Nelson Star Friday, August 12, 2011
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Festival organizers pleased with final result of effort Continued from Page 3 past year of our efforts, so they aren’t going to bring in as large a number of drugs, or they know they are going to get checked so they aren’t going to bring in any drugs at all. So numbers would be down because of our proactive efforts last year.” Seibel said there were incidents that occurred related to problems people brought with them to Shambhala. “There was one incident of an ex-boyfriend finding the exgirlfriend and assaulting her in
her tent and keeping her forcefully confined,” he said. “Individuals come from all over and their history and background come with them. If there are conditions of non-contact or no communication and they choose to breach that at the Shambhala site or in town, then we have to deal with that.” The RCMP meets with the organizers of Shambhala several times throughout the year, and Seibel said they have a strong background and training. “Some of them are involved
in law enforcement in other areas. Some may be retired law enforcement or, current reserve or auxiliary officers, so their training and professionalism is key when you have a large group of people. They help keep people calm and cool, and keep incidents from escalating.” There were 10,000 ticketholding attendants at Shambhala last weekend with more than 1,000 additional staff, volunteers, and musicians. “Shambhala Music Festival maintains an excellent and
professional working relationship with the police established through 14 years of safe festival planning,” said Shambhala production manager Corrine Zawaduk. “Shambhala continues to champion safe festival celebrations, and will continue to cooperate with local and regional police with timely information and cooperation. The festival’s goal is to set safety benchmarks for festivals in Canada,” she said. Zawaduk said that there are 350 festival staff on shift at any
time during the festival including licensed security, emergency responders, and traffic controlers. “It’s been a really great year,” she said. “The atmosphere was very positive and relatively calm. The stages and artwork turned out beautifully, we had a great crew of volunteers and staff. We couldn’t have asked for a better weekend.” Shambhala was voted best large festival in the world at the annual Breakspoll Awards in London, England in March.
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