Next trip Mr. Texas Leather

I am looking forward to finally setting foot in Dallas Texas to attend Mr. Texas Leather 2010. I will leave Maine on Thursday morning January 28th and stay in Texas until Monday afternoon February 1st. It will be my first time in Texas.Leather hugz to all

International sisters and brothers with Matt Bramford Mr. MAL 2010 Congratulations Matt
Me with International Ms. BB, Pony, International Deaf Leather Boy, Boy Taz, International Ms. Leather Lamalani and International Mr. Leather Jeffrey.

Mid Atlantic Leather 2010

I finally attended Mid Atlantic Leather (MAL) I can tell you all it was a blast and I definitely will go again. It was great to see my IDL sisters and brothers and also my Sash sisters an brothers. It was great to see so many others as well.
My partner Court and I both arrived in DC on Thursday night and Boy Brad IDLboy 2006 picked us up. We stayed with Boy Brad and Sir Y IMDL2008. Thanks Sir Y and Boy Brad for such wonderful hospitality. IDL BOy Taz arrived on Friday and it was great to see him again.
Friday afternoon we went to register and were thrilled to run into several people that I have not seen for a while. Friday night some of us went to the Green Lantern to attend the fund raiser for CLAW. It was a great night and my partner sure enjoyed winning 3 prizes.
Saturday afternoon I attended IDL meeting and then after that went to Green Lantern for IDL fund raiser. IDL Boy Taz and I went around selilng 50/50 tickets for our travel fund. IDL also sold draft beer and shots. Thanks to the Green Lantern for allowing us to have our fund raiser there.
After that I attended leather cocktails. I got to spend some time with Mr. Boston Leather and several others. It was great to see the parade of colors. It was also great to see my sash brother Jeffrey, Sash Sisters Lamalani, Pony, ILB Boy Brad. There were also so many others that I was happy to see and hope to spend more time with in the future.
Sunday afternoon we went to the 930 club to attend the contest. It was a great contest and CONGRATULATIONS TO Matt Bramford our Mr. MAL 2010. All of the contestants were great and they all seemed to have a great time.
After the contest we attended the reaction dance that night. It was fun. It was nice to spend some time with my IDL sisters and brothers as well as many others.
I finally visited Gallaudet but did not get to go inside the buildings yet. We saw the museums but did not get to go inside yet. I am definitely going back and going to plan to do more sight seeing.

Updated Bio

Hi all
Just wanted to let you know that I have updated my bio a little. Feel free to email me at imrdl2009@aol.com if there are things you would like to know about me or that you feel would be helpful to add to bio. I really hope you all enjoy my blogs and all. HAPPY 2010. Leather Hugz

looking forward to MAL and Mr. Texas Leather

I am looking forward to attending Mid Atlantic Leather, January 14-18th, . It will be my first time and my first event of 2010. After that it will be Mr. Texas leather, January 28th- February 1st. I look forward to seeing and hugging everyone. Leather Hugz

Here I am doing the 50/50 raffle drawing. On the last night I was surprised that I drew my own number. Of course it only felt right to donate it back. I ended up donating $217.00.. It was a blast.

This is me having fun interacting with the audience at the Maine Gay Men's chorus prior to drawing the 50/50 raffle. It was a lot of fun.

This is me performing with the Maine Gay Men's Chorus at their Christmas concert in December 2009.

Happy 2010 and reflections on 2009

Hi All
Sorry I haven't updated this blog for a while. It has been a great year for me in 2009. I had the opportunity to meet many great people. It is hard to believe that I am half way through my title year.
Since becoming international Mr. Deaf Leather 2009, I have attended several events and try to post a blog on all of the events that I attend. I feel fortunate to represent IDL and look forward to continuing to do so.
A couple of events that I have attended here at home during November and December are a drag/king contest at the University of Southern Maine. It was a fundraiser for GLBTQ youth. I felt honored to announced as IMDL2009 and asked to draw the 50/50 raffle ticket.
The second event was being at Maine Gay Men's Chorus which I volunteer as a signing performer. I was asked to wear my leather during the show and also during intermission wore my sash and was asked to draw the 50/50 raffle each night for 3 nights.
Another fun event was attending Harbor Masters of Maine Christmas party. We had fun with the Yankee swap. I was lucky to draw number one. After that it was off to Blackstone's our home bar for a PJ party and Toys for tots night.
I hope that 2010 brings great things to everyone and I look forward to 6 more months of events and all.Leather Hugz