2011 Ice Dragon Challenge

Greetings from THLady Katla Ulfheðinn, Arts and Sciences officer for the Shire of Sunderoak:

Pray hear my words and know them to be true. From the largest baronies to the smallest canton, the Kingdom of AEthelmearc has the most talented artisans in the knowne world! The Shire of Sunderoak would like to challenge all groups, all artisans, of all levels to enter Ice Dragon!

Here is your chance to show and share your art with others. Are you new to the SCA? Great! Please come and share with us what has inspired your love of an art or a science! Have you been a member for (mumble, mumble) years? Try something new! Something old! Show us what you’ve got! No art is too grand or too modest to take part in this grand display of artistic endeavor.

Are you afraid of competition, not sure how to get started or what to prepare for? There is ample help to make entering Ice Dragon not so scary. Visit the Kingdom A&S website, http://www.aeans.org/, and the Ice Dragon website, for information on entering, documentation, research and more!

How does this challenge work? Unlike Ice Dragon this is not open to individual’s only official SCA groups. It will also not be judged on scores. The winning group will be the one with the most participation. If your shire has 5 members and all 5 enter – you have 100% participation, if you have 100 members and only five enter…….well, you won’t win the competition, but there are no real losers in this endeavor either.

Besides bragging rights - what do you get if your group rises to the top? The members of the Shire of Sunderoak have “agreed” to toil and sweat whilst they make a heraldic silk banner for the winning barony, shire or canton. To sweeten the pot, there has also been an anonymous $50 donation to fund a post competition celebration.

I have seen much skill among the artisans of this Great Kingdom and know there are many more with hidden talents – please join us and share with us the wonders of your knowledge and skill! Let us help inspire each other to greater levels!

Consider the gauntlet thrown; I look forward to seeing you at Ice Dragon!

Katla

Associated Challenges:

Ice Dragon 2011 Challenge to the BMDL by Odriana vander Brugghe