Ice Carnival set to glide into Manor

LIVINGSTON MANOR, NY — The 49th Annual Livingston Manor Rotary Ice Carnival will be held on Saturday, January 26 and Sunday, January 27.

Saturday will feature a snow sculpture contest in Rotary Park on Pleasant Street at 10:00 a.m., with the theme “Through the Decades.” Livingston Manor Central School (LMCS) classes in grades nine through 12 and community organizations will participate. Hot chocolate will be provided for participating students and advisors. Scultpures will be judged at 3:00 p.m.

The Ice Carnival Dance will be held from 6:45 to 9:45 p.m. at the LMCS gym, and at 9:15 p.m. the 2008 Ice Carnival King and Queen will be crowned by 2007 King Brandon Rubik and 2007 Queen Kirsten Scott. A donation of $6 is requested.

On Sunday there will be snowshoeing, sponsored by Morgan Outdoors, and a dogsled demonstration and horse-drawn sleighrides from 12:00 noon to 3:00 p.m., conditions permitting. At 1:00 p.m. snow sculpture contest winners will be announced, and the traditional parade of the 2008 Ice Carnival Queen and King and their court around the Walter Seeley Memorial Skating Rink will take place, followed by skating exhibitions featuring nationally and regionally ranked amateur figure skaters from Ice Time in Newburgh, Skating Club of Boston and the New York metropolitan area. Starting at 12:00 noon there will be free hot dogs, and hot chocolate will be served to all the kids at the Rotary Dog House.

Skating races will get started at 2:00 p.m. (registration for all categories takes place at 12:00 noon). The day will conclude with free skating for all, starting at about 3:00 p.m.

The program is funded in part by grants from the Lazare & Charlotte Kaplan Foundation, NYS Office of Children and Family Services, the Sullivan County Youth Bureau and the Town of Rockland.