Friday, January 15, 2010

Enjoy The National Snow Sculpting Competition and Winterfest in Lake Geneva


The Cove of Lake Geneva is once again the host hotel for the National Snow Sculpting Competition, which will take place in downtown Lake Geneva on February 1st - 7th, 2010.

Monday, February 1st and Tuesday, February 2nd the 9-foot snow blocks for the event will be being built in the Riviera Park. Wednesday, February 3rd through Friday, February 5th the national snow sculpting teams will begin their snow sculpting in the Riviera Park from 10:00 am to 5:30 pm daily.

Saturday, February 6th starts the official Winterfest celebration in the Riviera Park. Sculpting of the snow sculptures ends at 11:00 am and from 11:00 am until 2:00 pm viewers can vote for their favorite snow sculpture. Ballots will be available both in the Winterfest Souvenir Program Book and on site. The ballot box will be located in the Riviera Park.

From 10:00 am to 4:00 pm visitors will enjoy entertainment, food, and refreshments, along with children's sculpting, wagon rides, helicopter rides, tethered hot air balloon rides, and sleigh on wheel rides.

The day will also include Children’s entertainment in the Riviera Marketplace:

• 11:00 am - The WOZ-Music, Magic
• 12:00 pm - Tom Stanfield - Sing-a-longs.
• 1 :00 pm - The WOZ-Music, Magic
• 2:00 pm - Tom Stanfield - Sing-a-longs.

At 3:00 pm the public will be invited to watch the US National Snow Sculpting Awards Presentation.

On Sunday, February 7th visitors will enjoy viewing ice sculptures all day as well as entertainment, food, and refreshments from 10:00 am until 3:00 pm. The day’s entertainment will include a blue grass and country band in the Riviera Park.

On both Saturday and Sunday of the event, visitors will also be able to purchase raffle tickets for Midwest Express Airline Tickets and obtain information from gold sponsors of the event, including businesses such as:

• Celebrations On Wells Catering
• City of Lake Geneva
• Community Shoppers, Inc.
• The Cove of Lake Geneva
• Downtown Business Improvement District
• First Banking Center
• Starbucks Coffee
• WLKG 96.1 FM
• Yunker Industries, Inc.

Reserve your room at The Cove of Lake Geneva now to take part in all the weekend’s festivities!

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