The weather has kept organizers of the Salem So Sweet Chocolate and Ice Sculpture festival on the edge of their event-planning-seats this winter. With forecasters calling for snow, there was great optimism that the ice sculptures would make it through the weekend - and, indeed, they have!
Here are a few pictures from Saturday. Thanks to everyone who came out and enjoyed the sculptures, the chocolate, and, we hope, our restaurants, shops and museums. We had a great time!
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| Ice Effects sanding the seams of the PEM Shape Shifting sculpture. |
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| Chiseling in the final details. |
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| The detail on this dragon was awesome. |
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| Cupid AND Gemstones. Perfect match. |
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| In addition to Tin Tin in ice, Mud Puddle hosted Valentine making in the store. |
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| The Salem State University Viking. |
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| Tall Ship Friendship on Pickering Wharf |
We were thrilled to find a few of the sculptures were still being installed when we arrived on Saturday morning, which was at about 10:00 AM. Installation of 17 ice sculptures is an all-night process, which began (in the rain) late on Friday and concluded at noon on Saturday.
They did a great job - the sculptures were wonderful, and the weather stayed cold over the weekend, so most were still standing on Monday morning.
Thanks to
Salem Main Streets for organizing another - the TENTH, in fact! - fantastic celebration of Chocolate and Ice Sculptures!
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