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Written by NEXTnc staff reports
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Thursday, 18 January 2007 |
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Above: Two of many snow sculptures created at the 2006 competition in Breckenridge.
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Yes, yes, that snowman you and the kids made after the Christmas blizzard was something else. And those snow angels? Cute, to be sure.
But, sorry to tell you, your snowman is to the work at the Budweiser Select International Snow Sculpture Championships in Breckenridge as a kindergartner’s sketch of a stick figure family is to the Mona Lisa.
Fourteen teams from around the world — places like China, Russia and Italy — will gather for the 17th annual competition Jan. 23-28 in the mountain town. About 30,000 people attend the event in the heart of town — between Main Street and Park Avenue — annually.
“Each year, the competition steps up to create even more amazing works of art than the previous year,” said Sally Croker, Breckenridge Resort Chamber Event Director. “I believe the camaraderie between the teams during the competition contributes to that excellence.”
OK. That’s a chamber of commerce quote if ever we’ve heard one. Nonetheless, this is how the competition works:
Four-person teams are assigned 12-foot-tall, 20-ton blocks of machine-made snow. The teams work about 65 hours during a five-day period to create their sculptures. Some sculptures are even interactive and allow spectators a tactile, as well as visual, experience.
When the sculptures are finished, a panel of well-known artists and patrons of the arts serve as judges and present awards to the first, second and third place sculptures. Awards are also given for People’s Choice, Kids’ Choice and Artists’ Choice.
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