Fire
& Ice Festival 2008
In
Historic Mount Holly, New Jersey
Mount
Holly showed they can put on another crowd pleasing event
and provide parking, fun, food, chili, fire engine rides,
dog sled races, rescue dogs, zoo animals, face painting, big
bubbles, more chili, lumberjacks and revolutionary war re-enactors...all
free to those attending.
Throughout
the day as many as 10,000 people, possibly the events largest
crowd, enjoyed the varied activities at this family friendly
annual winter festival, "Fire & Ice".
Following
sanctioned National Ice Carving Association (NICA) judging
and points rules, a rare Gold Medal was awarded to Rich
Daly from Long Island for "The Guardian". The first place
winner and a Silver medal and second place was earned by Mark
McKenzie from NYC for "Butterfly on Sunflower".
In
the amateur ranks 18 year old Nick Ziegler, who drove
all the way from Ohio to compete, earned a NICA bronze
medal for his carving of the Star Ship Enterprise.
Professionals:
1st Rich Daly, Gold Medal,
93.80 pts, "The Guardian"
2nd Mark Mckenzie, Silver Medal,
87.43 pts, "Butterfly on Sunflower "
3rd Ed Yoder, Bronze Medal,
78.60 pts , "Fairy on the Moon"
4th Robert LoFurno, Bronze
Medal, 76.07 pts, "Hope"
5th Stephen Harte, Bronze
Medal, 76.03 pts, "Revising a Classic"
6th James Lauser, Bronze Medal,
73.46 pts, "Snowflakes on Fire"
7th Josh Distenfeld, Bronze
Medal, 73.60 pts, "Cupids Flight"
Paul Magnoldi, crashed, Jump for Joy
Amateurs:
1st Nick Ziegler, Bronze medal,
72pts "Star Ship Enterprise"
2nd Todd Dedmon, 68pts,
"Deer"
2nd Andrew LoFurno, 68pts,
"Dragon Fly"
4th Eric LoFurno, 58.67pts, "Unleashed"
photos by Rocky
D'Entremont
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