Media Invitation - Launch of the Crescent Street Grand Prix Festival!

Media representatives are invited to attend the special events
marking the start of the 17th Crescent Street Grand Prix Festival
and its three full days of activities, June 9-11.

MONTRÉAL, June 3, 2016 /CNW Telbec/ -

What:	Opening Festivities for the Grand Prix Festival on Crescent St.
When:	Thursday, June 9, 2016
Where:	Corona Extra Stage (corner de Maisonneuve)
Time:	12:30 pm

• 12:30 p.m. on the Corona Extra Stage (corner de Maisonneuve)
  Opening ceremony  of the Festival in presence of dignitaries and several personalities, among them:
  • Adonis Stevenson & Jean Pascal - Professional boxers
  • Patrice Bernier - Montreal Impact player
  • Olivier Rochon - member of the national freestyle ski team, World Cup champion and winner of a "Globe de cristal" Award in 2011-2012 (jumps)
  • Jean-Christophe André & Lewis Irving -- members of the national freestyle ski team
  • Samuel Fournier - Montreal Alouettes player
  • Bruno Heppell -- former Montreal Alouettes player

• 1:00 p.m. on the Abarth 124 Spider Stage (in front of Thursday's)
  Celebrities' Pit Stop Challenge
• 4:30 p.m. on the Abarth 124 Spider Stage (in front of Thursday's)
  Pit Stop Challenge for the Media

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For further information: Sarah Cope-Corbeil / Paul Vaillancourt III, Torchia Communications, SCC/cell.: 514-585-6223, PV/cell.:514-996-6224, [email protected] / [email protected]