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17 and 18 of April, come and join the first Open Canoe Festival on the Drome river (more or less 1/1h30 north from Marseille)

More infos here : http://www.eauxvives.org/forum/viewtopi ... 42&t=22831

It's gonna be a BIG EVENT, so for those who have vacations....

I hope it is a huge success!

Hi there,
Paul Villecourt here, organizer of the Open Canoe Festival ( April 17/18, Drome River, France).
To get some informations about the Festival, please visit (in English) :
http://www.villecourt.com/paul/index.php?news=70

An Event page is also available on Face Book :
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=214719044625

Hope to see you in the Drome valley !

Paul Villecourt.

We will be there and I am very optimistic to showcase our new Millbrook Canoes

Raff

Hi,
Registrations for the Open Canoe Festival are Open ! Pass the message to your paddling mates ! All the informations are there :
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=214719044625
See you soon !
Paul.

Hi !
The Open Canoe Festival has a real website now !

http://www.opencanoefestival.com

Schedule, sponsors, river topo, registration forms... Everything is there !

Hope to see you on the Drôme River !

Paul.

Who else of the European (and international) community is going to come?

Raff, I look forward to meeting you there.

The Drôme region is very nice, easy paddling, stunning scenery!

Hi,
Some open boaters should come from Germany, Swizerland and Belgium but no registrations yet.
Sending the 20 Euros registration fee can be a problem for paddlers living outside France so I propose that they fill in and mail or email the registration form available on the website :
http://www.opencanoefestival.com
The payment can wait...
We will be glad to see you on the Drôme river !
Feel free to contact me if you have questions.

Paul Villecourt : organizer of the Open Canoe Festival.

Belgium calling in...

I don't know yet if I can make it. Some job related issues and I can't make plans at the moment. Chances are low, unfortunatly, looks like a worthwile event!

I will come with my girlfriend
2500 km to run!
www.laivas.lv

I was very impressed with the perfect organisation and the warm and friendly welcome we had at Gervanne Camping and the Open Canoe Festival Drôme.

Thanks to all the helpers and workers who made that festival such a huge success. Close to 200 c-paddlers on the water, unfortunately never at the same spot at the same time. So there will be no pictures to prove it, I fear (I don't have any...).

Thanks to Paul who organized it. It was good meeting and talking to you, although you were so busy running errands and making things work. Thanks for your time.

Hi to Beereddy. Sorry for not saying good-bye to you. We left in a hurry and I couldn't spot you around. You were probably out paddling another one of the test boats...

There's a short report about that festival online (for those who can read German - and for the others with lots of pictures):

http://www.kanu-magazin.org/szene/repor ... val-drome/

CU there next year...

Hi everyone !

The pictures of the Festival are online :

http://paul.villecourt.com/photos/light ... aleries/74

Paul.

More reviews, this time in moving pictures:

The local journal "Le Crestois" interviewed organisator Paul Villecourt (in French): http://www.le-crestois.fr/

A participiant made a short movie with few (French) words, whistle-and-didgeridoo-music and nice scenes:
http://vimeo.com/11172592

Thanks, Paul, for the info...

Looks like it was a good time.
JK