Dear contestants and interested parties,

Firstly, after being duly flogged for my ill-timed fishing accident
involving a carp and three quarts of turpentine that lead to missing the
previous drawing date for the lottery, I am pleased to announce that we
have a new date!

When is this new date? you ask? Will it be a whole year I have to wait?
Will my mother have a beard and my children's children have problems
with their knees by the time this is over? I promise you the exact
opposite.

In fact, we'll be holding the draw in just a few months. Ero to be
exact, Ero th 20th to be even more exact! To be so exact even the
horrors of a time-warp cannot steer us away from accuracy, the drawing
date will be the Serenade in Ero.

There will be plenty of good spirits, cheer, more spirits, what I am
told are called "ore ders" and of course, Captain Squeakers. We hope to
see you there, and don't fear if you aren't, we'll make sure your prizes
reach all winners!


So to recap:

WHEN?: 20th of Ero, or the SERENADE of Ero. HELP CALENDAR can be of some
assistance in determining exactly when this is.

WHAT?: A drawing ceremony, complete with much rambunctious celebration
and festivity.

WHY?: To thank all contestants for supporting our fundraising for a
chapel in Cyrene. As well as to deal with a crippling overabundance in
delicacies and alcohol.

WHERE?: At the proposed site of construction in Cyrene, on Spirit lane.
Guides will be around to help lead the way for the unfamilar. Please
ensure you are not an enemy of Cyrene before attending, being brutally
mangled by a mandolin, gouged by a gigue, slashed by sword, or pummeled
by palmfists tends to offend.

I thank all contestants for their patience, and wish you the good
fortunes of Lord Prospero, and the Luck of the Rogue.

Signed,

Finchy Ithilien

Penned by my hand on the 1st of Aeguary, in the year 584 AF.