God only nose what I did, or what WE did, but after the strong-willed "Mistress's" presentation on sensation play we were pointedly ignored.
The post-presentation play party began without any announcement. One couple took up a position on a massage table where she straddled him and manually worked him up until she could insert a steel "catheter."
Two large women donned skimpy black leather outfits that looked like they'd come, several decades earlier, from a Halloween costume store. They put some "blues" on a cd player and tied a short-haired (on her head) female to a cross. One proceeded to flog her bottom while the other did something on the other side in the vicinity of her crotch.
Some left right away. Others, mostly old guys, sat around and watched. We did our best to give 'em the benefit of the doubt but gave up after about 10 minutes; it was so lack-lustre you'd have thought you were at a dog show.
The next night the wax & fire play demo was cancelled due to health issues and replaced with a rope fundamentals demo. As with the sensation presentation, a generator ran noisily outside the tent making it almost impossible to hear the presenter. This time we lasted about twenty minutes.
Both days when I gave money -- suggested donation was $5 or $10 per day, I gave ten for each of us -- there was no hint of gratitude.
It's a couple who organized it and this was their last year. He's 76 and has done all the cooking for the free evening feeds; after ten years (or more) they've had enough. Thank god.
