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Plymouth Ice Festival Page 1

Way cool

37th annual event continues to delight visitors

Downtown Plymouth turns turn attractions such as the Ice
into a winter wonderland filled with Playground, the DTE Energy
spectacular ice sculptures and a host Foundation Tubing Run, Fire and Ice
of family friendly activities during the Towers, and the Dueling Chain Saws
37th annual Plymouth Ice Festival set Competition will all return.
for Jan. 11-13. The event annually Coincidentally, those all happen to be
brings more than 100,000 individuals favorite event of Geitzen's.
to the community, according to organ- “I enjoy the whole thing, I really
izer James Geitzen of JAG entertain- do,” Geitzen said. “I'm really pleased it
ment which produces the event. is so successful and keeps just getting
This is Geitzen's fifth year at the bigger and better and attracting larger
helm of the event and the seventh crowds.”
year he has been involved in organiz- This year, he expects between 100-
ing and presenting the festival. 150 sculptures throughout downtown
This year, he doesn't plan to make Plymouth, many of which are dis-
many changes in the Ice Festival, played in front of local stores and
which continues to grow in both popu-
larity and scope. The fan favorite See Festival, page 2

Photos by Robert Lovelace