught at events including Shibaricon ’07, Black Rose XX, Sinsations in Leather ’08, and Beyond Leather ‘08. She is a co-chair of the South Florida TNG group and is active in the local and national community.
Julia
Julia is a poly, femme switch with an eclectic set of interests. Her favorite activities include all forms of bondage, sensual play, the deep dark recesses of her partners' minds, and sharp & shiny things. She has been kinky all her life, and active in the public scene for 13 years. While her passions still lie primarily with play (and more of it, thank you), she has also worked in the national community as an event organizer and educator.
Lady Sabrina
Lady Sabrina has been a member of the BDSM community for over 15 years presenting at TES events, PEP-Philadelphia, DSF, Black Rose and others. A BDSM educator, she's presented on such topics as flogging, hot wax, Designing Protocols, slave training, scene etiquette, etc. and has acted as an informal Mentor to many in the scene. She is on the Board of TES, NY Leather Weekend and the East Coast Leather Town Hall, co-facilitator of the TES DWsm Group, Associate Dir. of MAsT Metro NY, Facilitator of Le Cercle des Dommes, and on LPN and LLC-X planning committees.
Levi Halberstadt
Levi is a smartass leatherboy originally from New York with a filthy mouth and a sweet heart. He enjoys romps in the gutters and alleys with other boys, girls and grownups when he is not practicing respectful submission, service and good manners. Levi is a Producer of the International Ms Leather Weekend, works part time for the National Coalition for Sexual Freedom, teaches about kink cross-country and dreams of owning a gourmet little inn out in Wine Country. He lives in Baltimore with his beautiful partner, Glenda Rider, and can be found face-down around his hot BootDaddy, Jim Deuder.
Linda "BootPig" Hall
With nearly ten years in service being slave-identified, the label "pig" most suits her range of fun from service to topping and willingness to try new stuff! Open and forward, willing to share her experiences both good and bad, she teaches for the opportunity to learn from those she interacts with. Serving a year as Ms. Olympus Leather (2003), and as a president of the Phoenix boys of Leather, she is now content with editing her e-zine Simply Service, teaching at events throughout the country, building a poly family, and having a life that is both adventurous and cozy.
Little Terror Dog and Vetiver Lane
Little Terror Dog and Vetiver Lane are a married pair of dominants who train legitimately in submission grappling and work professionally in the fetish wrestling industry. Terror Dog has been in the NYC fetish scene for 5 years and the martial arts scene for 18 years. Vetiver is a tournament fighter and a pro session wrestler and domme. Together they founded the Doom Maidens female wrestling company and the Grapple Den Association for Recreational Violence, which holds wrestling parties and training sessions in NYC. www.grappleden.com.
Lochai
Lochai is an award-winning photographer and bondage enthusiast who has been educating the rope minded for the past 12 years. He is a het, poly dominant who is into many forms of power exchange including role play, corporal, bondage (rope of course), humiliation, and capturing it all on camera.
Lolita Wolf
Lolita Wolf discovered the BDSM scene back when “online” meant the phone sex lines. An activist who defends sexual freedom for all consenting adults, spreads the word about BDSM, sex and poly, and helps the community grow and flourish. Yet, her goal remains "to have fun." Known for an entertaining and fun style that packs a lot of information into a short class. Emeritus Board Member of both TES and LLC. Former Chair of LSM, Honorary Member of GMSMA and Associate Member of NYboL. Active with NCSF and LPN. Authored two books: Spanking and CBT in a Nutshell. www.LeatherYenta.com.
