Skin Two summer issue 44
Night of Passion, Bamberg

Xklusiv Events has relocated its famed Nights of Passion castle parties to a gorgeous old palace on the outskirts of Bamberg, near Nuremberg. On a remote hilltop deep in a forest, it creates ‘another world’ more effectively than any of the previous locations.

Three different palace areas are used for the party, with an entire wing converted into a dungeon area lit by hundreds of candles. An intimate play atmospheres is created by restricting admission to couples and their friends, but though the crowd is youthful, in true German partying tradition you’re still never that far away from a sumptuous buffet.

Skin Two spring issue 35
Passion play in Germany

NIGHT OF PASSION is one of the more unusual events we've visited recently - a party in a real medieval castle in the Bavarian foothills.

Though less than an hour's drive from Munich airport, it manages to create the feeling that it's happening in a separate little world of its own.

Organisers Rene and Jacqueline of Xklusiv Events have gone to a lot of trouble to ensure their nights attract the right mix of people, limiting the number of guests to 500, mainly made up of couples and their add-ons. This means the event is busy but never crowded, and friendly and action oriented without being a meat market.

The castle has been renovated as a modern hotel, but without losing that important feeling of old stone. There's a cosy restaurant, a bar/disco area lots of chill?out rooms, and a photo-gallery. Last but not least, there are plenty of atmospheric vaulted cellars and turrets reached by spiral stairways perfect for damsel in distress fantasies!

By the time Rene and crew have finished, the whole place is dotted with large bits of SM equipment. The party has the run of the entire building and the staff seem completely unfazed by what surely must be their most unusual guests!
Guests arrive from midday and doors close at 10pm, ensuring that the party is swinging well before midnight. The entrance fee of DM 100 (about £ 35) includes a truly sumptuous buffet which is available from 8pm, meaning that you can eat your fill, then go up ,to your room to change - luxury! The public action goes on until five or six in the morning, when everyone retires to the privacy of their rooms.

In the morning there's an equally impressive buffet breakfast that lasts long enough to allow everyone to surface at a civilized time.

Rooms in the hotel are a snip at DM 170 (about £ 60), and being able to bring your bedroom to the party has myriad advantages. Overspill accommodation is available nearby.

The next Night Of Passion will be on March 3 in a medieval castle on the Rhine, Then a weekend party in a schloss near Dresden, May 11-13 and more parties in Autumn, dates tbc.

Highly recommended!

Marquis No. 38
Bietergefechte im Märchenschloss

Die „Nacht der Leidenschaft“ vom 8. März diesen Jahres hielt wieder einmal, was ihr guter Ruf verspricht. In dem verträumten Märchenschloss mitten in Bayern verzauberte diesmal ein Meer von Kerzen die Gäste und erzeugte eine prickelnde Stimmung in den vergrößerten und mit einer Vielzahl phantasievoller SM-Möbeln ausgestatteten Spielräumen. Die Veranstaltung war restlos ausverkauft – und doch bot sich genug Raum zum Flanieren und Bewundern der toll gestylten Gäste-

Die wunderschönen Outfits rangierten von aufwendigen Spezialanfertigungen aus Latex bis hin zu originalgetreuen Rokokokostümen, passend dazu stellten „Marc et Celine“ ihre O-Kleider aus, opulente Abendgarderobe der erotisch-edlen Art. Auf der Tanzfläche drängten sich bis zum Schluss alles zu den heißen Beats der DJs Michaela und Axel und verbreiteten so eine ausgelassene Partystimmung.

Höhepunkt des Abends war aber die Sklavenauktion, die diesmal alle Rekorde brach, ein halbes Dutzend wunderschöner Frauen brachten es auf Millionensummern (in Spiel-Talern), so ein umfangreiches Angebot und eine solche Menge hoher Gebote hat es zuvor noch nie gegeben. Wahre Bietergefechte vollzogen sich, und die zu versteigernden Damen belohnten durch freizügige Einblicke jedes erhöhte Gebot.

