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AUTHOR: M.J SOURCE WIFR
Bringing a whole new meaning to ‘Best in Show’, artists from around the state compete in the Illinois Snow Sculpting Competition to prove who’s best in ‘snow’.
23 News Anchor Mike Garrigan emceed Saturday’s festivities when the winners were announced. Rockford Lutheran earned first in the high school division with their creation ‘Snow Clowning Around’. Taking home the top prize for the adult division was ‘Cave People from Space’ with their sculpture ‘Karmadillo’. One team member says it was difficult to make given this week’s warmer weather but is grateful to create something eye catching for the community.
“I’m from Rockford and I can look back to pictures of myself here in the park walking through with my family. I was just two years old looking at the international sculptures and now we are here placing and getting to go to nationals,” says team member Kelly Madison.
“I just love the competition. Competing against fellow artists and people who think like me. It’s really fun being around those creative mindsets and I just enjoy the challenge of it,” says team member Kyle Wolfe.
“Our ideas come through puns. saw a roadkill armadillo and played with the words and had a bunch of different drafts of it. This was the one we went with, and it was a blast to do,” says team member Brian Hierstein.
‘The Windy City Snowmen and ‘The Band of Misfit Boys, which finished first and second place respectively at the 2023 Illinois Snow Sculpting Competition, will represent the state at this year’s National Snow Sculpting Competition starting Feb. 1 in Lake Geneva, Wis.