Master Larry and slave barb
Master Larry and slave barb have been together since 1982. They are pleased to have grown their relationship from "vanilla with a swirl" to a full on, dedicated 24/7 Master/slave relationship. Before entering the scene, Master Larry was a professional musician, slave barb his roadie and guitar tech – proving that service comes in all forms. They've been active in the scene since their first event, TES30 in their home state of New Jersey. Together they have presented for TES Queer Sig, Domsubfriends (DSF), South Plains Leather Fest, and Columbia University to name a few. They are members of MAsT Metro NY, MAsT Central NJ, TES, DSF, LA&M, NCSF, The Free Speech Coalition and associate members of New York boys of Leather. Master Larry has served as facilitator of MAsT Metro NY and is currently Director. Master Larry is also the North East Regional Representive for MAsT Master Larry and slave barb were the 2006 Northeast Master / slave. In February 2007 Master Larry and slave barb were graced with the honor of becoming the 2007 International Master and slave pair.
Michael Horowitz
Mistress Amanda Wildefyre
Amanda Wildefyre (www.amandawildefyre.com) hails from snowy Minnesota and has worked as a BDSM professional for 15 years, specializing in multi-day kidnapping and asylum scenarios. Her interests include full-body immobilization, latex mummification and flotation, rope suspension, restrictive corsetry, and motorized bondage furniture. She has recently been featured on www.SeriousBondage.com as an innovator in dungeon design, and pioneered Predicament Bondage at Dressing for Pleasure in 1996. Her motto: “Everyone is more attractive tied up.”
Morgan Lewis, HMQ
Ms. Lewis arrived at The Eulenspiegel Society in the early eighties sharing her expertise and friendship from the beginning. She was first appointed to the Board then was elected and reelected consecutively for the next twenty years. To date she is the only Board member to serve uninterrupted for that length of time. She, along with some other Dominant Women started the now “Dominant Women submissive men’s Group,” facilitating the group until the late nineties. She also started and facilitated TEVALAB which was TES’s Cross Dressers Group, chaired The Program Committee and started the Party Committee. Ms. Lewis is now an Emeritus Member of the Board and still very active in the Community.
Nayland Blake
Nayland Blake is an artist and educator. He has presented on kink-related topics at TES Fest and Leather Retreat, and has taught and lectured on art at numerous colleges around the United States, including Harvard, Yale, UC Berkeley and the Art Institute of Chicago. He is the director of a masters program in photography. In 2004 he was named International Pipebear at Briar Bash.
Q
Q first encountered bootblacking while attending her very first leather event, Together in Leather in 2005. Her next exposure to bootblacking at Frolicon 2006 started Q on her journey to learn more regarding this art. Q was honored to receive the title of International Ms Bootblack 2008 in May. She hopes her title year will afford her the opportunity to continue providing a tangible service to our community. She has a passion for public speaking that she is excited about indulging through future presentations. Q is boi to her Sir, Kathrine, and a partner of seven years to Kathy.
Rae Goldman
Rae Goldman is an adventurous Leather switch who has been fortunate to learn from (and play with) a variety of amazing mentors around the states and abroad. A queer, genderqueer, masochist/sadist boy and proud slut, Rae enjoys exploring the edges and margins of the world. She has presented at IMsL, TNG 4, LA Leather Weekend, Leather Leadership Conference, and a variety of local leather groups and outreach programs to the vanilla world. Rae is a board associate with Folsom Street Events, is curating Folsom's 25th anniversary exhibit at the GLBT Historical Society, and is the volunteer coordinator for IMsL.
Rita Seagrave
Rita Seagrave has worked as a professional dominatrix, adult toy salesgirl, Lusty Lady stripper, sex advice columnist, and college instructor. Born in New Jersey in 1973, raised in San Francisco, and educated in Massachusetts, Rita found her true home in the Ohio kink community. She's given presentations and workshops across the country at Black Rose, Ohio Leather Fest, the Smitten Kitten, Dark Odyssey, Leather Leadership Conference, TES, Floating World, COPE, and many others. Rita is a deaf poly switch who enjoys playing with couples, groups, and individuals of all sizes, genders, and sexual orientations. Find Rita online at kinkmogul.com.
