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Whistler Museum and TELUS World Ski & Snowboard Festival Prepare for 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.
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