Southern Sole
Bootblack Weekend
THE CREW
Instructors & Support Staff
Dale -Producer, Instructor
Southeast Community Bootblack 2012 & 1213
Dale is a femme lesbian and leathergirl originally from New Orleans and now calls Atlanta her home. Bootblacking and leathercare are her passion, and she shines regularly at the Atlanta Eagle as a bootblack for the Panthers LLC. Dale is a full member of the Panthers LLC where she is currently Sargeant At Arms. She is also a member of the Bootblack Brigade and MAsT Athens as well as an associate member of the Tennessee Leather Tribe, Conductors LLC, Chicago Leather Club, Lords of Leather, and Women in Leather International.
Dale has worked in the field of HIV since the 1980s first as a volunteer, then as a professional social worker and now as a research nurse.
Elegant -Producer, Instructor
Southeast Bootblack 2005
Elegant began her leather journey in Dallas, Texas in 1997 and has been an active part of the Atlanta community since moving in 2001. She is slave to Master Archer, mother, leather crafter, bootblack, and co-owner of Fantasies In Leather and TLC Leather Care. Elegant is a member of NLA-I, Marketing Director for Southwest Leather Conference, past Publicity & Marketing Chair for SouthEast LeatherFest, Founding Member of the Bootblack Brigade, co-producer of Southern Sole Bootblack Weekend, and creator/co-Producer of Twisted Toyland Atlanta. Elegant had the honor of being selected as Southeast Bootblack 2005 at Together In Leather and 1st Runner-Up at International Community Bootblack 2005. She is Mama’s Elegant Bootblack and considers bootblacking and leathercare to be services of love and art forms in which to express herself.
Nick Elliott - Instructor
International Mr Bootblack 2012.
After Nick Elliott left the US Military in 2004, he spent his formative leather years in Houston, Texas, developing his bootblacking style. He spent three years on the Board of The Erotic Rose Society (EROS), a long standing pansexual group, and was an active member of National Leather Association (NLA)-Houston. Nick currently lives in Portland, OR with his lovely wife, and has a boyfriend in Edinburgh, whom he sees when he can. Nick is one of the founding members of the PDX (Portland) bootblacks and is a current Portland Leather Alliance (PLA) member. He is proudly the Oregon State Bootblack 2011, and International Mr. Bootblack 2012. He has done boots all over the country at different events and bars, and helped raise over $7,000 for many various charities. He believes by taking care of your leather, he's taking care of you.
Chris - Instructor
Southeast Community Bootblack 2009
Chris is a native Floridian who has had an affinity for leather for as long as she can remember but only came out into the public scene in 2005. It was then she feels her real leather journey began. Her owner, Miss Rae, guided her to learn bootblacking and she quickly realized the spiritual and emotional side of this craft. This journey led her to be honored with winning the title of SouthEast Community Bootblack 2009.
Chris enjoys teaching others the art of bootblacking and, more importantly, the heart of bootblacking. She is currently on the committee and Board of Directors for the Ft. Lauderdale Leather Pride Weekend and is the Director of the International Power Exchange contest at Beyond Leather.
Alli - Instructor
The Playboy Bootblack
Alli has been in the BDSM lifestyle since 2007. She believes in and follows Leather traditions which became a precursor to her love of bootblacking and leather care. She began her bootblacking journey in December 2007 and only in recent years set out on the public aspect of her journey. Her favorite things include getting her hands dirty while she teaches and shares knowledge with anyone desiring that knowledge, rekindling passions for the magic of bootblacking, and helping others realize the power they have in their hands to not only heal and preserve leather, but to create amazing energy. Some of her leather care talents include taking care of exotic skins, dye or ink detail/repair, micro-repairs, and the always popular erotic boot worship. Her Master, Craig, seems to always request the erotic boot worship.
Michael - Instructor
Born in 1958, Michael has always identified as a gay male. His leather journey began in Las Vegas and he moved to Atlanta in 2006. Michael holds dear the values of the leather lifestyle: Honor, respect, integrity and transparency. He apprenticed under Elegant as a bootblack, has giving training to others at local and regional Boot Camps, and competed for Southeast Bootblack at Beyond Leather in 2009.He was one of the founders of the MAsT Atlanta group for gay men and was a producer of Submissive Journey Weekend. In 2010 he was awarded the Bob Harris Service Award, an annual recognition for people who labor tirelessly behind the scenes, with grace and humor, and without complaint, who view service as something that is provided out of love and which serves as both a reward and an incentive.
Tidbit - Instructor
North Carolina Bootblack 2012
tidbit began exploring the lifestyle at "around" age 18 and it now makes up the vast majority of who she is. She started out as pretty much a kinkster and play slut but has since found her home in Leather, with a firm respect for the morals, ethics, and integrity that this path has brought to her life. Formerly active in MAsT-Winston Salem, Gnosis, and a board member of TALON, tidbit is currently a patch member and Vice President of Tarheel Leather Club, where she serves as an in-house bootblack She is also active in MAsT-Greensboro, and a leader of the Twin City Kinksters. While constantly on the prowl for more to learn, she also strives to make herself available to teach anyone willing to listen.
Blast - Instructor
Blast is a player of the opportunistic, service-heavy, switch persuasion. She’s known for impromptu play and the use of hands, boots, cigars, and teeth to create a lasting emotional and physical impact with her play partners. Piercing, fisting, fucking, kissing and boot down scenes are among her favorite ways to play. Blast served as an officer and member of many Leather organizations over 8 years living her leather. She's recently refocused attention and is developing new opportunities for both bootblacks and play.
Blast would like to remind you all to listen for your Drummer and never regret marching to the beat of which you hear. Quit chasing the “rules and traditions” of yesteryear and the Old Guard that never existed and instead chase what feels good, for sex is what defines us. She currently resides in Florida at the Bootblack Vacation Home with her fiancé, Brit, and their super sexy collared houseboy Adam.
Brit - Instructor
Southeast Community Bootblack 2014
Brit is a sassy leather girl and bootblack that was born and raised in South Florida. She entered the real time BDSM community in 2009 and began her leather journey under the loving guidance of her late Daddy, Nefarious in 2011. She completed her bootblack apprenticeship in March 2013 and now blacks on a regular basis at various events around the Southeast region. Brit is a full member of the Bootblack Brigade and also serves as the current Southeast Community Bootblack 2014. She most enjoys sharing her passion for leather care, bootblacking, and her connection through leather to everyone, not just to those who identify as bootblacks.
Sonya - Hospitality Coordinator, On-Site Administrative Director, Producer, Dale & Elegant's Calming Force
Sonya is a Georgia transplant who moved from San Diego in 2008…. so the South can still be a culture shock to her. She is a multi-racial and multi-cultural slave owned by the Family Thunder. She is a masochist who tends to sing while being beaten and a bit of a romantic slave with a strong tendency towards being a smarty pants. Sonya holds people to high expectations, respectfulness being at the top of the list. Honesty, honor, and tolerance are subheadings under that. She has been growing in Leather through the guidance of her Master, her friends all along the dynamic chain, and the examples set by those around her. While personal service is not Sonya's passion (She does it for Master and for him alone), she does enjoy community service. She prefers to be behind the scenes and is extremely active with Southern Sole, MAsT-Atlanta, and Twisted Toyland Atlanta.