West Coast Gathering:
West Coast Gathering 2025 Social & Evening Themes
Among the highlights of each day at the West Coast Gatherings are the late afternoon social hour parties and evening events.
Just for fun, the social hour parties and evening events have a different theme each day. While nudity is still the overall rule, gathering attendees are encouraged (but not required) to wear accessories that correspond to the theme for the social hour and evening.
Social hour “costumes” can range from a simple cap or hat to the outlandish.
Suggestions for themes for CMEN’s West Coast Gathering 2025 were proposed by past Gathering participants. These suggested themes were reviewed and after months of deliberation the final themes were selected:
Monday: August 18
Mad Hatter
The Mad Hatter has arrived butt can’t decide which hat to wear. What would you suggest? A bonnet, beanie or bowler? What hat would your friends say is you? A Panama, pillbox, pork-pie or pith-helmet? Wear your favorite cap, crown, fedora, straw hat, top-hat, or even tiara! The options are endless. Be like Prince in his raspberry beret, or like your favorite cowboy in a ten-gallon hat (Bareback Mountain-style). Or go Village people-style with a construction hard-hat or a leather chapeau. Be like the Cat in the Hat or mix and match a Santa’s cap with a sombrero! Not feeling super creative? Keep it simple and wear your favorite sports team’s baseball cap!
Tuesday: August 19
Everything Orange
Sweet potatoes, pumpkins and papayas. Go ahead, use stuff around camp: a life vest, a traffic cone, a basketball or a carrot. Like clockwork, orange is such a happy color! Orange you glad you’re not Anita Bryant? Me too! Orange is everywhere… and this afternoon, everything is Orange!
Wednesday: August 20
Men in Uniform
Ah, there’s nothing like the smell of a man in uniform! (…except maybe a man OUT of his uniform!) Who are your favorite uniformed men? Are they the royal red troopers that you dream of mounting or the aces in the sky with which you want to ride off into the sunset? Or maybe it’s the officers who preserve the peace, the doctors who heal, or the postmen who deliver? Major military madness might be upon us this afternoon. Will you be Dishonorably Discharged for Disorderly Conduct or for going AWOL? Play Cops and Robbers, or Cowboys and Indians. Come in a Wrestling uniform or as the High-school nurse! Wear your favorite uniform accessories and serve!
Thursday: August 21
Halloween in August!
It’s Transylvania. A coyote howls in the distance butt is it really a coyote? (Could it be Miss Ida Ho sexually moaning in Jiffy Lube?!). This afternoon you can wear your favorite nightmare… or anything that you’d wear on the Gay National Holiday of Halloween! Will Jekyll and Hyde transformations engulf you? Dress in your scariest outfit this evening… if you dare!
Friday: August 22
Queenciñera
In the immortal words of Lady Gaga, “Don’t be a Drag, Be a Queen!” It’s time for YOU to be a drag queen this afternoon! Time to wear your wig, boa, tiara, sequins and pumps and wear it proudly! Be the fiercest queen you can be… and choose an appropriate name for your persona: Will you be: Anita Procedure, Dixie Normous, Eileen Sideways, Wilma Titzgro or Izzy Unkutt? How about Mimi Furst, Ida Slapter, or Ivy Profen?! Just remember, “it’s not personal, it’s DRAG!” Perhaps you’ll find paradise in a glorious ensemble, in a totally silly frock, or in the man wearing one… Everyone’s a Queen this afternoon whether you’re wearing a tiara, a crown or just wish you had the nerve! The highlight of the evening will be the Miss CMEN Queen contest, hosted by none-other than the sultry, yet saucy: Miss Ida Ho!
Saturday: August 23
Leather Fantasies
Do the pheromones of a man in leather whip you into an orgasmic frenzy? If the answer is “Yes Sir!” then tonight is your night to get intoxicated because the masculine aroma of men in black leather fills the air. Polish your motorcycle boots, muscle into your armbands, tighten your harness, and unsnap your jockstrap. It’s time to wear your favorite leather and chain accessories, and be prepared to smell, lick, whip, suck, fuck, and cum. Attend a Leather Workshop at the Dungeon throughout the day and enjoy the Mr. CMEN Leather Contest scheduled this evening.
Sunday: August 24
Sunday Blues
Feeling a little bit blue? Don’t be sad, azure not alone! Time to don your favorite blue cap or hat, blue sandals or other blue accessories this evening. No need for anything as fancy as blue suede shoes… How about your Navy dress blues… or your hospital scrubs today? What will you be.. a Smurf, the Cookie Monster, Bleu Cheese, a Bluetooth accessory, or the Bluebird of Happiness!
Volunteers are welcome to help with these and other proposed theme-related evening activities, please note any special interest when sending in the registration form.
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