Vocal Jazz Festival in the medieval town of Crest

  France

Valence

Duration of Program: 2-4 weeks
Typical Duration of Program: 2-4 weeks
Dates: July 27 - August 16, 2008

Description: Each year, the Crest Jazz Vocal Festival is the strongest moment of the summer period. The material preparation of this manifestation of scale needs a lot of time and people available. For 10 years or so, motivated volunteers have helped with its organization.

Guided by volunteers of the association which organizes the Festival and by people in charge of the engineering department, you will participate in the installation of stages and platforms, support of the Festival promotion (posters, distribution of leaflets in the region), cleaning after each performance, and dismounting and arrangement of the whole material of the Festival.
Note: These are tasks which are repetitive, but essential. Organizers of the festival rely on your motivation to help them before, during, but also after the festival. Hours of work will be very variable according to the needs. There will be little time for leisure or group life.

Highlights: Possible free time activities: Visit of the Tower of Crest and abseiling, visit of the towns of Valence, Montélimar (museum of the miniature and manufacture of nougat) or Die (old town and cooperative cellar), night markets, canoe on river Drôme, visit of a magnanery at Sailans, of an oil mill at Aouste, free concerts within the jazz festival, hikes: 3 Becs, Piegros la Clastre, discover of the Vercors, swimming pool, meeting with other workcamps.

Located in the Drôme valley, in the south of the regional park of the Vercors, the small town of Crest has 8000 inhabitants. It is a town which owns an inheritance of quality, dominated by its medieval tower (52 m high). Very busy in the summer period, the town offers many activities, both sports and cultural ones. Towns nearby: Montélimar (40 km) or Valence (30 km).

Cost in US$: $290 US

Experience Required: no

Typical Volunteer: Motivated to work voluntarily within an international team, tolerant, open-minded and cooperative person with adventurous spirit.

Age Range: 18 - 30 years old

This Program is open to American and Canadian Participants.

Participants Travel to France Independently

Typically Participants Work in Groups

CADIP - Canadian Alliance for Development Initiatives and Projects's Mission Statement: CADIP is an independent, non-governmental, non-religious, not-for-profit Canadian organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia. Through various youth initiatives, Cadip promotes peace, cooperation, tolerance and understanding in international, multi-ethnic, multi-cultural surroundings. The organization also promotes patterns and examples of civil activities focused on serving others, on building social ties and strengthening communities, on supporting civil society development. Aims and general objectives: " To promote volunteering as an expression of civic contribution " To strengthen the international contacts among young people " To build tolerance and understanding in multicultural and multi-ethnic surroundings " To promote multiunderstanding among youth all over the world " To facilitate the individual growth of the volunteers through the acquisition of work, life and learning skills " To work for the recognition and promotion of non-formal learning " To support the community initiatives and assist in community development.