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Northwest Leather Celebration is a gathering place for all the leather tribes!

   NWLC offers a full weekend of education, fellowship and fun.

This year 2012 will mark the FIFTH ANNIVERSARY for NWLC and the seventh year for the Northwest regional Master/slave contest. 

Northwest Leather Celebration is proud to serve as the host event  for the Northwest regional Master/slave contest!

In addition to the Northwest regional Master/slave contest, NWLC also offers workshops on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. 

Our educational focus is on building healthy relationships and communities.
 

Social opportunities abound at NWLC.

Check out our Fetlife Group and Fetlife Event Page: http://fetlife.com/events/55278

After Friday's workshops, enjoy an onsite Meet & Greet and the Exiles' famous "Champagne  & Chocolate" evening social. 

On Saturday and Sunday you can shop in our air-conditioned vendor fair, relax in our Bootblack Salon, attend more workshops and witness the NWM/s contestant interviews.

Saturday evening be entertained at the NWM/s contest show, followed by the Society of Janus' "Port & Decadence" social.

On Sunday join us for a keynote banquet, more workshops, more vending and the annual regional open MAsT meeting.

Everyone is welcome because NWLC is a gathering place for all  the leather tribes; join us!

NEW FEATURE at NWLC!

~ The Chamber ~

 sponsored by EduKink    (www.edukink.org) 

Join us on Friday for the opening ritual of The Chamber, a brand new feature at Northwest Leather Celebration's Fifth Anniversary event!

NWLC and EduKink are proud to present The Chamber as your special space set aside from the bustling activity of the weekend. The Chamber offers the opportunity for quiet contemplation/meditation and for personal/relationship rituals and ceremonies.

After the opening ritual on Friday, the space will be open throughout the weekend during posted hours.

Unique Features of The Chamber:

Leather Heart Labyrinth -

One of the main features of The Chamber is the Leather Heart Labyrinth -- truly the heart of The Chamber -- which will be available as a walking meditation.  The Chamber will also be available for public and private rituals, such as collaring ceremonies, or awarding of earned leathers.

The walking of a labyrinth has been a mystical tradition for spiritual growth and meditation dating back to ancient times, cross-culturally all over the world.  It symbolizes pilgrimages, centering, and harmony in the life journey. The energy of the labyrinth brings harmony and balance.

Unlike mazes, which are designed with branching paths, and often intended to confound and confuse, labyrinths have a single path, providing an unambiguous route to the center and back, and are not designed to be difficult to navigate.  

As you walk the labyrinth, we encourage you to consider your own leather journey, and how it influences your life.  Think also about those others who walk the path with you -- or who have gone before you -- or will follow after.

Stone Cairn - We use stones to mark significant places, to create monuments, and to give guidance to those who follow us on our paths. The Chamber will provide an opportunity for you to create your own stone -- of remembrance, of meditation, or to mark a special intention.  You are then encouraged to carry the stone with you on your labyrinth journey and add it to the cairn of stones created with the intentions of others in the center.

Altar - Another feature of The Chamber will be an altar dedicated to those people who have helped us in our leather journey, and honoring the loved ones in our lives, both living and dead.  We encourage you to bring some symbol of the important relationships in your leather journey to add to the altar.

Ordained Officiant - In keeping with the NWLC theme of "relationships", an ordained officiant will be available by prior arrangement for attendees who wish to celebrate marriage or re-commitment ceremonies at the conference. The officiant will also be available for collaring ceremonies.   For more information or to arrange for these services, please contact EduKink (edukink AT gmail DOT com) prior to the conference.

Featured Entertainment at the Saturday Evening Contest Show

Meet Our 2011 Northwest Master and slave 

Nearly 350 of our brothers and sisters in Leather gathered together on the weekend of May 20 - 22, 2011

at the fourth annual Northwest Leather Celebration event and sixth annual Northwest Master & slave contest.

Two contestant pairs competed for the title of Northwest Master and slave 2011.

The winners are...

Daniel (Bus Driver) and his slave Pink of San Francisco, CA.

Daniel ("Bus Driver") and his slave Pink

Northwest Master & slave 2011

- May 21, 2011 -

For more info about the weekend's festivities, visit:

Please check out the links below!

Full wrap up:

http://www.leatherati.com/leatherati/2011/05/northwest-leather-celebrati...

Leatherati Live:

(Day one) http://www.leatherati.com/leatherati_live/2011/05/day-one-northwest-leat...

(Day two) http://www.leatherati.com/leatherati_live/2011/05/posting-live-from-the-...

(Final results) http://www.leatherati.com/leatherati_live/2011/05/final-results-northwest-leather-celebration-2011.html

Don't miss their titleholder step-down speeches at the Saturday luncheon at NWLC 2012.

Add your luncheon ticket to your NWLC registration package when you register for NWLC 2012.

Last year's step-down lunchon sold out and the 2012 luncheon is sure to sell out, too!