Plymouth Ice Festival
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Those looking to come in from the
cold during the Plymouth Ice Festival
will find the Plymouth Arts &
Recreation Complex at Church and
Main streets is the place to be.
“Everything is family-friendly,” said
PARCExecutiveDirector Gail Grieger of
the free lineup at PARC the Saturday
and Sunday of the festival. “So if we
have sub-zero temperatures like last
year, they can get in out of the cold.”
“We feel people are looking for expe-
riences,” noted Marsha Kreza, PARC
marketing director who explained that
the arts complex building tenants are
putting on a number of fun activities
during the IceFestival:
SATURDAY, JAN. 13
• Music selections by violinist Weston
Welch, 12:30 p.m.
• “Hot Chocolate and Chuckles,” pre-
sented by the Mitten Theater, 1:30 and
3:30 p.m.
• Hands-on Art Project-Monoprinting,
presented by the College for Creative
Studies, 1-4 p.m.
• “The Magic Flute,” presented by Main
Street OperaTheatre, 2 and 4 p.m.
• Dance performance presented by
ArtistryDance, 3:15 p.m.
SUNDAY, JAN. 14
• Strings 'n' Things youthmusical ensem-
ble, 12:30 p.m.
• “Hot Chocolate and Chuckles,” pre-
sented by the Mitten Theater, 1:30 and
3:30 p.m.
• Hands-on Art Project-Monoprinting,
presented by College for Creative
Studies, 1-4 p.m.
• “The Magic Flute,” presented by Main
Street OperaTheatre, 2 and 4 p.m.
• Dance performance presented by
ArtistryDance, 3:15 p.m.
In addition, PARC will host an indoor
Winter Artisans Market during the Ice
Festival again this year.
“We look for some collaboration,”
explained Kreza of tenants participating
during the Ice Festival. “We feel it's a
great way to help them market their
businesses as well as get the community
involved.”
This is the fourth Artisans Market-
type event at PARC, she said, although
others have had different names. One
took place during the festival last year.
“Everything was very successful,”
Grieger said of last year.
She said that while PARC attendance
during the Ice Festival is difficult to
measure, she estimated about 1,500 visi-
tors during the two days.
PARC will have free parking and ice
carvings outside the building, a good
reason to walk from the core downtown
andpark exhibits, she added.
Music, crafts, comedy will warm crowds
