WinterShines Festival kicks off in Saskatoon with ice sculpture displays – Saskatoon | 24CA News
Nutrien’s WinterShines celebrates the snowy season in Saskatoon with per week of out of doors household enjoyable throughout town.
Despite the nice and cozy circumstances this previous week, the pageant director mentioned they’re nonetheless able to rock.
“The ice has held up and so all of the sculptures are here,” mentioned director Shad Ali.
Igloo-building competitions, petting zoos, sleigh rides and ice sculpture reveals will preserve households busy through the day from Feb. 18 to 25.
The pageant will give individuals the chance to see the wonderful sculpting work of Saskatoon’s Patricia Leguen, worldwide snow and ice sculptor.
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Leguen has competed in over 120 sculpting competitions and festivals around the globe.
“I studied fine arts for three years and did my first snow sculpture when I was in Saskatoon teaching French at the U of S in winter of 1979,” mentioned Leguen.
She and an assistant spent 4 days carving an ice wall of the northern lights for the WinterShines Festival this yr.
She has additionally carved a powerful 10-foot-high snowy owl for the show.
“I do it so people can appreciate all of the physical work that it takes,” mentioned Leguen. “It’s also very relaxing.”
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Leguen will probably be internet hosting snow sculpting workshops on the WinterShines Festival.
At evening, the pageant will function a lightweight present for the ‘Saskatoon travels the world’ exhibit.
The non-profit pageant is introduced by a Tourism Saskatchewan and OnGoal partnership.
“It’s an opportunity to bring the community together,” mentioned Ali. “We live in a winter city. We want people to come down and enjoy winter and have something to do.”
A ‘light tipi’ will probably be held at 6:45 p.m. on Saturday.
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“They (participants) can pick up some bison stew and bannock at the hotel and come down to the amphitheatre and enjoy it,” Ali mentioned.
It is recommended that guests gown heat and possibly pack some blankets to benefit from the night.
On Monday, the pageant will relight a sculpture referred to as ‘As Long as the Grass Grows’ at Avenue B and twentieth Street. On Friday, the out of doors TeleMiracle Preview Concert will probably be held on the amphitheatre.
“There’s plenty for people to get out and enjoy this winter and not feel like they have to be cooped up,” mentioned Ali.
Saskatoon residents can discover the occasion calendar and different data on the pageant’s web site.
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