Die nächste „Nacht der Leidenschaft“ wird erst am 27. September 2003 stattfinden, da vorher im Mai ein ganzes „Wochenende der Leidenschaft“ auf dem Programm steht, welches aber leider schon ausverkauft ist. Wer über diese und weitere Veranstaltungen informiert werden möchte, kann sich unter www.xklusiv.de informieren. Xklusiv Events wird auch den diesjährigen „German Fetish Ball“ ausrichten, Informationen dazu unter: http://www.germanfetishball.de und in der nächsten Ausgabe von Marquis.

Marquis No. 26
Sechs Millionen für eine Sklavin

"Nichts geht mehr..." Tja und da ging unser Geld dahin. Alles beim Roulette verloren, und somit gab's keine Chance bei der Sklavenauktion mitzubieten. Da passierte dann Erstaunliches: Die niedliche Clothilde erreichte sechs Millionen (Spiel)-Euro. Beinahe hätte man das arme Mädchen in zwei Hälften reißen müssen, um die Anwärter zu befriedigen...

Endlich, endlich - Humor in der Fetisch- und SM-Szene! Lange habe ich auf einer Party nicht mehr soviele Lachen und Freude haben gesehen wie zur "Nacht der Leidenschaft" im Frühjahr auf einem bayrischen Schloß. Das hochherrschaftliche Haus bot das perfekte Ambiente für den Anspruch, den sich Veranstalter René und Jacqueline slebst stellen. Schmuddelsex auf dem Klo (wie in jüngster Zeit leider häufig auf Parties beobachtet) braucht man nicht zu befürchten. Jeder bringt seinen Party-Mitstreitern Respekt entgegen, indem nicht gegrapscht oder bedrängt wird. Somit ist der Frauenanteil - und was für welche! - enorm hoch. Trotzdem kommt die Erotik natürlich nicht zu kurz. Die Gäste ergreifen selbst die Initiative, und der romantische Playroom war stetts gut gefüllt. Im Herbst steht dann die nächste "Nacht der Leidenschaft" an, zu der man sich am besten unter www.xklusiv.de informiert.

Marquis No. 22
Partycheck: V. Night of Passion

As usual, tickets for the Night of Passion were sold out a month before the event! This is not suprising since these hot tickets guarantee acess (only for couples and one extra person) to an "S/M and Fetish Party" which is, in many ways, outstanding. Even the exclusive location is something really special; the Castle Hotel situated near Regensburg is a stylishly decorated, well maintained complex of buildings with a wonderfully dark and romantic ambience. Plenty of little chambers, odd spaces and intimate niches, as well as the tomb-like dungeons all offer a multitude of places to play or to stroll around observing events. Delicate buffets were arranged in two restaurants, each with seating facalities, but the main gathering places for most people at the beginning of the party were bar and disco where two DJs played music that, for once, catered to everyone´s tastes. Next door, Visible were offering free piercings and the people from BodyFun were providing tattoos.

The only event that was superfluous was the suprise show by Straubing´s fetish boutique, Confess, which took place in the courtyard. Equipment included a cross as well as other parapherial but because of the rather bracing evening temperatures, it was only possible to view the show if you didn´t mind beeing covered in goose pimples!

Although no dress code was actually required - the emphasis being rather on imaginative outfits or elegant evening wear - the majority of the 470 guests still arrived dressed as for a fetish event. One of the highlights was most certainly the graceful Lady in Black wearing a designer rubber dress with a spider´s web collar - a Black Widdow with sharp, black vinyl claws! More use was made of the equipment rooms as the evening progressed, each being filled with a diverse selection of apparatus. Considering the size of the estate and therefore the possibilities it offered, we may safely assume that every person at the party must have got their money´s worth. Some of the guests even came from as far afield as the USA (Arcane from Club Iniquity in San Francisco) and Japan.

The unmistakable hallmark of this event is professional high standard of organisation which resulted in a first class evening, and which once again reflected the experience of Jacqueline and Rene from Xklusiv Events. Experience which they have accumulated since their premiere party in early 1999.

To those of you who would like to ejoy an impressive, top quality experience, MARQUIS can recommend the Night of Passion parties with a clear conscience. Party dates have been set for 2001 on 3rd March, 28th April, 15th September and the 24th November at the above Castle Hotel venue.

Information and tickets are available on Tel: +49 (0)511 1614385 as well as on the internet at: http://www.xklusiv.de

Special service: Thanks to a voucher included with each ticket, every guest at the party was entitled to have their photo taken and to take home a digital print.