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February 16, 2007
The Great Southeastern Hiking Festival
Official Press Release
PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
February 16, 2007
Contact: Jeffrey Hunter
(423) 266-2507
JHunter@AmericanHiking.org
The Great Southeastern Hiking Festival
Western North Carolina from May 3-6, 2007
Four days of recreation, education, festival activities and entertainment
Montreat & Black Mountain, North Carolina - American Hiking Society is hosting the Great Southeastern Hiking Festival, a four day event that expects to draw more than two thousand people to western North Carolina. The festival includes a conference at the Montreat Conference Center that will convene hikers and members of trail clubs from throughout the southeast and features more than 20 scheduled hikes, educational seminars for hikers and trail organizations, inspirational speakers and great regional entertainment. A large, free public festival punctuates the weekend on Saturday, May 3 in historic, downtown Black Mountain. Festival goers will be delighted by arts & crafts booths, food vendors, entertainers, and outdoor information and education.
“We’re excited to be holding this first-ever hiking festival in the gateway to the region’s most spectacular trails”, says American Hiking Society’s Southeast Trail Programs Director Jeffrey Hunter “We really want to showcase the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains and demonstrate that environmental stewardship and economic vitality go hand in hand.”
Representatives from American Hiking Society, Carolina Mountain Club, Friends of the Mountains to Sea Trail, North Carolina Bartram Trail Society, Appalachian Trail Conservancy, Nantahala Hiking Club and the Montreat Trail Club will be on-hand to lead hikes, seminars, and welcome hikers to the beautiful southeast. Entertainment for the weekend includes the Asheville based roots/blues duo The Grit Pixies (Thursday night), local bluegrass favorites Buncombe Turnpike (Friday night), and Asheville based singer / songwriter Christine Kane (Saturday night).
For more information, you can visit The Great Southeastern Hiking Festival website at http://GreatSEHikingFestival.org.
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