May 5 - May 7
2006

Karen "Ultra" Crecelius

Karen Ultra Crecelius has officially lost count of how many people she's addressed.

As first runner up to Ms World Leather 2004 she has traveled extensively with her boy Michael; talking incessantly to anyone and everyone about the HIV Vaccine Clinical Trials. They estimate they talked to almost half the attendees of Folsom 2004 (one on one; not from a stage). They've traveled coast to coast; and attended many events and runs; presenting at some, speaking at others, and recruiting for the vaccine trials at ALL of them.

Karen; like many of the "Middle Aged Guard" (Thanks to Laura Antoniou) found her way to BDSM through the internet. She knew she belonged in the Leather Universe; had known it since early adolescence, getting off on making her boyfriends beg. Lucky for her the people she met early on were real live participants and practitioners; and soon she went out in search of the real live community.

She has been a member of St. Louis Leather and Lace; a board member of the same, co- chair of Beat Me in St. Louis, as well as Spanksgiving, co-chair of both Fetish Balls held in St. Louis; a member of PEP St. Louis and FLOG St. Louis. She is a founding member of NLA-I Philadelphia, an Associate Member of The Men of Onyx as well as a member of Mama's Family. She received the Pantheon of Leather President's Choice Award in February of 06.

She has presented at both Fetish Balls; several Beat Me's, a few Spanksgivings, numerous PEP meetings, Beyond Vanilla, Rio Grande Leather; Spring Pandemonium, Kansas City Leather University/ Heart of America, IMsL, Dixie Belle, GLLA, Creating Change, Day of Demo and Debauchery in Las Vegas, and at Tribal Fire and Judged at Great Plains Olympus, Mr. Cleveland Leather, Rio Grande Leather and SouthEast Leatherfest, ICBB 06, Southwest Bootblack 07 and Mr. Missouri Leather 07 and is Head Judge Emeritus for Mr. Ohio Leather.

She MC'd Rio Grande Leather in ABQ, Ms World Leather in Las Vegas 05, Great Plains Olympus '06, Dixie Belle '05 , '06 and '07 and got rave reviews MCing at MLT in Toronto in 07. They even invited her to return.

The loves of her life are her partner, boy and spouse Michael; The Best Boy in the Whole Wide World, and her daughter "The MicroDomme". She heads a Leather Family founded on the traditions of Honor and Service; Responsibility and Duty.

Bio current as of Sunday, February 24, 2008

2008 Presentations:

Care and Feeding of the Submissive - With Michael Crecelius
Care and Feeding is a Holistic "Whole Person" approach to What It Is We Do; that stems from a perspective of responsibility rather than one of entitlement. Topics we touch on are pragmatism in conjunction with a 24/7 D/s life (as opposed to a life STYLE); integration of Leather into the "real world"; the importance of negotiation and communication, and the occasional bursts of heresy. This class started out as a 100 level class, and has evolved into a "graduate seminar" on relationship dynamics and communication. Come with questions. We'll find the answers together. If you've attended this class previously, IT'S NOT THE SAME CLASS. It keeps evolving, growing as we do in our relationships.

Fantasy to Reality - with Michael Crecelius
How do I go safely and sanely from typing about what it is we do to really ACTUALLY doing it. Everybody takes the first "left" into the community; and it's almost never the right turn. Find out how to tell if it really IS too good to be true. Everyone has encountered an idealized version of what it is we do......... here s a good way to begin to tell the difference. We'll swap war stories; how to do your homework to ensure you know what you are looking for, so you do not get bogged down in what you do not.

2005 Presentations:

Care and Feeding Responsibilities of a Dominant -
Not necessarily a " how to " class. more a sharing of the perspective that works well for us, which we find rather uncommon in BDSM/ DS/ Ms relationships we have observed. It covers Power Exchange vs. Power Theft; and if a Holistic "whole person " approach to what it is we do.

Reality -vs- Fantasy - with
This is not the Internet. Typing THWACK won't hurt your arm, and it's a great deal easier to kneel for hours *virtually* than it is to do out in the world. Doing What it is We Do is MUCH more difficult when you're talking as opposed to typing; and the real world will give you MUCH different repetitive motion injuries The genesis of this seminar started over cigars at an event only dimly remembered. Lori and Karen have a rather unique perspective on Fantasy Vs Reality; come find out what it is.