"Ragnarok will be held at Cooper's Lake Campground in Slippery Rock, PA, [the site of the SCA's Pennsic Wars] the week of June 13th-20th, 2010. The campground will be closed to mundanes for this week, giving us prime camping space, which should allow for 50-75% of camps to have access to power hookups, and 100% of camps to have running water. There will not be a noise restriction. It looks like the price increase will be minimal, hopefully only a $10 increase [to around $55 for the week], with a possible discount for pre-registration. Final prices will be announced soon, and pre-reg will be open by December 1st. Merchant pre-registration information will be posted within the next month."
“As mentioned before, Cooper's Lake does not allow pets at this event, and minors are only allowed if their parent or permanent legal guardian is on site. …“
“We have separate, easily accessible fields for day battles (with the permanent castle, of course) night battles (with two light towers this year) and woods battles. The walk from the furthest away campsite to the castle at the back of the battlefield will be 1/2 mile (same distance as black company to troll at the previous site), but if that is too much for you, there will be shuttles available from the campsites to the battlefield and back. We will have access to two permanent shower houses, total of 8-10 stalls for men and women. There are many other fantastic amenities and additions to next year's rag I will share later, as well as additional rules and regulations. I look forward to seeing all of you on the field, and off of it as well as we celebrate the silver anniversary of the end of the world.”
Ragnarok is Dagorhir's largest event, hosting 1600-1700 participants with nearly a thousand on the field the last several years. Members of Darkon, Amtgard, Belegarth and many other groups have attended for years and are welcome to join in on the fun. This coming year marks the 25th anniversary of Ragnarok, and it promises to be a lot of fun. The new location has been chosen due to the event outgrowing our long term site at Spring Valley Campground in Cambridge OH (which I highly recommend to those looking for a fairly flexible site for events ranging up to around 1000 persons).
For those interested in attending Ragnarok, there’s a wealth of information on the Dagorhir website; from the event website (http://www.dagorhir.com/ragnarok/), to a packing list (http://www.dagorhir.com/ragnarok/packinglist.html) to extensive discussions on the Dagorhir web board (http://www.dagorhir.com/dagorhir/infoboard.htm).
I look forward to seeing all of my old friends as well as many, many new ones at Ragnarok!
Sgt. Kyrax of the Guard,
Mallenorod Chapter (Bay Area and Northern California chapter)
P.S. - update: Pre-Registration is open
I am happy to announce that pre-registration for
Ragnarok XXV is now open!
http://www.einherjarsvalhalla.com/ragna ... narok.html
Pre-registration will close May 31st 2010
Smiles,
Vanisia