2006 Deerfield River Festival – July 29th

 

This year’s American Whitewater Deerfield River Festival is shaping up to be one of the best ever. This yearwillbring new activities both on and off the river to the weekend celebration.

Check out what we have going on this year:

 

“Save Our Rivers”

Membership Drive

Each year American Whitewater gathers up all sorts of goodies to host the annual Deerfield American Whitewater membership drive.  Folks that join or renew their AW membership get hooked up with magazines, dvds, stickers, food, drinks, and a chance to win one of three free kayaks from Dagger Kayaks, Jackson Kayaks, and Wavesport Kayak.

 

On Water Activities
Saturday afternoonwillbe full of activities on the Dryway section of theDeerfieldstarting with a “boatercross” event through Dragon’s Tooth and Labyrinth.  Following the “boatercross” therewillbe a freestyle competition in Dragon’s Tooth.  Judgeswillbe rating you on a scale of 1 to 10 based on how creative and fun your run looks.  Each event only costs $5 to participate.  Registrationswilltake place at the Dryway Put-In from 10 – 11:45. 

Kids Activities
Every year at the Deerfield Festival it seems that there are more and more kids running around, playing games, and crawling into boats.  This year we have a bunch of activities for the little ones, including a wiffle ball game, rubber ducky race, and pie eating contest.  The kids’ activitieswillall take place in the festival field starting around 4:00.

 

Grownup Kid (Adult) Activities We have a few hidden things up our sleeves for this year’s festival but here is just a taste of what is in store:

• “Are you gonna eat that?”  Pie Eating Contest
• Water Balloon Launching contest with your favorite paddling friends as targets
• Music from “The Symptoms”
• Raft Guide “Superguide” Challenge
• Silent Auction with all the latest whitewater gear and goodies

Shuttle Staying in the area?  Want to have a great time and still get home safe and sound?  Thanks to the extreme generosity of Crabapple Rafting and Zoar Outdoor wewillbe offering shuttles from local campgrounds to and from the festival site.  From 4:00 – 6:00 Crab Apples Vans and Busseswillbe swinging through the campgrounds to bring you to the festival fun.  Zoar Outdoorwillbe running return shuttle trips from 10:00 – 12:00.  The shuttlewillbe stopping at the following locations:

 

MohawkPark 

MohawkTrailStateForest

Oxbow Resort Hotel

RedRoseMotel

Country Aire Campground

 

Anyone interested in volunteering to help American Whitewater with the festival please contact Elaine Campbell at elaine@remoteworks.com.