Web Extra: IML 2000 Weekend Emcees

(Leather Life column published on Lavender Magazine website, Issue #132, June 16, 2000)

PHOTO: 2036.JPG IML 2000 co-emcees Tom Stice, left, and Frank Nowicki, right.

Frank Nowicki

Frank Nowicki has made a career emceeing national, regional and local leather contests. Not counting his appearance as a past IML contestant, this year was Nowicki’s sixth appearance on the IML stage. He has also emceed the International Ms. Leather and International Mr. Drummer contests.

Tom Stice

Making his inaugural appearance on the IML stage was co-host Tom Stice, who holds the titles of Southeast Drummer 1998 and International slave 1995. He was Pantheon of Leather Readers’ Choice Man of the Year, and received the Southeast Region Award in 1998. He has facilitated a variety of workshops at leather events across the country and served on the executive committee for Southeast LeatherFest for the past five years. Tom owns and co-produces the International Master and slave contest, Southeast Drummer and Drummerboy, and the Ms. Leather Pride contest. He takes great pride in having been the recipient of the Atlanta Eagle’s community service award this year.