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WHISTLER MUSEUM PARTNERS WITH TELUS WORLD SKI & SNOWBOARD FESTIVAL TO PRESENT STORYTELLING WITH A TWIST

Whistler’s Iconic Festival Sets Stage for a Clash of the Icons

WHISTLER, BC, March 17 2008 –

Whistler's favourite leaders and agitators will take the stage at Millennium Place, Sunday April 13, in a verbal gladiator match that will pit them against each other in a competition over what or who is Whistler's greatest icon.
 
Presented in conjunction with the Whistler Museum, Icon Gone offers an evening of stand-up storytelling full of verbal takedowns, as presenters like GD Maxwell, Dave Steers, Marianne Wade and Heather Paul, along with several wild card candidates, pitch their cases, while being corralled by Maureen Douglas as master of ceremonies.
 
Icon Gone, first held last year by the Museum, returns under the banner of one of Whistler’s most iconic events, the TELUS World Ski and Snowboard Festival. Said Communications Director Lisa Richardson, “The Festival offers the most unique and comprehensive insight into the personality of Whistler. Co-hosting Icon Gone with the Museum is a natural partnership for us, given that we share a passion for telling local stories and contributing to the myths and culture that make Whistler special.”
 
Local stories are likely to be told with a firm injection of humour, if the 2007 performance is any indication. There, Stephen Vogler was declared champion arguing that Gravity (the hidden message in the Garibaldi ‘G’) is Whistler’s greatest icon, after knocking GD Maxwell’s Toad Hall poster and Kirby Brown’s Whistler Mountain out of final contention.
 
As part of this commitment to local culture, the call is now out for nominations for Agitators & Icons. Those wishing to present an icon at the April 13 event are asked to email icongone@watermarkinc.ca with their 200 word case.  

The TELUS World Ski & Snowboard Festival is produced by Watermark Communications, a Whistler marketing & communication company, and presented in partnership with Tourism Whistler and Whistler Blackcomb. Founded by W1’s Doug Perry thirteen years ago, and now the largest annual winter sports and music festival in North America, the TELUS World Ski & Snowboard Festival is a high-octane 10 day and night showcase of the best of snowsports, music, arts and mountain life.  Featuring major professional ski and snowboarding competitions, the largest free outdoor concert series in Canada, the legendary Pro Photographer and Filmmaker Showdowns, and many more unique art and cultural showcases, the Festival is the ultimate winter wrap party.  
For information on the 2008 TELUS World Ski and Snowboard Festival , April 11-20, visit whistler2008.com 

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Contact:
Lisa Richardson
Communications Manager
Tel: 604 938 3399 x34
Email: lrichardson@watermarkinc.ca
Watermark Communications Inc
10-1006 Lynham Road
Whistler, BC V0N 1B1
whistler2008.com 
Fax: 604 938 3398