Big White ski resort will host the official send-off party for Team Canada Olympians on January 6th. The resort beat out bigger competition from Whistler, Banff and Jasper by using a down home appeal.
Michael J. Ballingall, senior vice president at Big White says, "our arguement was 'down-home' real Canadians, the moms and dads of the Okanagan Valley with those young kids deserve to be in the audience to send them off to the Korean games."
The celebration will be televised across the country and will include some of the athletes, but not all, because many are already into their season and will be competing at that time.
A free concert will take place amongst the festivities but no acts have been confirmed yet.