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Downtown Goshen hosts its second Fire and Ice Festival on January 2nd and 3rd, 2009. The festival offers a full schedule of events which coincide with the monthly First Fridays celebration.
Fire and Ice Festival
Friday, January 2
Ice Sculptures
3 – 9 p.m.
Artists carve ice sculptures on Goshen’s historic downtown sidewalks. While walking downtown, spectators can enjoy hot eats with Goshen’s first Chili Fire competition!
Chili Fire Competition
5 – 9 p.m.
Goshen’s first people’s choice Chili Fire Competition.
Taste spicy soup from downtown restaurants and vote for your favorite!
All voters will be entered for a drawing - Tickets on sale at participating restaurants after December 26, or at Festival headquarters, 118 South Main, during the Festival.
Saturday, January 3
Sculpture Competition on the Goshen Courthouse Square
10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Saturday the festival continues at the Goshen Courthouse with the Sculpture Competition. Watch contestants test their skills with elaborate competition pieces. Judges will review the competition sculptures and award cash prizes to the top three contestants based on the sculpture’s originality, artistic quality, technique, detail and design.
Ice block sponsors and locations
See a full listing of sponsors and ice block locations in Goshen >>
2008 competition winners
1st
Mike Evans, South Bend, Indiana
"Butterfly"
2nd
Danny Bloss, Niles, Michigan
"Ducks"
3rd
Alfredo Arroyo, Michigan City, Indiana
"Dragon"
Ice carvers coming to Goshen this year
Alan Perry, South Bend, Indiana
Danny Bloss, Niles, Michigan
Richard Biggs, South Bend, Indiana
Bud Lies, LaPorte, Indiana
Andrew Thistlethwaite, Elkhart, Indiana
Casey Hochstetler, Elkhart, Indiana
Alfredo Arroyo, Michigan City, Indiana
Mike Evans, South Bend, Indiana
Howard Busfield, South Bend, Indiana
Brittany Crumpacker, Indianapolis, Indiana
Greg Beachey, New Paris, Indiana
Stan Horne, Columbia City, Indiana
Jeffrey Bane, Indianapolis, Indiana
Other area Ice Festivals
Dec 13: Fernwood Botanical Gardens, Niles, Michigan
Dec 20: Downtown Elkhart, Indiana
Dec 26-27: Shipshewana, Indiana
Jan 2-3: Goshen, Indiana (Fire and Ice Festival)
Jan 10-11: Watervliet, Michigan
Jan 17-18: Niles, Michigan
Jan 17: Kalamazoo, Michigan
Jan 24-25: Columbia City, Indiana
Jan 30-31: South Haven, Michigan
Jan 31: Coldwater, Michigan
Feb 7: Dowagiac, Michigan
Feb 13-14: St Joseph, Michigan
Feb 21: Martin's Supermarket, Mishawaka, Indiana
