Experience the courage, the passion and the thrill of adrenaline-packed action sports, mountain expeditions, remote cultural experiences and the earth’s last great wild places when this year’s Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour comes to the new Parkland High School’s auditorium on March 4, sponsored by the Wildlands Conservancy.

The tour features award-winning films from the Banff Mountain Film Festival, a 31-year tradition held in early November at the Banff Centre in Alberta, Canada. Over 300 films entered this year’s competition.

Making its way from British Columbia to Africa, the World Tour spans the globe to 260 locations spread over 30 countries. On March 4, the Wildlands Conservancy, with Nestor’s Sporting Goods, brings the World Tour to Parkland High School at 6:00 p.m. Twelve of the festival’s best films will be showing.

“These are outdoor adventures like none other, captured in high definition,” says long-time sponsor and board member, Karen Nestor. “Coming to this film festival is a great way to psyche-up for planning some adventures of your own.”

Tickets are $12 in advance, $15 at the door and $10 for college and high schools students with valid ID. All net proceeds benefit Wildlands Conservancy’s preservation efforts.

Tickets are available at Nestor’s Sporting Goods Whitehall, L.L. Bean at the Promenade Shops, the Wildlands Conservancy office in Emmaus, by calling 610-965-4397 ext 10, and online at www.wildlandspa.org .

This year, in addition to the prize give-away at intermission, Wildlands Conservancy offers its members a chance to win prizes in a members-only drawing. There will be a welcome table in the lobby for conservancy members where they may fill out their tickets and chat with staff.

2/9/2007