This years festival is again sponsored by the Skaneateles Rotary Club. The festivities begins on Friday with a winter evening walk throughout the village viewing over 20 ice sculptures carved by world class carver, Stan Kolonko from The Ice Farm. And Chamber Music at both the Skaneateles Library and the Museum at the Creamery.
Winterfest 2012
On Saturday their is a full day of fun!
This year’s tastings will begin at 11:30 am and will run until 3:00 pm. It will feature the Sherwood Inn, Joe’s Pasta Garage, Red Rooster Pub, White Sleigh…Etc., Skaneateles Bakery, Moro’s Table, Mark’s Pizzeria, Doug’s Fish Fry, Joelle’s French Bistro, Village Bottle Shop, Johnny Angels, Riddlers, Tom’s Bootleg BBQ Sauce, Skaneateles Artisans, Blue Water Grill, Fleur-de-lis Florist, Rhubarb, Willow Glen Café, Valentine’s Pizza & Deli, Mesa Grande, Joe’s Pasta Garage, Imagine, Chang Jiang and 4 Tin Fish and of course Lockwood Lavender Farm. Wristbands are sold a The Sherwood Inn and Creekside Books and Coffee.
And if you want to give your blood a jolt how about taking a dip in Skaneateles Lake with the rest of the Polar Bears. The Polar Bear Plunge begins at 12:30 onsite registration at Clift Park beginnings at 11:30 am. www.skanplolarbear.com. Funds raised for the plunge will be contributed to the Skaneateles Education Foundation, Skaneateles Volunteer Fire Department and SAVES.
Also returning this year is the Winterfest Scavenger Hunt. Each merchant who participates will be given a letter to display in their store that will be part of a phrase. Once the “player” has visited each location and found all of the letters and unscrambled them to spell out the phrase, they will be entered into a drawing. Prizes have been donated by MidLakes Navigation and the Skaneateles YMCA.
So stop by Rhubarb's and say Hi! We would love to see you!
