October 15 & 16th                      NJ Leather Weekend

Doors at 8:00PM / Show at 9:30PM                                                         Asbury Lanes

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2010

Meet & Greet/Uniform/Gear Party - Paradise, 8:00 pm - Midnight, sponsored by Scruff.  Come out in your best uniform/gear/camouflage attire and meet the judges and contestants for the Mr. & Ms NJ Leather 2011 Contest!

Bootblacking & leather care by members of The Bootblack Brigade available throughout the event.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2010

Meeting for kinky folk & friends in recovery - 9:00 am

Sash Widow's Luncheon - Tabú, 12 noon - 2:00 pm, featuring a special lunch menu and a silent auction to benefit the NJ Leather Titleholders Travel Fund

Poolside Cigar Party - Paradise, 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm, hosted by Jersey boys of Leather (weather permitting).

Leather/kink vendors will be on hand at Paradise/The Empress throughout the day.

Mr. & Ms NJ Leather 2011 Contest - Paradise, Doors open at 6:30, featuring comedy entertainment by Dick & Duane. Contest will be ASL interpreted for the hearing impaired.

Bootblacking and leather care by members of The Bootblack Brigade available throughout the event.

Come out and dance at "DAMNED" the official after party featuring DJ Jack Reina, which begins at 10:00 pm in the Main Room at Paradise.


SUNDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2010

Wind down at the Mr. & Ms NJ Leather 2011 Victory Brunch at Tabú, 12 noon - 2:00 pm
 

In October, 1981, Egyptian president Anwar Sadat was assassinated and heavy metal band Metallica formed in Los Angeles. Meanwhile, in New Jersey, teenagers Richie Cohen and Duane Tragis met, fell in love, got married with rings from a gumball machine and began a lifelong partnership based on love, friendship and comedy.  They first used the name "Dick and Duane" (a play on the children's book "Dick and Jane") in 1986, when they made their stage debut doing a 1960s-style, faux-lounge act at Chippendale's in NYC. 

Dick and Duane then became part of NYC's downtown club scene, alongside such performers as Lypsinka and Joey Arias. Their most popular number was "Pepper's Got a Brand New Bag," a parody of James Brown's "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag," about "Police Woman" Sgt. Pepper Anderson's gun-toting purse. Eventually, they toured Japan and appeared in commercials and music videos for Japanese pop singers.

Returning to NYC, Richie turned to stand-up comedy as a solo, while Duane pursued an acting career. But, although they were both quite busy with club work, plays and indie films through the late 90s, they missed being together on stage.  So, Dick and Duane reformed professionally (personally, they'd never been apart) and established themselves in the performance art and alternative comedy world of NYC's Lower East Side.   It was there that Dick and Duane honed their brand of comedy: part traditional burlesque (parodying the classics), part old-school stand-up comedy team, part 1970s variety show.  They also developed what they call "verbal drag" (dressing as men but using the female voice) and were hired as performers/writers for the long-running USA network show "Up All Night." 

Now known as the world's only husband & husband comedy team, Dick and Duane are currently developing a "Greatest Skits" theatrical show, as well as their own reality TV series.

Facebook fan page: http://www.facebook.com/dickandduane
Our official website: http://www.dicknduane.com

DRAGONSLAIR Productions is a community-driven production company bringing you contests, fundraising events, and more to enhance the lifestyle we work for and deserve.

DRAGONSLAIR is another success in the partnership of Sal Susino & Dion Daly, life partners for over 25 years. The two have been instrumental in community organizing and fundraising since the mid 1980s, when they organized the first AIDS fundraiser in Asbury Park at The Odyssey.

Over the years Daly & Susino have been involved with and co-founded several gay, HIV, and leather organizations including the first NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt chapter in NJ, and The Promethean Guard.

Together with their boy tom harrison of over a decade, they produce the Mr. & Ms NJ Leather Contests and the annual Foreplay block party, as well as a number of other events throughout the year. During the duration of their New Jersey Leather efforts, thousands of dollars have been raised for a diverse multitude of local and national charities.