Table of Contents Welcome Letter ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................3 Schedule ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................4 Special Events ..............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................5 Workshops & Daytime Events ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................9 Pacific Coast Power Exchange ..............................................................................................................................................................................................................................20 Presenters ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................22 Places and Spaces ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................31 Playspace Rules ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................32 Guidelines ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................33 Staff ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................34 Featured Photographer ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................35 2 Welcome Letter Welcome to Dark Odyssey: Surrender! It’s once again time to bring our community together for an unforgettable weekend of exploration and celebration at what we hope will be our most incredible DO event ever. First a quick note about our host hotel: It’s not easy to find welcoming spaces for an event like ours, even in San Francisco, and we need to be on our best behavior this weekend. That means KEEP THE PLAY IN THE (AWESOME) PLAYSPACES OR YOUR HOTEL ROOM. There is NO NUDITY OR PLAY in the hotel lobby, bar, restaurant, elevators, hallways, vending area, or any other nominally “public” space. Also: we do NOT flirt, tease, pick-up, flash, or otherwise include the hotel staff in our reindeer games. Surrender is an “adult” event, so we are counting on you to act like adults. You are also duly deputized to police each other and politely remind your fellow attendees to “take it downstairs” if you see someone acting inappropriately. With that out of the way, prepare to immerse yourself in an erotic and exotic world of sensuality, passion, and excitement. We’ve got a week - end packed with fun special events, performances, and contests. All the times and places are listed on the schedules in your packets. Check the easels in the lower lobby for any last minute changes. DO: Surrender features more than fifty educators and performers drawn from across the country and right here in San Francisco. Your days will be packed with workshops on the broadest mix of erotic and kinky topics. Each evening we first entertain you and then let you loose in our 20,000 sq ft of dungeon and Sex-O-Rama playspaces where you are free to explore your “dark” desires. The 7th Floor is home to Vendor Row and our hospitality suite where you can pick up something stunning to wear or evil to play with, or just hang out in the the con suite. We do things a bit differently here at DO, so if you’re new to our events, we STRONGLY encourage you to check out one of the DO Orientation workshops on Friday or Saturday. It’s funny, has great information, only lasts 45 minutes, and there are prizes! At Dark Odyssey, we strive to break down barriers and transcend labels in order to build a broader community that includes kinksters, leatherpeople, swingers, Pagans, sex-workers, Tantra practitioners, pansexuals, queer, genderqueer, and straight people. You’re guaranteed to run into people whose experiences of sex, kink, gender, and sexuality are very different from your own. We ask that you check your assumptions and judgments at the door, and learn about and embrace these differences. We all share a driving need to be here in a safe and inclusive place where we can explore the wonderfully bizarre things that make us unique. Welcome your fellow adventurers, accept them without prejudice, and experience the amazing feeling that envelopes you when you truly become part of the Dark Odyssey family. So Surrender to your desire and have an unforgettable weekend! –Greg and Karri On Behalf of the Whole Dark Odyssey Family 3 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS See separate schedule for additional details and locations FRIDAY 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm I Blew Off Work Mixer 2:30 pm - 6:00 pm Workshops 3:00 pm - 3:45 pm Dark Odyssey Orientation (check Schedule for more times) 4:30 pm - 8:00 pm DO Kickoff Happy Hour 7:15 pm - 8:15 pm Pacific Coast Power Exch. Meet and Greet 7:30 pm - 8:00 pm Opening Ritual 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm Exploratorium: An interactive evening of sensations and new experiences. 8:45 pm - 10:00 pm Intl Little Miss & Mr. Little Meet and Greet 9:30 pm - 11:00 pm Queer Happy Hour 8:00 pm - 3:00 am Playspace Open SATURDAY 9:45 am - 6:00 pm Workshops 11:30 am - 1:00 pm Porno Slam 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm Meet The Presenters 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm Kinky Shark Tank 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm Masturbate-a-Thon: A benefit for the Center for Sex & Culture 5:30 pm - 8:00 pm TNG Meetup 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Int’l Little Miss & Mister Littles Contest 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm Dark Pink Puja 9:30 pm - 11:00 pm Séduction Féroce 8:00 pm - 3:00 am Playspace Open SUNDAY 9:45 am - 6:00 pm Workshops 11:30 am - 1:00 pm Littles’ Nursery with Penny Barber 2:30 pm - 6:00 pm Flesh in Flight w/Capt Gordon 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Pacific Coast Power Exchange Contest 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm Name That Sin Game Show 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm Closing Ritual 8:00 pm - 11:00 pm Bawdy Storytelling 9:00 pm - 11:00 pm Cigar, Boots, & Chocolate Social 9:00 pm - 10:30 pm Pegging Playdate 8:00 pm - 1:00 am Playspace Open Photograph by Chi Lum 4 Photograph by Chi Lum SPECIAL EVENTS Dark Odyssey Orientation A short, sexy & interactive introduction to our one-of-a-kind Dark Odyssey events! Sejay and Cami Lucida will model the amazing things you’ll see throughout your weekend experience with an ask-for-a-date practice game & yummy demonstrations on how DO happens. Safer space, play party etiquette, & tips for maximizing your good time will be covered. Speaking of covered, sejay is one of our resident Safer Sex Experts on site who will answer any question you have about protection. Orientation sessions are only 45 minutes long & happen multiple times throughout the weekend. First-timers get a free gift! FRIDAY 7:15pm-8:15pm 12:30pm-2:00pm Pacific Coast Power Exchange Meet & Greet “I Blew Off Work” Mixer Location: The Bar (Main Floor) Location: The Bar (Main Floor) Come meet this year’s contestants for the Pacific Coast Power Ready to roll but your room isn’t ready yet and the dungeon is still Exchange Contest. Street-legal clothing required, no play allowed. being set up? Come mix and mingle in the hotel bar with other fellow 7:30pm-8:00pm kinksters. Street-legal clothing required, no play allowed. Surrender 2014 Opening Ritual Location: Gold Rush A and B (Lower Level) 4:30pm-8:00pm And so we begin… called together heart, breath, blood & bone. Dark Odyssey Event Kick-Off Happy Hour We are the implements & altars. We are the power that flows. We Location: The Bar (Main Floor) are the guides & the guided. We are the tribe that embraces dark - Surrender has officially begun and what better way to kick off ness. Join us. Let all of who you are be welcomed. Ground in your another great event than with a round at Happy Hour! Join us in purpose. We shall co-create the safe space, sacred intentions & the hotel bar to reunite with your Dark Odyssey friends. Street- spiral path of our weekend journey. Led by the Temple of legal clothing required, no play allowed. Shadows. 5 8:00pm-10:00pm 5:30pm-8:00pm The Exploratorium: A Dark Odyssey Sampler TNG Meet-Up Location: Emerald and Crystal Ballrooms (Main Floor) Location: The Bar (Main Floor) It’s the first night of Surrender and