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Celebrate Ely Winter Festival at home

Public is invited to make front yard snow sculptures

Keith Vandervort
Posted 1/23/21

ELY – Ely Winter Festival organizers invite winter lovers to participate in this year’s celebration at home, by creating a snow sculpture in their own front yard. The event runs from …

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Celebrate Ely Winter Festival at home

Public is invited to make front yard snow sculptures

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ELY – Ely Winter Festival organizers invite winter lovers to participate in this year’s celebration at home, by creating a snow sculpture in their own front yard. The event runs from Thursday, Feb. 4 to Sunday, Feb. 14.
The 2021 Ely Winter Festival is not conducting an amateur snow sculpture contest this year and has not invited out-of-town carvers. Many artists who can’t come to Ely this year because of the coronavirus pandemic still want to carve something. Here is their chance.
This is not a competition. Just go for it.
If you’ve never carved before, you may want to check out some instructional videos which will be posted on the Ely Winter Festival Facebook page and on their website. Snowbank Productions has given the organization permission to post their videos.
Winter Festival organizers encourage participants to post pictures of the carvings on their Facebook page. If you wish to provide your address, people can drive around Ely and enjoy them. Please tag photos: #elywinterfestival @elywinterfestival.