First Ever Winter Festival in Delaware County

DELHI, NY (01/07/2010)(readMedia)-- The Delaware County Fair Grounds, in Walton New York, will be transformed into a celebration of winter in true Western Catskills style with onset of the 1st annual Winter Festival, January 23, 2010, 8 am to 5 pm.

This one day festival will feature a spectacular ice carving competition, including 4 teams from SUNY Delhi, along with carvers visiting all the way from Ohio, to practice for the NICA National Championship in Holland, Michigan later this season.

Competitors will be sculpting with the use of chain saws, chisels, blow torches, and other special tools of the trade. Some of the nation's top professional ice carvers will judge the sculptors at Winter Festival. Carvers will compete against time, creativity and Mother Nature beginning at 10 am.

Grab a cup of Chili and a cup of hot cocoa; spend a few hours watching horse-drawn carriage and sleigh exhibition, snowman and igloo making, figure skater demonstration and snowmobile races including mini sleds by the Hamden Hill Ridge Riders.

The Winter Festival is sponsored by The Delaware County Chamber of Commerce, Delaware County Department of Economic Development, Delaware County IDA, SUNY Delhi and the Hamden Hill Ridge Riders. To learn more about the National Ice Carvers, visit www.nica.org. If snowmobilers wish to race, call 607-746-7479 or visit www.hamdenhillridgeriders.com. Come and enjoy this family oriented festival. A $3 entry fee will be supporting the Hamden Hill Ridge Riders Snowmobile Club. Children under 12 are free. For further information on the 1st Annual Winter Fest, call the Delaware County Chamber at 607-746-2281.