Cherie Setteducate has been tasked with helping to organize one of the more popular area events of the year.
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Snow sculpting at Winterfest 2020
Snow Sculpting 1
A team checks its progress on a sculpture at last year’s U.S. National Snow Sculpting Championship during Lake Geneva’s Winterfest. This year, the “Today” show may record footage at the event.
Snow Sculpting 2
Snow sculptors use whatever tool it takes for them to turn a vision into reality.
Snow Sculpting 3
Snow sculpting begins with an idea, according to Don Berg, one of the founders of Winterfest.
Snow Sculpting 4
“It’s total togetherness with their concept,” said Don Berg, of how he is constantly amazed by watching snow sculptors come together to make their artistic visions real.
Lake Geneva's Winterfest
This year's Winterfest in Lake Geneva features the Cocoa Crawl, bonfires on Riviera Beach and the U.S. National Snow Sculpting Championship.
Snow Sculpting 6
One of the snow sculptors who participated in last year’s U.S. National Snow Sculpting Championship at Lake Geneva’s Winterfest.
Snow Sculpting 7
A sculptor looking determined during last year’s U.S. National Snow Sculpting Championship at Lake Geneva’s Winterfest.
Snow Sculpting 8
It starts with an idea. Then, sculptors competing in the U.S. National Snow Sculpting Championship carve that idea out of cylinders of snow that are over 9 feet tall.
Snow Sculpting 9
Snow Sculpting 10
The U.S. National Snow Sculpting Championship draws sculptors from across the country, from Alaska to Maine.
Snow Sculpting 11
Snow Sculpting 12
Using a variety of tools, 15 teams will compete in the U.S. National Snow Sculpting Championship during Lake Geneva’s Winterfest.
Snow Sculpting 13
A snow sculptor working on a sculpture during a previous Winterfest celebration in Lake Geneva.
Snow Sculpting 14
Sometimes, the work to create the art that is on display every year during the U.S. National Snow Sculpting Championship lasts until sundown.
Snow Sculpting 15
Can you see me? Sculptors work on cylinders during the U.S. National Snow Sculpting Championship — not rectangles, said Don Berg, of WinterFun. Cylinders offers more of a three-dimensional challenge for the artists.
Ice Fishing Derby at Pell Lake
Petersen
Keith Petersen shows off a fish that he caught Feb. 8 during the Bloomfield Sportsman’s Club ice fishing tournament.
Group Picture
Enjoying a day of ice fishing Feb. 8 during the Bloomfield Sportsman’s Club ice fishing tournament on Pell Lake are, from left, Mike Russell, Bob Steder, Ben Steder, Eric Villard, and Pauline Russell.
Ice Fishing
Dustin Holland, left, and Collin Dunford show a fish they pulled in Feb. 8 on Pell Lake during the Bloomfield Sportsman’s Club ice fishing tournament.
Ice Fishing
Dustin Holland, left, helps Collin Dunford reel in a fish Feb. 8 after they got a bite during the the Bloomfield Sportsman’s Club ice fishing tournament on Pell Lake in Bloomfield.
Cooper
Steve Cooper shows off one of the fish he caught Feb. 8 during Bloomfield Sportsman’s Club ice fishing tournament on Pell Lake in Bloomfield.
Ice Fishing
Shawn Ostrander, left, and Steve Cooper work on their fish Feb. 8 during the Bloomfield Sportsman’s Club ice fishing derby on Pell Lake in Bloomfield.
