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10 February

Event Details

  • Date: February 10-12, 2012
  • Time: Check Schedule
  • Cost: FREE
  • Sponsor: St. Joseph Today

8th Annual Magical Ice Carving Festival

 Downtown St. Joseph

 

Friday, February 10

2pm - 10pm Professional Ice Carving - Watch Professional Ice Sculptors turn blocks of ice into beautiful creations along State St. Do the Snow Biz Scavenger Hunt of the logo sculptures - check in at the Welcome Center.
4pm - 10pm Schu's Festival Tent - live entertainment, great food & warm spirits at the corner of Pleasant and Lake Blvd. Call 983-7248 for more info.

8:00pm- Midnight  Waikiki Weekend @ Silver Beach CenterFire & Ice Kickoff Party! Hawaiian Fire Dancers, Martini Ice Luge, Tiki Snack Shack plus full bar. Live music by Joshua & Jeremy Sprague. $10 cover charge. Visit Silver Beach Carousel for complete details. LADIES FREE UNTIL 9:00 PM!

Saturday, February 11

10 am - 3 pm Professional Team Carving Competition (Sanctioned by the National Ice Carving Association) Street corners along State St. in downtown.

10 am - 5 pm Waikiki Weekend @ Silver Beach Center -  Fun includes carousel rides, new exhibits at the Curious Kids’ Discovery Zone, hula dance demonstrations, face painting and magic show. Check out http://www.silverbeachcarousel.com/waikiki for complete details.

11 am - 10 pm Schu's Festival Tent - great food & warm spirits at the corner of Pleasant and Lake Blvd. 983-7248 for more info.

11am - 1pm  Perennial Accents - Cooking Class: Dinner for your Sweetheart! Call (269) 983-5791 for details....

7:30 pm Live Entertainment @ Schu's Festival Tent on Pleasant St.

6 - 10 pm  Ice Skating - Bring your sweetie to the John and Dede Howard Ice Arena for outdoor skating and indoor amenities.  Fee: $5 per person and $3 skate rental.

Sunday, February 12

10 am - 2 pm Professional Individual Carving Competition (Sanctioned by the National Ice Carving Association). Pleasant @ State St.

12 noon - 5 pm  Waikiki Weekend @ Silver Beach Center - Fun includes carousel rides, new exhibits at the Curious Kids’ Discovery Zone, free cotton candy and popcorn and hula hoop fun!

Awards ceremony for BOTH competitions: 3 pm @ the Welcome Center, 421 State St.

 

Saturday, February 11... FOR KIDS!

10 - 11:30am Krasl Art Center Magic Show -  Magician John Dudley will begin at 10:00am

11:30am - 2:30pm Maud Preston Palenske Library Magic & Crafts - Magician John Dudley will perform at 11:30am. Box lunches available for purchase. Winter themed crafts for kids!

1:00pm (new for 2012!) Heritage Museum & Cultural Center - Magician John Dudley @ 1pm sharp!

2:30 - 4pm  Curious Kids' Museum & Discovery Zone Magician John Dudley at 2:30pm @ CK Museum (415 Lake Blvd). Crafts for kids - Soap & Ice Sculptures!

4:00 pm   Shadowland Ballroom in Silver Beach Center Magician John Dudley performance sponsored by Silver Beach Carousel and Curious Kids’ Discovery Zone.

ONGOING....

2nd Annual Coastline Children's Film Festival - International children’s film festival comes to Southwest Michigan! Feb 3rd-5th  & 10th-12th at various locations. SCHEDULE. FILM LINEUP. 269.925.3544 or brookviewschool.org for more info.

Silver Beach Center - Polynesian Dancers will perform at 1:00, 2:00 and 3:00 pm as part of Waikiki Weekend at the Silver Beach Center. Carousel Rides are $2 each or 3 for $5. Discovery Zone admission is $4.

Heritage Museum & Cultural Center - Visit some of Berrien County's earliest residents at The Heritage's newest exhibit, Ice Age Imperials.  Touch real fossils thousands of years old, create cave art, and dig for fossils in our paleo dig boxFree admission for kids (17 and under) during the Magical Ice Festival! More details here.

Snow Biz Scavenger Hunt - As you explore downtown, look for glistening logo sculptures with special items inside! To get started, come to the Welcome Center at 421 State St. in downtown St. Joseph.