By Teeebone
With the success of Paradise over the years, the CSPC decided to do something extra special for its 10-year anniversary in 2011. By that time, it had expanded from a long holiday weekend to almost a week, Tuesday to Sunday, August 9th to the 14th! Here is a passage from the event program:
Unity Ceremony, Paradise 2011 - Festival!
Tuesday, August 9th, 7:00 pm
Let the drum draw you into the circle of stones, to the circle of friends and family at Paradise.
A Community Color Guard will open our Unity Ceremony this year. We hope all will attend and stand to honor the many varied communities who attend Paradise.
Announcements will be shared with the circle.
Hedonist, Holy, and Spiritual Benediction.
Acknowledgement of people who have made Paradise possible over the years.
Lighting of the Unity Flame.
Thank you to Allena.
Closing of the Unity Ceremony led by the Color Guard.
Color Guard escort to the stage for a spinning presentation to kick off Pride Rally!
A pretty cool way to start things out, huh? But wait, there’s more! That year they had 36 different presenters offering classes and discussions on many of the various things we at the CSPC know and love: Basic Flogging, Sensual Caning, Erotic Hypnosis, How to Do a Striptease, How to Whip like a Pro, Yoga in the Dungeon, and so many others.
In the evenings, there was entertainment (and some fire play!). On Friday night there was a live music concert featuring Mindvice, followed by a talent show “ghosted” by Morgue Ann, and then the evening concluded with an outdoor movie. Saturday night featured W.E.L.T., a whip performance troupe, and after that there was an erotic vaudeville show.
Paradise also had a group of dedicated vendors who set up shop to sell their wares to those who were looking to purchase new toys to play with later. Some vendors were active sponsors of the event like Moonsong Chainmail, Wild at Heart, and Golem Copy Center while other sponsors were sex-positive organizations like the Seattle Girls of Leather, Leather Reign, and the Seattle Men In Leather.
Everyone who attended received a Paradise 2011 commemorative pin with the event logo on it, the perfect souvenir for a one-of-a-kind experience. It was nothing short of epic because all told, it took the work of 90+ volunteers to make it happen. And coming up this August 15th, we’ve got The Frolic! Tickets are on sale now, so get them while you can! Come join us in this gathering of kinksters to go camping, have fun, and live our best lives.