Sarah Sloane
Sarah Sloane is a queer polyamorous sadomasochist from the Washington DC metro area. She is a BDSM / Polyamory / Sexuality educator who has been presenting for organizations and events all along the eastern half of the USA and into Canada for the past eight years; this is her second time teaching at TES Fest and she's thrilled be back! For more info, you can check out her website at sarahsloane.net.
Sharrin Spector
Sharrin Spector has been active in the BDSM community for a while now. She loves all kinds of sharp and stingy things. When not Piercing , Branding or Cutting, she lives with her peeps Monica and Cru in Oakland, California.
Slave 705-468-560
Slave 705-468-560 has been interested in captivity and control for more than 40 years. His junior high shop project was a pair of high-security handcuffs. He was sentenced to an indefinite term of slavery for committing serious damage to the scene community in 2002 and was sold to his current owner in 2006. She keeps him in various forms of constant physical and mental restraint. He is a member of TES, Delta, Central NJ and Philadelphia MAsT and often torments virgins at ACDS with his singing.
Soulhuntre
House patriarch, Daddy to two great girls, tech God, Entrepreneur, founding member of The Estate, producer of Power in Practice, Trainer, Sensei and aspiring guru to millions... the list of how cool I am goes on and on but modesty prevents me from continuing. I have a fondness for very dangerous toys and pretty victims. To satisfy your curiosity, feel free to bounce over to http://www.soulhuntre.com.
Susan Wright
Susan Wright founded the National Coalition for Sexual Freedom in 1997, and currently serves as spokesperson. An activist in the BDSM community since 1992, Susan directed the SM Policy Reform Project for the National Organization for Women which resulted in rescinding their anti-SM policy in 1999. Susan also coordinated the SM vs. Abuse policy statement created through LLC. Susan has published over 25 books, and her latest fantasy novels are To Serve and Submit and A Pound of Flesh. www.susanwright.info.
Sue
Sue (aka. Redheaded Sue) has been a member of TES since 2002. She has served on the TES Operations Committee and on the staff of the last two TES Fest events, and has presented her class on bondage bottoming and co-presented a class on gags for TES. She is thrilled to be presenting for the first time at TES Fest.
Tatsumi
Tatsumi, aka Goddess Tatsumi or Soulhuntre’s tatsumi, loves labels. She considers herself a collared, onmisexual, polyamourous, greedy bottom, service top and hedonistic switch. Her wide scene experience includes being a member of House Soulhuntre and an independent professional domina. Currently a member of the TES board of directors, Tatsumi enjoys being an educator and volunteer for a number of BDSM organizations. She has a particular fetish for sticking sharp, shiny things into soft, supple flesh and for playing with all things taboo. Outside of the scene, Tatsumi loves her 2 dogs, 3 cats and iced non-fat vanilla lattes from Starbucks.
tomo
tomo is a butch leatherdyke who identifies as a lifestyle submissive with a deep passion for devoted service and surrender. He values and enjoys passing on knowledge and has presented for the Lesbian Sex Mafia, South Plains Leatherfest, Shibaricon, Leather Retreat, International Ms Leather, and Black Rose. tomo is a martial arts instructor with over twenty years of teaching experience and often presents classes that incorporate martial arts techniques with a BDSM application to produce pain and control without injury. He is the ImsL Operations Producer, a founding member of the Dyke Uniform Corps, and member of TES and LSM.
Whipmaster Bob
Whipmaster Bob Clark has been involved in M/s relationships for more than twenty years now. An experienced SM edge player, he earned the nickname Whipmaster through his prowess with singletails. He believes in honor and integrity in his relationships, and enjoys an eclectic poly household of devoted family members/pigs. His SM tastes run the gamut though his favorites are singletails, heavy body percussion, interrogation scenes, and anything that gets his adrenalin going. He has taught throughout the country at events such as Great Lakes Leather, Tribal Fire, Folsom Fringe and more. His favorite word is either "Practice" or "More!"