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4/09/2010

Queenstown Winter Festival

 

Festival 2008 Wraps Up

The American Express Queenstown Winter Festival 2008 wrapped up with a huge day at Coronet Peak with organisers declaring the 10 Coolest Days of Winter a resounding success. A big dump of snow the day before (Saturday July 5) made for perfect skiing and boarding conditions and thousands flocked »»

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VIDEO COVERAGE OF QUEENSTOWN WINTER FESTIVAL 2008.  Scot from Gore is in Queenstown to party and have fun and he’s sharing his adventures with us all. To view the videos simply click play on the featured video, or on the arrows at the side of the box, or rollover with you mouse to see thumbnails of other ... »»
COVERAGE - Slideshows and more
To view photographs and Scot from Gore's diary entries on Winter Festival then go to the day tab on the right of the page and click the COVERAGE ... »»
June 27 - Friday
 

COVERAGE DAY ONE

SLIDESHOW     Photos of the American Express Party in the Park & Fireworks at Earnslaw Park and the American Express After Party at Kawarau Falls Station Pavilion.   VIDEO COVERAGE   Our visitor from Gore is back in Queenstown to enjoy all that the Winter »»

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What a way to kick off The American Express Winter Festival 2008

The first ever Festival themed flight landed on Friday June 27 at 2pm with a plane packed to capacity with passengers who had winged their way direct from Sydney to Queenstown on Air New Zealand’s 'Festival in The Sky’. Onboard entertainment from Goodnight Nurse and in flight »»

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 Party in the Park & Fireworks video + Afterparty video

June 28 - Saturday
 

COVERAGE DAY TWO

STREET PARADE SLIDESHOW  The Festival Parade in downtown Queenstown today at noon. For Winter Festival videos click here JAZZ NIGHT SLIDESHOW The American Express Jazz Night at Skyline Gondola & Restaurant featuring Hollie Smith, Tahuna Breaks and Katchafire. For Winter Festival »»

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Parade and Family Fun Day

Despite the drizzly weather conditions the Festival Parade made its way through Queenstown, its appeal always popular with the large crowds here for Winter Festival. Local business and community put in a spectacular effort to create their floats making the decision of the overall winners very »»

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Jazz Night Soars to new Heights

The American Express Queenstown Winter Festival 2008 once again delivers an amazing line-up of entertainment. On Saturday night music lovers were hard pressed to choose between the Jazz Night at the Skyline Gondola or the live show at the Kawarau Falls Station Pavilion where the Queenstown »»

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 Festival Parade and Wonderdog videos + Jazz night video

June 29 - Sunday
 

COVERAGE DAY THREE

BIRDMAN AND PARTY ON THE PEAK SLIDESHOW Photographs taken at SkiDealsNZ.com Day on the Bay Birdman competition and Coronet Peak Opening Party. For Winter Festival videos click here Diary from Scot Mackay: It’s cold, I’m tired, I’m wet, and boy am I stoked. Today was »»

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Day on the Bay at Winter Festival

The SkiDealsNZ.com Day on the Bay (Sunday June 29) was an overwhelming success with a larger than usual crowd lining the edge of the lake to catch all the crazy fun. A bunch of braver than brave contestants entered into the MORE FM Birdman. Complete with contraptions and costumes they threw »»

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 Day on the Bay Birdman competition video

June 30 - Monday
 

COVERAGE DAY FOUR

TEDDY BEARS PICNIC SLIDESHOW For Winter Festival videos click here Scot of Gore speaks out Day 4: When you think of enduring exercise often the stitch comes to mind. When you think of comedy often laughter comes to mind, and when you think of the two together without enduring exercise, you »»

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Food lovers delight

It has been an absolute gourmet food lover’s delight over the past couple of days at the American Express Queenstown Winter Festival, with two sold out events at two distinctly beautiful venues. On Sunday evening guests were treated to an amazing four course meal in the stunning »»

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 The Teddy Bears picnic video

July 1 - Tuesday
 
COVERAGE DAY FIVE

COVERAGE DAY FIVE

MARDI GRAS SLIDESHOW   The Racket Mardi Gras at Earnslaw Park and Downtown Queenstown. For »»

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Ski race success

The conditions were absolutely pristine at Coronet Peak today (Tuesday July 1) for the American Express Celebrity Ski Race. A 30 strong field racing in teams of 3 took to the track set up by the Coronet Peak Ski Department with celebrities pitching themselves against local and visiting invitees. »»

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 Invitational Ski Race video + Mardi Gras video

July 2 - Wednesday
 

COVERAGE DAY 6

DOWNTOWN DAY SLIDESHOW Q92 The Breeze Downtown Day at Earnslaw Park. Hotel bosses compete, top blokes throw pizzas and corporate big-shots dress in drag and race each other in heels. For Winter Festival videos click here  Our beloved visitor from Gore's diary entry day 6: Queenstown is not »»

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 Downtown Day drag race video

July 3 - Thursday
 

COVERAGE DAY 7

DOGGIE SLIDESHOW  The Speight's Dog Derby at Coronet Peak and the Dog Barking Competition at the Village Green. For Winter Festival videos click here RECORD NUMBERS IN DOG DERBY There were a record number of dogs and their owners this year at the Speight’s Dog Derby held at »»

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 Dog derby and dog barking video

July 4 - Friday
 

COVERAGE DAY 8

BALL SLIDESHOW  Lindauer Ball Puttin' on the Ritz at Millennium Hotel. For Winter Festival videos click here Scot from Gore gets wishes he could remember day 8: It was a night to remember, and I wish I could. However the memories which do linger and have survived the onslaught of »»

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Lindauer Ball video

July 5 - Saturday
 

Video of Big Night Out - Opshop and Evermore

COVERAGE DAY 9

BIG NIGHT OUT SLIDESHOW Opshop and Evermore at the Big Night Out at the Queenstown Events Centre. For Winter Festival videos click here Scot from Gore - day 9 When you awake on a Saturday morning in a random person's hotel room with another big night ahead of you, you know »»

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July 6 - Sunday
 

COVERAGE DAY TEN

Scot from Gore - final day The finale of Winter Festival is finally here and so too is much needed rest. Therefore to benefit anyone who has read and viewed all the coverage over the past ten days, I am going to keep it short and sweet. So here goes. Snowboarding, Ddub, astounding. I hope »»

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07 Jul 2008

Festival 2008 Wraps Up

The American Express Queenstown Winter Festival 2008 wrapped up with a huge day at Coronet Peak with organisers declaring the 10 Coolest Days of Winter a resounding success. A big dump of snow the day before (Saturday July 5) made for perfect skiing and boarding conditions and thousands flocked »»

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Coronet Peak Festival Finale with dDub.