Greetings all and Happy New Year from the Ice Dragon Pent Staff!

We’re just popping in to remind everyone that there are 95 days left before Ice Dragon! It’s not too late to start working on those Pent entries! Make a Pent entry your New Year’s resolution. You’d complete it in the first quarter of the year and have another 9 months to tell your friends about it while they are still clearing their clutter and making those trips to the gym!

Please take a minute to look at the Ice Dragon Pentathlon page on Facebook and watch for further announcements. We have some new and categories and opportunities this year that should offer a little something to everyone from beginner to master craftsman. Here are just a few of the ways to be a part of the fun…

**In the culinary category we have added a new subcategory just for breads! Hit those cookbooks, do your research and get creative. Your trial and error work should be delicious.

**Historic Combat is new this year. There are so many avenues to explore here. Research the texts and use your imagination to being some aspect of period combat alive for our judges. This category is for entries of artistic endeavor showcasing a martial art of SCA period and/or used currently within the Society. Entries in this category can take a variety of forms. The format is limited only by the entrant’s creativity and safety considerations.

**Don’t forget the 5-in1 Project category. Any ONE item that can qualify for entry in a minimum of 5 of the above listed main categories. This item may also be cross entered into ONE main category to count toward the grand Pentathlon Prize.

**From our Baron and Baroness of the Rhyddeich Hael we offer the special theme prize category. This year Their Excellencies have chose the theme “All Things Welsh” This is one more opportunity for people to use their imagination and creative skill without boundaries.

*Have you ever thought about being a judge, but didn’t know where to begin? We have a opportunities for shadow judging. Learn the ropes first hand from a seasoned Pentathlon judge in real time and space.

**Would you like to take part but aren’t sure how exactly? Offer to help on our new docent staff. Enjoy the added bonus of seeing all the entries hours before we open the doors to the rest of the populace.

We’re looking forward to a nice turnout for 2017! Come to the Ice Dragon event and find your fun, so many ways to participate and so many people to enjoy!

Over the next several weeks, more information will be forthcoming on this Group/List, as well as in the AEstel, and on the Facebook Page. Questions can be directed to me by email.

I remain in Service,
Jenna MacPherson
2017 Pent Coordinator