Invitation to the First Italian Owls' Festival,
2-3 June 2007 in ITALY
for the First Time in Europe!
Dear friends all over Europe and World,
On the next
2nd (Saturday) and 3rd (Sunday) of June 2007 Italy will host an amazing
unique event in Europe!
The FIRST ITALIAN OWL FESTIVAL
(italian title: Festival italiano dei
Gufi)
The Festival is organized by the 'Rangers Italia Association'
www.rangersitalia.it (in this website you can found many information,
between some days in English version)
The event will be held in the North of Italy, in Lombardy, in a village near
the beautiful town of Bergamo!
The festival will also be an opportunity for all owl-lovers to meet up.
In the world there are research lovers, wood/glass/stone-owl pieces
collectors. There are those who love to observe these animals in natural
habitats, those who write about them in children or adult tales having owls,
barn owls or Little Owls as protagonists, those who paint owls, those who
illustrate books with amazing black and white drawings or water colours.
There are sculptures and people who build kites and toy planes in the shape
of owls.
Well, all these different categories of owl-lovers will be there at the
First Italian Owls' Festival and with this mail we would like to invite you
too!
Bergamo is a beautiful city with ancient sites.
The Alps are only a few kilometres away and the programme includes night
excursions to see Little Owls Athene noctua, Scops Owls Otus scops,
Nightjars Caprimulgus eur., Tawny Owls Strix aluco, Tengmalm's Owls Aegolius
fun., and other birds!
There will be an important international conference (with English
translation), art and photography exhibitions having European owls as
protagonists!
There will also be a book exhibition with books on owls from all over the
world! (If you have or know the famous books please let the secretary
office know).
In Italy we have many talented craftsmen.
There are people who make incredible owl-shaped objects in wood, glass,
ceramics, stone, leather and other materials.
You will surely be struck by the variety of items and you will find amazing
surprises!
A big park, with indoor spaces too, will host the festival and we do hope
many associations, ornithologists, owl 'specialists' and collectors /lovers
will ask you for information and will take part in the event.
There will be shows for children, meetings with writers and ornithologists,
day and night excursions, raptors from rehabilitation centres will be set
free and there will be a special space for the promotion of Harry Potter,
Martin Hocke and Kathryn Lasky books.
You can download the official documents and all the information on the
website: www.rangersitalia.it
During the next two months the website www.rangersitalia.it will also give
information about accommodation in hotels and a list of discounted
restaurants for those who take part in the festival.
Those who are interested can write to us and will receive an English
newsletter about the Festival.
If you are an association researching or taking care of owls, please write
to the secretary at and we will be happy to give
you a free space for exhibition, selling gadgets, projecting videos or
promote a project, a research or book of yours.
At the end of March the first official programme (in Italian, English and
French) of the festival will be available!
But for example in this festival there are:
- A big exposition photografic and educational about the Owl world! Owls,
pellets, feather, distribution and many other information about the european
owls!
- A scientific conference with important contribute from famous Owl Italian
specialist with some different theme (webcam in the owl's nest, the
important recent breeding of Ural Owl in North of Italy, the status of Short
eared owl in Italy, the importance of reproduction of Owls in captivity by
the important reproduction centre in Europe MontOwl,
- A beautiful and special photo exposition about the Little Owl by Christian
Fosserat (Suisse, authors of book and DVD films of Little Owl)
- a special sector for educational of children: a scientific laboratory with
you name Gufolandia...many young biology and naturalist will be play with
the children for explain the secrets of Owls!
- a special sector of artistic method of educational of Children and
Teathral laboratory for all children in this event!
- many exposition of Italian illustrator: naturalist and artistic painters!
very surprise!
- a great presence of italian artist : many owls in glass, wood, stone,
metal, silver and other material...many surpirse in excellent quality! The
dream of a collector!
- The special edition of a book of a behaviour of Owls! a book of special
exposition !
- The world of Edwige! a special sector for the world of Harry Potter and
your owls!
- Special exposition of all book of the Owls in Italy and many edition of
the world!
- Present in this event many important italian association of the
conservation of nature and birdwatching!
- Music Concert!
- a presentation of a new book of Asio flammeus in the mediterranean area!
and a new and only association of asio flammeus...between some days a news
on www.flammeus.it
- special sector of Chocolat and Owls!
- special sector for the Horse and the children!
- a special section of Owls and letterature! Martin Hocke (special forum
comunity like: il regno del silenzio), Harry Potter, Ga'Hoole world!....with
fable lecture and theatral
and many other surprise!
This event will be make in a great green and relax area with a beautiful
park!
Of course there will be plenty of good Italian music and cuisine and we will
point out all typical places where to taste local specialities!
If you are collectors, if you love and study owls this festival will be a
dream coming true!
We hope to hear from you and to see you there!
Do you want help me?
Do you want partecipe in this festival?
Do you have some material, photo or other material for the exposition or
promotional of your research activity!?
send me your information and your material!
Do you have a publication, a small book, a magazine of your country with the
cover or article of Owls...send me a copy for the our exposizion!
Do you have a DVD, film or other material..help me in this adventure...for
the owl's know!
Thanks in advance!
FOR EVERY INFORMATION YOU CAN WRITE ME
or if you can send me the material
you can send the mail to my address:
MARCO MASTRORILLI
VIA CARDUCCI 7
BOLTIERE (BG)
24040
ITALY
All you can partecipe in this Festival!
In the next mail I send the Preliminar program!
Marco Mastrorilli
and Angelo Cerea
Directors of Organization of Italian Owls' Festival
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