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By Angie Rolheiser

Christmas creativity

Melfort twinkle tour this Friday; woodcarvers getting creative with snow carvings

Dec 15, 2020 | 3:37 PM

After a month and a half of collecting entries into the Christmas lights contest, the City of Melfort twinkle tour will take place this Friday.

The tour includes drive-thru hot chocolate pick-up at the Kerry Vickar Centre (KVC) starting at 6:30 p.m. and an updated map of the tour will be provided as well.

Recreation Programmer Shannon Marshall told northeastNOW four households will win a prize in the contest.

“We have the two prizes originally sponsored by the city, and we’ve added a peoples’ choice award,” Marshall said. “Communities in Bloom came together and they are going to sponsor a prize.”

The community response has been excellent with 65 entries into the contest so far. The deadline to get a display into the contest is Friday at noon to pool@melfort.ca.

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The twinkle tour is a great opportunity to get out with your household according to Marshall.

“This is safe for everyone to participate in by checking out the lights and also weighing in on the people choice award,” Marshall said.

There will be a number to text on Friday evening with the address of your favorite display before 9 p.m. for the peoples’ choice award. The winners will be announced on Monday, Dec. 21 on social media.

On the tour, some work by the Northern Lights Woodcarvers can also be seen.

Along with the snow carvings at the KVC, a couple of members have been busy playing in the snow on the south side of Melfort, on Regent Street.

“It’s something very unique, we don’t always have this much snow this early so the woodcarvers really took to that and have been making some great sculptures,” Marshall said. “We really encourage everyone to check out those pieces of art that we aren’t able to see every Christmas.”

Al Jardine and Ken Luthi started off with snow carvings in front of their homes and have added more along the street in front of homes of their neighbours.

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“How far down the block are we going to go? We don’t know yet,” Jardine said. “It’s a lot of fun and is also a very interesting thing to do.”

Preliminary discussions are underway on the possibility of doing a snow sculpting clinic if snow conditions allow and they can get some sponsorship, Jardine said.

“I think everyone should try it,” Jardine said. “Even if you do a pour a sculpture, you’re further ahead of the person that doesn’t do one at all.”

As for recreation activities for the Christmas holidays and beyond, the city is working on getting crokicurl open at Memorial Garden as well as ice skating surfaces around the community.

The Christmas story walk along the walking trail at Spruce Haven Park is another way to get out and active. A flashlight package can be picked up at the KVC for those wanting to participate in the evening.

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