<div dir="ltr">Dear media and communications teams, <br clear="all"><div><br></div><div>Please accept the following news release from the Caetani Centre in Vernon, BC in regard to our special Halloween tours and paranormal investigation presentation taking place Oct. 26 to 29, 2022.</div><div><br></div><div>We would appreciate any attention you can provide to our events and thank you in advance for your consideration.</div><div><br></div><div>Please feel free to reach out if you require any more information or wish to book a visit or interview. </div><div><br></div><div>Sincerely,</div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" 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="m_-5325497079090187908gmail-docs-internal-guid-c7f8c73b-7fff-e7c1-a397-50bbfee499c8"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-indent:36pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;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 style="border:none;display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;width:279px;height:66px"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/xN-Ugf00QEYhBctBW99Yk1-7UKQBvz0rSxoPfKGKwmg9l5OrX54LtJ_vVPNbS9JoqXglQameSf2ojIc604w0zAao5OIXut6Q5RN8mI_bfxuTYJwVjxFcj5IcxTozwUv_2oK7QO7L2fZ9wTnSh-hcVFbF6u481b-QAmrajeTpQBzVlcAniGEyT70suaYTNB9e8nbCvQ" width="279" height="66" style="margin-left:0px;margin-top:0px"></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-indent:36pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">3401 Pleasant Valley Rd. Vernon BC, 250-275-1525, <a href="http://www.caetani.org" target="_blank">www.caetani.org</a></span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-indent:36pt;text-align:right;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;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><span style="font-size:11pt;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"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-indent:36pt;text-align:right;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;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">Oct. 11, 2022</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16pt;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">Enter… If You Dare: Caetani Centre Hosts Spooky Halloween Events</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",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">Vernon’s notorious Halloween house is opening its doors for three nights of Haunted Halloween Tours, Oct. 26-28, and a special paranormal investigation presentation on Oct. 29.</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, BC — Once known as the Halloween house, the Caetani Centre is living up to its legendary status by hosting two different events for those who believe in things that go bump in the night.</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">Said to be haunted, the Caetani house on Pleasant Valley Road opens for three nights of ghostly tours, Oct. 26-28, before the Canadian Paranormal Foundation (CPF) presents a paranormal investigation of the house on Oct. 29.</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 will be the second year we’ve hosted Halloween tours inside our 1895-built heritage home. What’s different is that this year’s event will be hosted by local actors embodying the parts of the Caetani family,” said Kristin Froneman, Caetani Centre tours and communications coordinator. “We are also excited to welcome the CPF who will reveal some of the unexplainable things their team uncovered when investigating the house earlier this year.”</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">On the tour, ticket holders will learn about the Duke of Sermoneta Leone Caetani, his partner Ofelia, and their daughter Sveva who escaped the rise of fascism in Italy and arrived in Vernon in 1921. When Leone died in 1935, the women secluded themselves from the world.</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">“Ofelia basically went into a paranoid state and never left the house again until her death 25 years later. She unfortunately brought her daughter Sveva and the family’s private secretary Miss Jüül into this lonely life with her,” 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">As time went on, the only time the gate to the normally closed-off mansion opened was on Halloween. </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">“Halloween was one of Sveva’s favourite times of year. She and Miss Jüül would greet neighbourhood kids lined up outside their door and hand out these imported European treats encased in beautifully decorated loot bags designed by Sveva herself.” </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 tour captures some of that history as well as the ghost stories and haunted happenings that both residents, staff and visitors have experienced in the house over the years.</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">Telling these tall tales will be professional actors Harrison Coe as Leone, Amelia Sirianni as Ofelia, and special guests. The tour also includes a rare peek upstairs, an area normally closed off to the general public.</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">Following the tours is the paranormal investigation, which </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(33,37,41);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">will be hosted by CPF founders Peter Renn and Jason Hewlett. They will reveal their methodology of paranormal investigating, including evidence captured from various heritage sites in BC and the Caetani house.</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><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">“In one instance when they were recording in Ofelia’s bedroom upstairs, they captured a voice telling them to leave. You’ll have to hear it to believe it,” said Froneman.</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"><br><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">Proceeds from the presentation will go towards the maintenance and upkeep of the Caetani Centre and its facilities and programs.</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"><br><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">Tickets for the Haunted Halloween Tours, which take place Oct. 26, 27 and 28 at 6 and 8 p.m. are $25/adult and $15/youth 18 and under, available at the Ticket Seller, 250-549-SHOW (7469) or online at </span><a href="http://www.ticketseller.ca" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,99,193);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">. Tours take approximately an hour and are not recommended for children 12 and under or for those sensitive to frightening content. Mobility issues should be taken into consideration as guests will be required to climb stairs.</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 for the CPF Paranormal Investigation presentation, Oct. 29 at 3 p.m. in the Caetani Gallery, are $25 per person (for ages 16 and up only), and are also available at the </span><a href="https://www.ticketseller.ca/tickets/event/paranormal-investigation-of-the-caetani-house" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,99,193);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Ticket Seller</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><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><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">The Caetani Centre is located at 3401 Pleasant Valley Rd. Vernon. For more information, visit </span><a href="https://www.caetani.org/" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,99,193);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">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"> or call 250-275-1525.</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: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">-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: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">Media contact:</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">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, Vernon, BC</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" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,99,193);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><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><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:14pt 0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;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">Link to news release: </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"><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Gj86WznXDdwj72CmYCrWAXg3mlmVjaR8/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=109563779497480060554&rtpof=true&sd=true">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Gj86WznXDdwj72CmYCrWAXg3mlmVjaR8/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=109563779497480060554&rtpof=true&sd=true</a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:14pt 0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Link to photos, logo, poster:</span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">  </span><a href="https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ShrMA6DMgW923szdXMugZGOhTN-5FotP?usp=sharing" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,99,193);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/1ShrMA6DMgW923szdXMugZGOhTN-5FotP?usp=sharing</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:14pt 0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;white-space:pre-wrap">About the Caetani Family: </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 14pt"><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">Duke of Sermoneta Leone Caetani, his partner Ofelia and their daughter Sveva Caetani arrived in Vernon, British Columbia in 1921. They lived a life of wealth, privilege, travel, and luxury throughout the Roaring Twenties until the economic crash of 1929 decimated their fortunes. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 14pt"><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">Following the death of Leone in 1935, Ofelia and Sveva went into self-imposed exile. During this time, mother and daughter rarely left the house, and Sveva was not allowed to pursue her love of art. It was not until her mother's death in 1960 that Sveva, now in her early 40s, started painting again. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 14pt"><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">Her economic circumstances dictated that she find work for the first time in her life. She took on teaching positions at St. James Elementary and Charles Bloom Secondary. Around this time, Sveva began work on her Recapitulation series, featuring 47 large-scale vibrant watercolour paintings, documenting her story and journey through life. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 14pt"><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">In the mid-1980s, due to several mitigating circumstances, Sveva donated the complete Recapitulation series to the Alberta Foundation for the Arts (AFA). The works left the province of British Columbia for 35 years. The AFA provided access to the collection through exhibition loans and an online database. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 14pt"><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">Now, after more than 30 years since the first painting travelled to Edmonton, Sveva's Recapitulation has returned home to Vernon permanently and is now part of an extensive collection held by the Caetani Cultural Centre Society and on display at Sveva's former home, which is now the Caetani Centre museum in Vernon, BC. </span></p><br></span></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)"><br><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><br></span></i></div></div></div></div>