MR L.A. LEATHER 2000 - IML Qualifying Event

Saturday, March 18th, 2000
El Rey Theatre
5515 Wilshire Boulevard

Doors open 7:30 PM - Contest 8PM-10PM
Entry $20 in advance, and $25 at the door

Master of Ceremonies: Tony Mills, Mr. IML 1998

VICTORY PARTY 10PM-2AM with DJ Rick Mitchell

Ticket Agents:

Hardwear: 8350 Santa Monica Boulevard #103, 33-650-9562
662: 8722 Santa Monica Boulevard, 310-854-7276
Crypt: 1712 East Broadway, 562-983-6560
Syren: 7225 Beverly Boulevard, 323-936-6693

For more info:

323-644-1811
http://www.la-leather.com

Member organizations of LALC (Los Angeles Leather Coalition) are:

Avatar Club L.A.
B&B Corps
Bears L.A.
Corps of Rangers
LA RAWW
LOBOC MC
Oedipus MC
Regiment of the Black and Tans
Satyrs MC
Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence
Trident L.A.

I was honored to be asked to photograph the contest for the event organizers, and I took 400 megabytes(!) of digital photos. I've been asked NOT to post 'em publicly anywhere, and I'm honoring that request. However, I am tempted to organize a nice "slide-show" viewing party at my house if anybody is interested.

The contest itself was awesome - ten contestants, with a HUGE crowd attending the event. This one looks as popular as anybody would want, so if you are a man who likes to cruise a bunch of friendly, hot leathermen from other cities, this would be the event to attend next year, for sure.

I really got the sense that the contest itself was perfectly planned and executed, at least from my idealistic standpoint - The judges seemed very fair, the contestants got a lot of exposure (in several ways) and the contest was reasonably short in length.

I will definitely be attending next year's contest, and I suggest that you do, too. I'll keep everybody posted about group travel plans.