Olympus Leather

Updates: Covid 2020-2021 Event Announcements

End of the Olympus Leather Contest?

From the desk of Vonn Tramel, Owner Olympus Leather

In May of 2019 Olympus Leather Hosted some fantastic folks in Chicago for Olympus Leather Weekend 2019. Among them was Laura Antoniou who was kind enough to take my money and give a keynote address of her choosing "whether I liked what she had to say or not". Little did she know, that I had been pondering some of the things she had to say.

Why weren't events focusing on artists and authors? Why were events SOOOOO focused on "just contests"? After all, titleholders "should" be doing SOMETHING...What were they actually doing? I'd been having trouble answering that very question for the 6 years I'd been involved with Olympus Leather beyond traveling, teaching (teaching what?), and raising money (for what and did I KNOW the charities were getting their money? and that raised more questions than I had time to ponder).

WELP....2020 gave me A LOT of time to think about whether or not a pageant was the way to continue. December 31, 2020, I made the decision and put out the word to Regional and Local Olympus Leather Producers that we were killing the pageant system as we knew it. I have ideas. Ideas for the way we pick future titleholders, the way we present our events, the way we utilize this family to promote our chosen charities, and the way we choose our charities. The whole thing needed a good scrub and re-work.

In February 2021 a group of individuals comprised of Olympus Leather Former Titleholders, close family members, and Producers sat in on the first committee meeting to hear what I had to say. Some liked it, some are still (as of May) not certain about the changes...I am CERTAIN that we'll come out the other side of this thing better for it.

I'm not ready to spill all the beans just yet, but we have chosen the date for the next event and I hope you'll join us for OLW 2021 Online. This won't be just another Zoom Conference. We'll have curated virtual museum displays and vendors marts where you can autonomously stroll through at your leisure, the Leather Quilt will be on virtual display as well. Performances on the main stage by our community for our community, a special table reading of Laura Antoniou's Killer short "A SPICE Oddity". NO Contest (this year) NO Classes, NO Auction. Chat roulette...and so much more is being planned! And it's all FREE. Registration will be opening soon.

Olympus Leather Weekend, FREE VIRTUAL JULY 24, 2021 Info updated weekly at OlympusLeather.com

Midwest Olympus Leather, Ohio - Next event TBD check midwestolympus.com for updates

Central Canada Olympus Leather, Ottawa, ON Canada - Next event TBD check centralcanadaolympus.com for updates

Great Plains Olympus Leather, Dallas, TX - Next event TBD check greatplainsolympus.com for updates.

Olympus Leather producers have agreed that all events should if not already postponed be monitored closely through September 2021.

Updates about all Olympus Leather events will be at the top of each of their website homepages.

2019 International Olympus Leather Contest Results

Chicago, Il

Leather Archives & Museum

International Olympus leather was held in Chicago Illinois May 3-5 2019. Producer Vonn Tramel is thrilled to announce this year’s winners Rayna kitten International Ms Olympus Leather 2019, Ferris Oxide International Mx Olympus Leather 2019, Randal boy glovez International Mr. Olympus Leather 2019.

Head judge Fred Anderson won the Leather Rhodes Service Award for his continued participation and outstanding community service to Olympus Leather and his home community.

There were many additions and change is to the Olympus Leather Organization at the local, regional, and international levels. West Coast Olympus Leather Producer Anthony Harmon passed the West Coast Producers torch to Rayna kitten and Mina Fatale. Several new local titles were announced including North Carolina, Kansas, Show Me Olympus Leather in Missouri, and Nevada rounding out the additions with Silver State Olympus Leather. Anthony Harmon was then named Contest Producer and Vonn Tramel announced she would be focusing her efforts on the expansion of the organization and administrative efforts to improve Olympus Leather Weekend so that there could be continued space for the group to grow.

The weekend was held in Chicago’s Edgewater neighborhood at the new Hampton Inn North Loyola Station, Uncommon Grounds, and at the LA&M. Karen Ultra Emceed the contest and lit up the stage in a neon orange dress and blonde wig.

Friday Karen Ultra was joined by special Guest Laura Antoniou at the LA&M for a special MST3000 (that’s master and slave three thousand for those of you keeping score) edition of 50 Shades Darker. The crowd participation was fantastic as the sharp tongue and wit of both these women made the thin, impossibly implausible plot bearable, just like both the featured asses in the not-so-blockbuster d-list film.

The date and location of the 2020 Olympus Leather Weekend is yet to be determined.

Vision The Leather community is comprised of an extremely diverse group of people Olympus Leather Titles are a platform for non-biased community visibility.		Mission The Olympus Leather Mr/Ms/Mx International & Regional Titles seek to advance equity in the leather community for all persons.