SKATE THE LAKE WINTER FESTIVAL 2009
The Event
The Annual SKATE the LAKE Winter Festival has been a New Year's Eve tradition since 1996. Winter Festival offers ice-skating, fireworks, fire barrel bonfires, sleigh rides, food, music and ice games such as pick-up hockey and broom-stick hockey along with games/ activities (jump castles, face painting), lots of food vendors, music and dancing all on firm ground!
Ticket Information
New Additions to our 2009 New Year's Eve festivities:
- Old Tyme Hockey on the Lake! 1st annual Pond Hockey Tournament
- "Touch-A-Truck" Safety Vehicle Display with the Fire Dept, State Patrol, Search & Rescue, Ambulance crew, Flight for Life.
- Ice Sculpture Playground featuring the work of Michael Campe of Colorado Ice Sculptures and Thomas Barlow of A Thomas Barlow Affair.
The spectacular fireworks display will be lit over the ice – not just at midnight but first at 8:00 p.m. for the youngsters in the crowd. Once you've experienced it, you will always remember how magical it is.
ICE SKATE RENTALS ARE LIMITED. Please plan on bringing your own skates, if at all possible. If you do choose to rent skates, try to arrive early. Skate rentals are by the hour. We will post current rental rates just prior to this year's event.
Skate the Lake Winter Festival is a non-alcohol event, geared to families and those who wish to ring in the New Year safely, without a hang-over. The event is open from 6 pm to 12 midnight, New Year's Eve.
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Anyone interested in volunteering for Skate the Lake is encouraged to contact Drive Smart via email: Grace Gabrielli, stlggg@aol.com. If you would like to see the different ways you can get involved, please visit our Contact Us page.
DRIVE-SMART Evergreen/Conifer relies on one major fundraiser annually to provide funding for all of the programs it offers the mountain community each year. If you would like to sponsor Skate the Lake or donate to Drive Smart, you may do so by mailing a check to P.O. Box 2012, Evergreen, C0 80437, donate online or leave a message on our office phone: 303-674-9683. All donations are tax-deductible. Drive Smart Evergreen/Conifer is a 501(c) 3 corporation.