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Purpose of the Festival This event was originally conceived to showcase arts and technologies related to wind. After the events that impacted America so deeply, many people felt more urgently than ever the need to develop more constructive interaction with the world around us. Thinking of "wind" metaphorically, we expanded our theme to "Winds of Innovation...Winds of Change"to be more inclusive. Our mission is to bring open, creative people together with art, ideas and technologies that will inspire and combine to bring positive effects to our social and physical environment. We have been encouraged by the many small and large positive efforts around us and hope this can be forum for many more Topics Below: The unique, exciting art and technology features we have been so fortunate to have committed will draw an interested and involved audience.Often the great leaps in technology have come through people outside of existing disciplines, being unfettered by boundaries that have already been set in an established industry. The Festival will provide an opportunity for an ongoing forum for the exchange of ideas and a network of both innovative companies and individuals. See Page:"Features" The Festival host and site is Chanslor Ranch, a spectacular, scenic and windswept coastal hillside location in Northern California, 1-1/2 hours north of San Francisco, one mile north of the town of Bodega Bay. www.chanslorranch.com/ This 700 acre ranch is home to a wetlands wildlife sanctuary and a future educational and bird rehabilitation facility that will be the beneficiary of the festival. www.sonomawetlands.org LocationNorth of the scenic fishing village of Bodega Bay
on Highway 1 overlooking the Salmon Creek State Beach, Chanslor
Ranch is also host to the Bodega Bay Seafood Festival in August.
In town there are many fishing and whale-watching charter boat services.
May is still whale-watching season, when the huge mammals are returning
to their Arctic feeding waters. Rugged cliffs, arch rocks, tide
pools, beaches and Redwood punctuated hills grace the wild
coast for miles northward. http://www.visitsonomacoast.com/
Located in Sonoma County's wine country, we are able to enhance
the atmosphere of the festival with wonderful wines and gourmet
food provided for your pleasure by talented chefs, caterers
and restaurants. Bodega Bay has charming lodging and fine seafood
dining, the myriad pleasures of the wine country begin just
a short ways inland.
The Bodega Bay Festival of the Winds is presented in the springtime, when beautiful wildflowers and grasses, encouraged by the fragrant ocean mists, cover the hillsides and pastures of the coast. Concept and Event ProductionThe Bodega Bay Festival of the Winds was conceived
by Abby Myers, Environmental Consultant for Chanslor Ranch Wetlands
Project. The Festival is produced by the Festival of the Winds
Association, Wind-fx Group. Group members have over 20 years of experience
in producing advertising promotions and trade shows for companies
such as IBM, Mobil Oil, Mastercard, Pacific Bell, Morton Salt,
Bank of America and John Hancock Insurance. Involvement in promotion of the arts in the
community and environmental benefits have inspired this event.
Concern for the future of energy resources and production in California
and the United States has fueled the creation and expansion of
the festival. We are thankful for the enthusiasm and early support
generated for the festival from diverse sources.
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