Plymouth Ice Festival
        
        
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          out the Great Lakes, Murdock's musi-
        
        
          cal influences span generations. Those
        
        
          include ragtime, Irish, blues and folk
        
        
          styles.
        
        
          “We're delighted to have him back.”
        
        
          Murdock's work represents an anthem
        
        
          to those who know the Great Lakes as
        
        
          the freshwater highways of North
        
        
          America,” said Library Director Carol
        
        
          Souchock.
        
        
          Murdock's concert is offered free of
        
        
          charge, and no advance registration is
        
        
          required.
        
        
          On Ice Festival Sunday, Jan. 14,
        
        
          from noon to 3 p.m., families are
        
        
          encouraged to drop in forwinter crafts,
        
        
          maker activities, hot chocolate, coffee
        
        
          and fun.
        
        
          “These winter events over the last
        
        
          few years have been a big hit,” said
        
        
          Carol Champagne, library youth serv-
        
        
          ices coordinator.
        
        
          “We find that folks come in and
        
        
          while the children enjoy the activities,
        
        
          the parents enjoy visiting with neigh-
        
        
          bors and friends.”
        
        
          Rounding out possible Plymouth
        
        
          library activities are relaxing with a
        
        
          magazine by the fireplace during the
        
        
          Ice Festival, checking out a favorite old
        
        
          movie on DVD, browsing the Friends
        
        
          used book sale, putting a puzzle togeth-
        
        
          er downstairs, enjoying computer
        
        
          games, or staging an impromptu pup-
        
        
          pet show.
        
        
          The library will be open regular
        
        
          hours during the festival, 9:30 a.m. to 5
        
        
          p.m. Saturday, Jan. 13, and noon to 5
        
        
          p.m. Sunday, Jan. 14. For more infor-
        
        
          mation, visit plymouthlibrary.org.