We had a fantastic evening, so here is a gift for you if you missed it. If you like it, please consider a donation to Charity:Water

Also to all people for Valentines Day coming up:

My Funny Valentine by the Dreamlandband featuring Byron

Little Brown Jug by the Dreamlandband

And we were Rockin at Midnight

Here is some live footage from Kelowna Twestival

We ran into issues with the possibility of having an internet connection at the venue but that is solved now thanks to ProWireless Kelowna. They sponsored high speed wireless internet at the venue for Twestival, so there’ll be live tweets!

Tickets $10, also available at the door. Remember: all proceeds go to Charity:Water

Start of the evening at 7PM

7 - 8PM Socializing

7:30PM small video presentations about Twitter and Charity:Water

8 - 9PM Live performance by the Dreamlandband

9 - 10PM Socializing

This will be a fantastic evening to meet with fellow twitterers or just to have a good time, while supporting charity at the same time.

See you all there!

Alice and Hans

The Kelowna Twestival will be held at the partyroom of the Ukrainian Catholic Church on the corner of Coronation Ave and Gordon, time: 7PM - 10PM.

1091 Coronation Avenue
Kelowna, BC V1Y 7A8

And we have a 15 piece live band, the Dreamland Dance Band, so we’re in for a good time!

The room is big enough for 100+ people and has proper acoustics for the band.

Tickets can be purchased online at Kelowna’s Twestival Ticketsite - Amiando

Or consider a donation, anything helps!

And more to come, stay tuned and spread the buzz!

On 12 February 2009 100+ cities around the world will be hosting Twestivals which bring together Twitter communities for an evening of fun and to raise money and awareness for charity: water.

In September 2008, a group of Twitterers based in London UK decided to organise an event where the local Twitter community could socialize offline; meet the faces behind the avatars, enjoy some entertainment, have a few drinks and tie this in with a food drive and fundraising effort for a local homeless charity.

The bulk of the event was organized in under two weeks, via Twitter and utilized the talents and financial support of the local Twittersphere to make this happen.

Around the world similar stories started appearing of local Twitter communities coming together and taking action for a great cause. Twestival was born out of the idea that if cities were able to collaborate on an international scale, but working from a local level, it could have a spectacular impact.

By rallying together globally, under short timescales, for a single aim on the same day, the Twestival hopes to bring awareness to this global crisis.

charity: water is a non profit organization bringing clean, safe drinking water to people in developing nations by funding sustainable clean water solutions in areas of greatest need.

Right now 1.1 billion people on the planet don’t have access to safe, clean drinking water. That’s one in six of us.

Unsafe water and lack of basic sanitation cause 80% of all sickness and disease, and kill more people every year than all forms of violence, including war.

Many communities in developing nations often have a plentiful supply of clean drinking water just below the ground, but no way to get to it.

This is where charity: water and their partner organizations come in. Drilling a well can cost from $4,000 - $12,000 USD and many living on less than $1 a day cannot afford one in their community, even if the money is combined.

The goal for KelownaTwestival is to raise $4000 to support drilling of a well.

We are very proud to have Kelowna listed between all the bigger cities in the world and to make our contribution to this great project. Another goal is to promote twitter in Kelowna, and of course a great opportunity for our vibrant little twitter community to meet each other in person.

We are looking for sponsors of this event, logo’s and links will be published on this Kelowna page of Twestival. Entrepreneurs: grab this unique opportunity to promote your business worldwide (while supporting a great cause)!

More info: email “twestival at kelownacity.ca”

Welcome to the special Twestival page of the City of Kelowna, BC, Canada.

A team of volunteers lead by @hlooman and @kelownarealtor is organizing Kelowna’s part of this global event, more details will follow soon.

Stay tuned!

Hans & Alice