[Northkeep] PENNSIC 49 – COVID 19 UPDATE

[Seneschal of Northkeep]

IMPORTANT PENNSIC ANNOUNCEMENT (reposted from Facebook)
PENNSIC 49 – COVID 19 UPDATE 24th April 2020 From the MAYOR
G’Day Everyone,
COVID-19 is touching all of our lives and at this time our primary concern
is the safety and well-being of our Pennsic Attendees, Cooper’s Lake Family
and Staff:, the entire Community of people in and around Cooper’s Lake
Campground we interact and depend upon, and our numerous vendors who supply
our event. They are all part of the “Pennsic-War-Family”.
When I took on the office of Mayor of Pennsic 49, I promised to, and was
entrusted with, the welfare and safety of the entire Pennsic Family. It is
therefore with great sadness that I must inform you today that, we have
decided to postpone Pennsic 49, scheduled for July 24, 2020 through August
9, 2020 to July 30, 2021 through August 15, 2021.
This postponement will come as heartbreaking news to many of you – and it
has been an exceedingly difficult decision for us to make. Since the first
Pennsic Wars at Cooper’s Lake we have been so proud to welcome people from
all over the Knowne World to beautiful lands of Aethelmarc, but this year,
sadly we cannot gather together as before.
As many of you have read in my previous COVID-19 updates, the impact of
this terrible pandemic has effects that reach far past just those that
attend Pennsic War. I will not go into all our considerations here again,
you can all read my previous two posts that outline many of the factors we
considered before making this decision. However, on this one occasion the
emotion of Pennsic needed to be removed and the hard decision made.
It has been arranged with Cooper’s Lake Management, that those who have
preregistered for Pennsic 49 may have their registrations rolled over to
2021. If you desire a refund, please go to www.cooperslake.com and log into
your pre-registration account.
Even if we cannot be together this July, we remain optimistic that the
situation will soon improve. I know we are all very worried about the
impact that COVID-19 is having on our loved ones and daily lives. My
Pennsic team and I send you our very best wishes. We cannot wait to share
time together at Cooper’s Lake again with you all.
Yours,
Sir Gregory of Loch Swan Mayor Pennsic 49

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In service,
Lady Jehanne de Montauban
Northkeep Seneschal