Bueller...?

Bueller...?

Bueller...?

It was hard to really guide attendance at river fest because it's at the take out of the play run, so by taking out your by default in attendance.

There was discussion of doing it the same weekend since they have the prime date. Thought was that we could organize around their schedule and let them host the rodeo while we do the creek race and evening activities since they dont really have any organized camping. It's been pretty slow going though.

Thanks for the update Lynn!

We should combine forces this year with WRF on some of these events, while maintaining PP traditions of the Creek Race and weekend party as Adam pointed out. This would increase participation in all events.

Planning, implementation, and securing volunteers can be difficult as we've found out, and working together on a community festival while maintaining our own traditions would be the best direction this year in my opinion.    

What are everyones thoughts?

yeah mok, its the same fest.

Excellent idea!

Doah...gawd I'm an idiot. Well it would sure be great, based on my teeny weeny micro amount of experience if at least the *party action* and general hoo-hah would over-lap more. I was at the WKC gig with band in Cashmere last year and it could have used a bit more good old fashioned "git down" if you smell what I'm cooking. Buncha guys standing around with beers in their hands talking shop and the overall vibe is that it needs some kind of critical mass to achieve party lift off. I dunno. 

I'm a huge fan of keeping the PP ball in Cashmere. How about a Cooper party/race later in the summer?

At the Puntledge Festival on Van Island we had one of the best live shows at a festival I've seen. It was the highlight of the weekend. The guy's name is Shayne Philips. He describes himself as Afro-beat / Folk / Roots Music. A one man show where he plays the drums, various instruments and didgerydoo for extra beats.
He was really good at setting up the sound. You could hear the show anywhere in the campground, which was bigger than the PP Ball spot. He was interested in kayaking, they actually paid Shayne for the show with a new playboat. I emailed him after the festival and he said that he would consider coming out for the PP Ball.
Anyway, just putting this out there. Personally I would be willing to throw in 10-20$ extra for an awesome live show. I think that would make the PP Ball the undisputed night spot to be and might bring in some more paddlers that normally wouldn't have made it over. It means extra work for the volunteers, though, thanks for all you guys do!

http://www.myspace.com/shanephilip

As Far as a CooperFest goes, its a cool idea. Not sure how much "hype" it needs tho. Racing is cool when peeps wanna do it. Don't understand why there needs to be so much sponser driven stuff all the time. Its the people that count. And the river.

The more an "official event" rears its head, the more "official" it then needs to be. Soon you need permits, insurance, approval from forest service, ect. Otherwise some SimpleGreen Scented Driftwood Baby Huey gonna show up and sabotage your sh*t behind your back like some sorta corporate espionage wannabe muhfah.

What's that you say? I'm not making sense? Well, then, consider yourself lucky for not knowing your history, I guess. Personally though, I believe knowledge is power. BEWARE THE INTERLOPER!

This sport needs to back off of the hype and return to its romantic under-the-radar roots. It has plenty of quality participants. No need to attract more. That being said, the Wenatchee Riverfest is an appropiate venue for hype, auctions, raffles, and all that.

But, I'm with Flavor Flav on this one: DON'T BELIEVE THE HYPE!!

What dates are we looking at?

Hehehe, gotta agree with you there JP