==== November 23, 2014
==== A Winter Festival!

OOC Date November 23, 2014
Summary A Winter Festival!

The Announcement


Date: Sun Nov 23 09:27:32 2014 PST
From: Anonymous :)
To: *Southern Weyr (#7343) and *Gossip (#627)
Subject: Ice Ice Baby

Relief can almost be tasted up at the Hold. The killer is dead and no other injuries have been reported other than those that come with hard work. Holders sons continue to push their way into the hold and things have settled down, well, a bit.

With the search on for a formal holder, and the hold's reputation hurt by the recent violence, Headman Renalde has embarked upon a reputation saving endeavor- The Ice Field's first ever Ice Festival, and he's sparing no expense. Activities designed to draw visitors have been planned including (but not limited to!)
~ Ice Sculptures
~ Sledding Contests
~ Classes for teaching various warm-weather decorating
~ Feasts which feature the particular northern animals
~ Steep discounts at Bar and Restaurant
~ Snowman Building
~ Organized Snowball Fights
~ Ice Painting (yes, it's a thing)
~ Klah and Moonlight Walks (careful, it's COLD)
~Craftsman Challenges to create/improve cold-weather living. (New cures? New ways of using ice? Better/more stylish clothing? Sky's the limit!)
~ Anything else you can think of!

One would expect that with Renalde at the lead things as simple as these would go down without a hitch, but it's not just the headman running the show. Those holder sons are being given a chance to show their worth and have been put in charge. Things don't always turn out as planned when handed over to teenage boys though, so there's always that chance that someone, on accident or on purpose, will cause disaster to happen. Who, or what, is causing the meltdown of some of the activities is unknown, but surely so many things can't go wrong without there being some common denominator.

ICly the festival will run from between November 27-December 31, with anyone interested in getting involved welcome. There may be a few more party type events thrown in but for the most part, these will be create-your-own type things. There is an active push to get as many people to the hold as possible, so don't worry if you're not from Southern, come down anyway and see what the Winter of Pern holds!

- If you have questions, @mail Renalde or Kanrael!