wana Ice Festival offers a collector’s
item in a commemorative pin created
by a local high school student. This pin
Santa arrives at the Town Center on
enables shoppers to receive special disSaturday, December 10th, from 1 to 4
pm, with crafts, cookie decorating, and counts through the end of January.
New Year’s Eve Celebration at the
a Holiday sing-along. Free admission.
December 28 to 30 is the Shipshe- Blue Gate Restaurant & Theater
The streak of seasonal events
wana Ice Festival. It’s a three-day event
that showcases the highest concentra- culminates in a December 31 family
event when comedian Dennis Swantion of large ice sculptures (with ten
berg takes the stage at the Blue Gate
blocks of ice or more used) between
Indiana and Alaska. Professional carv- Theater, impersonating over twenty
ers begin early on Wednesday by carv- famous people, including his favorite
and first, Barney Fife; together with his
ing their ice blocks, working well into
the early evening when the sculptures side-splitting stories about family and
tales from the funny side of church.
finally reach completion.
For more information about speOn Thursday, the same carvers
cial events throughout town, check out
show off their skills in a carving competition. The public is also invited to
get involved with a snowman-building
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the following web-sites: www.Shipshewana.com, www.Riegsecker.com, www.
Shipshewanatowncenter.com, www.
VisitLaGrangeCounty.org.