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Plymouth Ice Festival
The Plymouth Ice Festival is celebrating 27 years of making downtown Plymouth, MI come alive in January. This year the celebration
takes place the weekend of January 23-25th, 2009. The free, family friendly winter ice festival has averaged 500,000 visitors
during the past 27 years, pumping more than one million dollars to the city’s stores and restaurants each year.
The Plymouth Ice Festival has helped establish ice carving as a world-class competitive event. It is the oldest, largest ice-carving
event in North America. In 1998 and 2002, Plymouth sent their best to participate in an Olympic demonstration sport in Nagano, Japan.
Ice sculpture and ice carving takes many forms and each artist has their own ideas on what makes a quality and must see ice sculpture.
The Ice Artists answer questions while ice carving and display their techniques and tricks.
Plymouth Ice Festival Schedule 2009
January 23-25, 2009
Friday, January 23 - Official Opening
- Pedestal sculptures displayed in Kellogg Park and at sponsoring
businesses.
- 3:00 PM - 7:00 PM - High School Individual Competition in Kellogg
Park, 1 block of ice, 4 hours to carve.
- Community College Ice Carving Clubs and Professional Carvers
completing their displays. Featured schools are: Henry Ford CC,
Macomb CC and Oakland CC.
Saturday, January 24
- 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM - Grabber will be distributing free samples of
their hand and foot warmers.
- 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM - The Gathering - Come hang with AM 901 Radio
Disney at the Plymouth International Ice Sculpture Spectacular,
located at The Gathering in downtown Plymouth. Radio Disney will be
there from 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM. Come see over 100 ice statues and take
part in a Radio Disney Sing-Along for your chance to win awesome
prizes! Plus, you can also visit our friends at St. Joseph Mercy
Health System who will have lots of great information for you to take
home.
- 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM - Plymouth Whalers with Shooter. Autograph
signing and Pictures taken with Shooter.
- NOON - 4:00 PM - College Individual Competition Kellogg Park, 1
block of ice, 4 hours to carve. Colleges represented - Macomb CC,
Henry Ford CC, Oakland CC, University of Michigan, Eastern Michigan
University, Schoolcraft CC and Washtenaw CC.
- 11:00 AM until completion - Cut & Carve Chainsaw Artistry, Master
Wood Carvers carving wood statues and selling their artwork.
- Major Ice Carvings on display including carvings by Japanese
Team.
Sunday, January 25
- 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM - College Team Competition in Kellogg Park, 3
blocks of ice, 4 hours. Colleges represented - Macomb CC, Henry Ford
CC, Oakland CC, University of Michigan, Eastern Michigan University,
Schoolcraft CC and Washtenaw CC.
- 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM - High School Team Competition in Kellogg
Park, 3 blocks of ice, 4 hours.
- 11:00 AM until completion - Cut & Carve Chainsaw Artistry, Master
Wood Carvers carving wood statues and selling their artwork.
- NOON - 5:00 PM - Grabber will be distributing free samples of
their hand and foot warmers.
- Major multi-block displays and individual competition works on
display
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