It’s the biggest night of the year...

The third weekend of November is always a busy one in Ellingham. First founded in the early 1900s, the town has more than a few traditions, and this is one of them. On the Friday night preceding the third weekend of November, the town holds a town meeting that’s mostly attended by Ellingham’s home owners and renters, and which is an opportunity to discuss all things related to the town and its various neighbourhoods. That’s the official tradition; the one started by the original residents of the town. This year, it’s being hosted by both the mayor and Quest Pryor, one of Ellingham’s most involved citizens. Whether or not you enjoy town business, the annual town meeting is not something to be missed, for every year, something interesting always ends up happening...

However, that’s not all that happens on that night of the year. Indeed, though no one is sure when it started, during every yearly town meeting, there is a huge winter bash happening in the woods close to town, mostly attended by young adults. Those under 18 are not allowed to attend and have never been, whereas those over twenty-five might end up feeling highly unwelcome if they do decide to happen. Basically, it’s a place for the young adults of Ellingham to go wild, without any older adult supervision, and they always end up taking advantage of that. 

This year, the annual town meeting and winter bash end up falling on November 16th. The town meeting is hosted by the mayor, as always, whereas the Winter Bash is hosted by a new young adult this year: Jeremy Atkinson. Jeremy was known to throw quite good parties in high school when his family was out of town, and therefore, after Mina McLaggen stepped down as organizer after turning twenty-four, it was decided that Jeremy would be the one in charge this year. He has the money, no fear of consequences, and a flair for the dramatic, which is why everyone this year expects the bash to be quite interesting. Plus, he has Teddy Torres’ and Noelle Laurent’s help when it comes to the organization and running of the party, which might help keep things a bit more under control than if he were the only one in charge...

Important things to know...

This event will last for a week, starting on opening and ending on November 19, 2019! However, the event ending will not mean that you have to drop your threads related to the event.

The official timestamp during the event is November 12 to November 19, 2019, but you can set your threads at any time during that period, and therefore don’t need to follow the actual days of the week. By that, I mean that just because it might be November 13 in real life, you can still start a thread that happens on November 15, the night of the town meeting and the party. All I ask is that none of your threads be set after November 19.

You can write flashback threads during the event, but I’d like for at least three out of four of your threads to be set during the event!

Please make sure to write where it’s happening, when it’s happening and with whether or not your starter is an open one in your starters! When and where don’t have to be too specific; it’s just to give everyone a better idea! Also, make sure to tag all your starters with #ellingham:starter & #ellingham:event01 !