<div dir="ltr">Hello,<div><br></div><div>Please see the attached in regards to the one-day Caetani Summer Music Festival happening on July 23 at the Caetani Centre in Vernon BC.</div><div><br></div><div>Thank you for anything you can do to help us get the word out.</div><div>Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions or require any more information.<br clear="all"><div><br></div>Sincerely,</div><div><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">Kristin Froneman (she/her)</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">Communication and Tours Coordinator<br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">Caetani Centre Society<br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">3401 Pleasant Valley Road<br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">Vernon, British Columbia V1T 4L4</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">Phone: (250) 275-1525<br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">Email: <a href="mailto:programs@caetani.org" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">programs@caetani.org</a><br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color:rgb(31,73,125)">I respectfully acknowledge that my workplace is within the ancestral, traditional, and unceded territory of the Syilx Nation.</span></i></div></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><br></span></i></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-08a94a11-7fff-0338-3b49-1c3f3ce219c0"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:right;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:right;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">July 5, 2022</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Live Music is Back: One-Day Outdoor Music Festival Returns to Caetani Centre</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Caetani Centre’s third annual Summer Music Festival, featuring headliner Shred Kelly, is back for one day only July 23 at the historic property near downtown Vernon.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">VERNON—After a volatile year of fires, floods, and a global pandemic, the Caetani Centre is ready to get audiences dancing and celebrating summer again when it hosts its one-day outdoor music festival on its historic grounds, Saturday, July 23.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">2022 marks the third year the festival has been held since 2019. Although cancelled in 2020 due to the pandemic, the festival was able to go on last August despite the fire evacuation alert that was announced for the City of Vernon the day before.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">“Many people last year remarked on how they appreciated something to take their minds off the fires. We had a number of evacuees attend the festival and many danced in celebration, especially when the sky opened through the smoke and this downpour of rain came down,” said Kristin Froneman, Tours and Communications Coordinator at the Caetani Centre. “This year, we didn’t want to tempt fate, so we decided to hold the festival a little earlier in July. We sure hope the climate will cooperate.”</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Attendees will be treated to a day of musical talent, laughter, and some of the best food trucks in the Okanagan. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">This year’s headliner is none other than Shred Kelly, who will be joined by Songs of the Southern Belles, Cod Gone Wild, Betty Anne Northup, Bran Sanders, and Blu and Kelly Hopkins.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">An alternative folk-rock band from Fernie, B.C., Shred Kelly started out playing the Canadian ski-town circuit over a decade ago and have since performed for international audiences and events such as the </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,32,32);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Reeperbahn Festival in Hamburg, Germany and Australian Music</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Week. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">“We are really pleased to have Shred Kelly as our headliner this year. They have had amazing success with their live streaming concerts during Covid and have a huge following with fans from around BC, Canada and internationally. They are amazing instrumentalists with a wide range of influences and will definitely have the crowd up and dancing,” said Caetani Music Coordinator Andrew Mercer, who will also be performing with his band Cod Gone Wild at the festival. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Joining Shred Kelly as part of the evening set will be Songs of the Southern Belles, a Nashville tribute show that celebrates female country stars from the ‘50s through to the ‘70s.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The afternoon set features local artists, including songwriting-multi instrumental duo Blu and Kelly Hopkins, folk soloist Bran Sanders and multi-genre artist Betty Anne Northup. Cod Gone Wild will close off the afternoon with its sociable and danceable Celtic-Maritime sounds.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">“Come hungry, as this year we have lined up popular Okanagan food trucks Gord Oh’s and Shabbang, who will serve up everything from authentic Mexican-style tacos to decadent grilled cheese sandwiches and gourmet poutine,” said Froneman.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">There will also be a cash bar available for people 19-plus. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Tickets are selling quickly, so get yours now. Advance tickets are now on sale at the Ticket Seller, 250-549-7469, </span><a href="https://www.ticketseller.ca/tickets/event/caetani-summer-music-festival" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">www.ticketseller.ca</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. An advance all-day pass is $85; evening-only pass is $50, and afternoon-only pass is $40. A limited number of gate passes will also be available. On the day of the event. Cost is $100 for the day, $60 for the evening only, and $50 for the afternoon only. Please note that the festival will be held rain or shine. Tickets are non-refundable. For more information, visit </span><a href="http://www.caetani.org" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">www.caetani.org</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Since parking is not available at the Caetani Centre during events, patrons are asked to park off-site in approved parking zones, and to please respect our neighbours by not blocking driveways.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Patrons are also advised to bring their own portable lawn chairs or blankets.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Festival Schedule is as follows:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(33,37,41);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">1pm - GATES OPEN</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(33,37,41);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">1:30 - 2:15 Bran Sanders</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(33,37,41);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">2:30 - 3:15 Blu and Kelly Hopkins</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(33,37,41);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">3:30 - 4:15 Betty Anne Northup</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(33,37,41);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">4:30 - 5:30 Cod Gone Wild</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(33,37,41);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">5:30 - 6:30 Break - Food trucks will be available on site</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(33,37,41);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">6:30 to 7:45 Songs of the Southern Belles</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(33,37,41);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">8:00 - 9:30 Shred Kelly</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(33,37,41);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">-30-</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(33,37,41);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">IMAGES/POSTER AVAILABLE AT: </span><a href="https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/15AneJeEFfukg46nPYF5dqTm6xHS7FlLK?usp=sharing" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/15AneJeEFfukg46nPYF5dqTm6xHS7FlLK?usp=sharing</span></a></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">IMAGE CAPTIONS: </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">1-2: Fernie, BC alt.folk-rock act Shred Kelly headlines the evening set at the Caetani Summer Music Festival July 23.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">3: Celtic-Maritime act Cod Gone Wild is back to perform at the third annual Caetani Summer Music festival, taking place at the Caetani Centre in Vernon.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">4: The outdoor Caetani Summer Music Festival will take place rain or shine on July 23 at the Caetani Centre in Vernon.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">For more information, please contact</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Kristin Froneman</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Tours and Communications Coordinator</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Caetani Centre</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Vernon, BC</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">250-275-1525</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="mailto:programs@caetani.org" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">programs@caetani.org</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="http://www.caetani.org" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">www.caetani.org</span></a></p></span><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><br></span></i></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-31eafd32-7fff-6513-f9c5-0cc58afe96b8"><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:right;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p></span></div></div></div></div></div>