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The Mazer Cup International Home & Commercial Mead Competition</h3><h4 class="h4" style="color:rgb(32,32,32);font-size:22px;line-height:22px;margin:0px 0px 10px;text-align:center">Compete Against the Finest Meadmakers in the World</h4>
<div style="text-align:center"><strong><span style="font-size:18px">Competition: March 21-22, 2014<br>Entries: OPEN<br>Public Event: No Public Event in 2014</span></strong><br><br> </div><br><br>Dear Fellow Meadmakers!<br>
<br>We are pleased to announce the 6th Annual Mazer Cup International Mead Competition to be held March 21-22, 2014! The 2014 MCI will be held at the <a href="http://www.boulderoutlook.com/" target="_self" style="color:rgb(51,102,153)">Boulder Outlook Hotel</a> again this year.<br>
<br><strong>NOTE:</strong> <em>Our venue (A Spice of Life) suffered serious damage during the flooding that caused so much damage and touched so many people's lives. We have been unable to find a venue that is available to host our event this year. Due to the number of other venues that were impacted there were no facilities available for our dates and within our budget to host the 2014 Mead Mixer. We are already working on the 2015 Mead Mixer and will keep you updated as we move forward.</em><br>
<br>Because of our massive growth, and to ensure that all entries can be judged, we are limiting entries this year. We will be restricting total entries in 2014 in the Home Competition and in the Commercial Competition so that we can ensure that all meads can be judged within the time frame of the Mazer Cup.<br>
<br>Entry Fees: Due to rising costs, we are increasing entry fees in 2014.<ul><li><span class="">MCI Home MeadMaker Competition is being raised to $10 per entry for the 2014 competition. We are also changing the limit to 10 entries per person in order to keep the number of entries manageable for the judges and competition staff.</span></li>
<li><span class="">Commercial Meadery Competition entry fee changes: The entry fee is being raised to $60.00 USD per entry for the 2014 competition. There will be no discount for more than 10 entries this year.</span></li>
</ul>This information is also available on our website and as always you can see updates on our <a href="http://www.facebook.com/mazercup" target="_self" style="color:rgb(51,102,153)">Facebook page</a> and <a href="http://www.mazercup.com/" target="_self" style="color:rgb(51,102,153)">website</a> as well.<br>
<br>The 5th Annual Mazer Cup International Mead Competition was an amazing event, with 60% more entries than in 2012, and of course, some of the best meads in the world being judged.<br><br>We also had 53 meads showcased in our first annual Mead Mixer, and a full house at A Spice of Life to sample the meads and tasty munchies we provided to go with them. Everyone we talked to had a great time. We expect to do the Mead Mixer again in 2015 after Boulder recovers from the flood damage, and hope you will join us.<br>
<br>If you entered, thank you very much! If not, why not? Where else can you have the opportunity to pit your meads against the finest in the world? No mead competition anywhere on the planet will give you what the Mazer Cup can. Join nearly 800 other people and meaderies who said 'yes!' and entered the Mazer Cup.<br>
<br>If you'd like to judge, please email the <a href="mailto:volunteers@mazercup.com">Volunteer Coordinator</a>.<br><br>Sincerely,<br>Kyle Byerly</div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table>
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