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Sunday, February 27, 2005

the winter festival

The winter festival in our town only lasts a weekend, but it is alot of fun. There is a little bit for everyone if you can stand the cold.

Friday evening opened with a short but really great display of fireworks. After the fireworks, they showed a movie, outdoors projected on a huge wall of snow. people sat on bales of hay to watch Jimmy Neutron. Later they had a small music concert out of doors also.

Yesterday and today were activity based.

There were plenty of fun things for everyone... including snowmobile rides, sliding, you could even take a ride in a horse drawn wagon.



There was plenty of free maple syrup taffy.. and it was delicious as you can see
(in case anyone is wondering, yes.. I did get permission to take this cutie's pic):



There was a snowman building competition where you had to build a 'traditional snowman'.

One guy simply said: Screw the traditional one.. I'm making this. Of course he didn't win but it was a favorite amongst the kids.




and the fabulous snow sculptures (ah... art, that's free, that is ephemeral, that didn't cost 26 million dollars (oooh..perhaps someone should tell Christo!) and that everyone can come to see and enjoy together.

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