The 2009 Grey Cup Festival is pleased to announce the launch of their Facebook (social networking) and Twitter (micro-blogging) social media websites. 
 
Both the 2009 Grey Cup Festival Facebook and Twitter pages will give all fans of the CFL the ability to join the conversation and contribute to the content of the pages leading up to the 2009 Grey Cup Championship and Festival “Canada’s Game and Calgary’s Party”. Fans can follow all the exclusive news, announcements, updates, and behind the scenes action of the 2009 Grey Cup Festival.
“Fans of the CFL and the Grey Cup are passionate and engaging and are constantly looking for ways to interact with their favorite team and the CFL,” said Sheldon Lachambre, Director of Marketing with the 2009 Grey Cup Festival. “We feel that by providing the CFL fans of the Grey Cup with these social media sites will engage and update our fan base further and create more excitement leading up to this year’s Grey Cup Championship and Festival events that are being planned.”
Members of these social media sites will be able to interact with the 2009 Grey Cup Festival and generate content within each site. The 2009 Grey Cup Festival will also keep fans up to date on the latest news and major announcements upcoming, as well as all the exciting news from around the CFL.
It is free to join and members will be eligible for exclusive 2009 Grey Cup contests offering exclusive tickets and prizing packages.


To join and follow the 2009 Grey Cup Festival, follow these links:
 

2009 Grey Cup Official Twitter page