The Fetish School event by LAC takes place @ the
Sheraton on Saturday, May 29.
Lifestyle Alternatives Centre
The founder of the Lifestyle Alternatives
Centre of Palm Beach (LAC), Domina DeManda, is honored
to have been asked to organize and produce this year's Fetish School.
She, along with some of the LAC members and guests who are known
and wonderful educators in various fetishes and alternative lifestyle
practices are thrilled to be presenting 8 great workshops and making
them kinky reality for the attendees of Fetish Factory's 15th Anniversary
Weekend.
Click here to learn more
about Fetish Factory's kinky education courses or view the course
schedule now.
Visit LAC's official website here.
LAC Organizers
Saturday will feature the LAC Fetish School Presentations/Demonstrations
and Fetish Festival Interactive Sinsation Stations.
This event has been organized by our friends at LAC:
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Founder and Owner/Director
of the Lifestyle Alternatives Centre of Palm Beach has been
a long-time alternative lifestyle educator, fetish model
and dominant/top switch. She is also co-founder of the Photo
Artisans Guild, Fetish Fires Fotography, House of Shaman
and BDSM-Village.
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My journey is constantly evolving, as they
usually do. For almost two years I have had the priviledge
of being the owned and collared slave pet of Domina
Demanda. My experience thus far, anything I know about
the lifestyle, anyone I know in the lifestyle, and my new
passions that my eyes have been opened to and I find my fullfillment
in is all because of her and her gift of loving and nuturing.
It has been an honor being hers, and I will always carry
it with me. I also owe part of who I am to Her Master Shaman,
for his constant example and words of wisdom. I am honored
to be a part of the House of Shaman.
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Why LAC?
LAC is a privately structured and operated as a
members-only, not-for-profit educational and social organization
that is based in Palm Beach County and solely committed to benefit
its Members, Visiting Guests, Sponsors and those Alternative Lifestyle
Communities who fund its operations. LAC is dedicated to its mission
to provide those benefits in the form of resources that are thoughtful,
risk-aware, consensual, and non-exploitative in any and all forms,
including:
- Information on alternative
performance arts, art, culture, life and living
- Support-related
resources and solutions
- Exposure through demonstrations
and performances
- Education options that are
focused on styles, practices, techniques, and modalities
- Experience
in a location where guided practice and hands-on practical applications
can better hone skills in a manner that is conducive to putting
alternative lifestyle performance arts, arts and culture to living
form as safely as possible
- Socializing at our facility
and functions that will provide opportunities to interact and
network with others who have similar interests
- Opportunities
to promote or be exposed to a variety of alternative performance
arts, arts, culture, life and living supportive businesses that
may benefit our LAC Members through special programs, discounts
or offerings.
How long has LAC been around?
Its origins date back to 1998 when the original
Founder of BDSM-Village, Domina DeManda, along with her husband,
Daddy Jeff (AKA Shaman), relocated to Southeast Florida and began
investigating community needs. In 2001, the couple's efforts helped
them to identify that there was a definite need for diverse support
resources, educational options, applied practice venues and social/cultural
interaction environments for those interested in the alternative
arts, culture, life and living, including styles, practices, techniques
and modalities that also translated well for film, photography, set
design, costuming, roleplay, and performance arts.
The original model for LAC was developed in August
2004 and evolved from the original mission of BDSM-Village with a
primary objection for the new LAC model being to create resources,
options, venues and environments that would fill a diverse void in
various alternative lifestyle communities that embraced fetishes.
Unfortunately, the launch of the LAC model was delayed for two years
due to several active hurricane seasons which culminated with Hurricane
Wilma destroying the original facility for LAC. In June 2006, the
search began for just the right facility and in July 2006, a new
facility was secured a facility which enabled a full launch the LAC
model, with it's re-grand opening held in September 2006, followed
by the launch of PAG.
Committed to Your Health & Benefit
LAC is non-smoking, no drugs, no alcohol facility
located in a secured and gated complex that is safe, well-lit and
located in a city that is supportive of its mission.
There's one steadfast rule at LAC:
All Members participating in any and all alternative
performance arts, arts, cultural, lifestyle and living activities
at any LAC functions or its facility must always be thoughtful, risk-aware,
consensual, and non-exploitative to others in any and all forms.
We hope this rule translates beyond the scope of the LAC facility
and functions to our Members' lives beyond. In other words, live
life fully and enjoy as much as possible in doing so, but live consciously
and conscientiously with care for others and their well-being, as
well as your own.
Who are the Members of LAC?
There is a great group of people who make up the
Membership of our pansexual organization. LAC Members are people
of all genders, all sexual preferences (straight/gay/bisexual/trans)
and all role orientations who are 20 years of age or older. Our Members
range from inexperienced newcomers, who may be just beginning their
research and experience, to seasoned veterans with many years of
knowledge and experience in alternative performance arts, arts, culture,
life and living.
Photo Artisans Guild
Becoming a LAC Member supports LAC remaining open
and also gives you an optional membership in the Photo Artisans Guild
(PAG), which will provide LAC Members who are into fine art photography,
performance art, acting, modeling, make-up artistry, costuming and
corsetry with an awesome opportunity to practice and hone their wonderful
skills, whether amateur or professional. Please contact the Director
of LAC for more details.
Sounds good, so how do I join LAC?
You must be at least 19+ years old and provide proof
of age and identity using a state or federally issued photo identification
and be current with your monthly membership dues. For more details
on joining this great organization, please visit the LAC website
at http://www.lifestylealternatives.org.
LAC and PAG Founders
At the prompting (and gentle nudging) of their beloved
sister and leather lifestyle elder, Viola Johnson, as well as others
who this couple looks to as Mentors and Leaders in the various alternative
lifestyle communities to get out and "share opportunity for
knowledge and education with others", Domina DeManda and Daddy
Jeff (AKA Shaman) launched their lifestyle household, House of Shaman,
in January of 2004, BDSM-Village in July of 1997, LAC in August of
2004 and again in September of 2006 at its new facility and PAG in
September of 2006. See their bios on our Who's
Who or Education pages.
Links
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