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Once again the ICON Detroit crew hosted an amazing night at the Eagle. The evening's events included bondage and rope demonstrations as well as a fetish auction. Our fine bootblacks were hard at work taking care of visitors from near and far and members of LIFE Detroit paid a visit as well as Mr. Michigan Leather.  

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DETROIT, MI (09/12/08) – The men of ICON Detroit leather club plan a weekend of leather and fetish fun at venues across the city October 10-12. Events scheduled during the club’s 15th annual run weekend include ICON Unleashed, a hot combination of dance, demos and deviance at Backstreet Nightclub Friday, October 10.

Unleashed–a fetish ball–combines the elements of leather, fetish and kink with a night out of dancing. A previous version, held in January of this year, was by far the largest leather-themed dance event in Detroit since the now-defunct Geared for Life parties. The upcoming Unleashed Friday picks up where that last event left off, and once again features bondage and S&M demos courtesy of Detroit Bondage Club, plus a “hottest gear” contest, door prizes, go-go boys, performances, wide-screen multimedia slideshow, horny guys dancing all night long and more. “We expect a large, diverse crowd from around the Great Lakes area ranging from the experienced to the curious and everyone in between,” says club president Craig Anderson.

The following evening will see the return of the popular gathering of leather/fetish folk at The Detroit Eagle, Sat. Oct. 11. The gathering is a reunion of leather family and friends, featuring a Fetish Family Dinner and Fetish Bash, silent auction, bootblacking, door prizes and surprises, plus appearances by special guests and all three of ICON’s current titleholders—Randall, Mr. Leather Cowboy, James, Mr. Detroit Eagle and Trooper, Great Lakes Bootblack.

ALL cover proceeds benefit local and state charities: The Ruth Ellis Center, providing shelter and services to homeless and at-risk LGBT youth in Detroit; Triangle Foundation, one of America’s leading LGBT advocacy organizations; and AIDS Partnership Michigan, providing HIV education, prevention and support services.

Please visit www.icondetroit.net to order Family Dinner tickets or for events information.

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Our own Trooper (the bootblack you've also come to know on staff here at the Eagle as "Rich") competed in the Great Lakes Leather Alliance weekend of contests in Indianapolis, in the bootblack category August 22-24.

He competed against 2 very good contestants, including our other bootblack staffer, boy matt, and Tami. We are proud that Trooper brings home the prize as he is the new Great Lakes Bootblack 2008! He represents ICON well, our bar, and now our city, state and region.

At at time when leather bars around the country are removing their bootblack chairs, we are lucky to have a busy one -- with not 1, but 2 quality bootblacks. Remember to have your boots and leathers cared for by our guys! And good luck at IML XXXI, Trooper!

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Your Webmaster regrets that his battery in his camera was dead last Friday.  As a result, there are no pictures of our good friends from ICON Detroit as they welcomed locals to the Eagle during their IML Send-Off.  There are no pictures of the winners of the raffle that took place that night.  Worst of all, there are no pictures of Mr. Detroit Eagle tied up with clothes pins clipped all over his half naked body.

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Congratulations to the Detroit ICONs on their 15 year anniversary.  If you missed their post Valentines' Black and Red Bash last night at the Eagle you also missed a great night out.  As always, the ICONs proved they know how to throw a party.

As part of last night's event the ICONs present our own Mr. Detroit Eagle, James, with his club colors. ICON Detroit presented BullmanX, John C. and DJ John with Honorary memberships. Special recognition was also given to founding Members Buck and Alleycat (pictured to the left) for their 15 years of leadership. 

Congratulations guys! We look forward to the years that follow.

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