Scenes from the Keene Ice & Snow Festival
- Brittany Grimes/Union Leader
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Crowds packed downtown Keene for the Ice & Snow Festival on Saturday, Feb. 3.
Mike Rondeau smooths out the speaker for his ice record player with a clothing iron. Rondeau was a student of Billy Poe, another contestant in the sculpting competition. Poe raved about Rondeau, saying he was the best student he ever had.
- Brittany Grimes/Union Leader
Murray Long cleans off his freshly sculpted leaves, which will later top a broken peace sign for his sculpture “Fragile Peace.” Long has been sculpting ice full time for 15 years, and knows many of the other competitors.
- Brittany Grimes/Union Leader
Christopher Sendelbach pours fresh hot chocolate into a dispenser for attendees of the Keene Ice and Snow Festival to warm up with. Agency owner of Farmers Insurance in Nashua, he partnered with the Keene Axe House to celebrate the festival.
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The crowd favorite serpent by Billy Poe attracts the attention of 6-year-old Chas Warrender.
- Brittany Grimes/Union Leader
Mike Rondeau smooths out the speaker for his ice record player with a clothing iron. Rondeau was a student of Billy Poe, another contestant in the sculpting competition. Poe raved about Rondeau, saying he was the best student he ever had.
- Brittany Grimes/Union Leader
Shawn Grenier carves into the ice with a chainsaw for the Keene Ice and Snow Festival. He was one of the few with an assistant, Angela Grenier, who would help stabilize ice chunks as needed.
- Brittany Grimes/Union Leader
From left to right, Harper Peters, 3, Emerson Peters, 7, Lydia Theriault, 7, and Hudson Theriault, 5, enjoy fresh s’mores by the warm fire during the Keene Ice and Snow Festival.
- Brittany Grimes/Union Leader
Murray Long cleans off his freshly sculpted leaves, which will later top a broken peace sign for his sculpture “Fragile Peace.” Long has been sculpting ice full time for 15 years, and knows many of the other competitors.
- Brittany Grimes/Union Leader
Oliver Smith, 2, enjoys the music wall at the Keene Ice and Snow Festival. Lawrence, Mass., native, he’s visiting his grandmother who lives in Keene.
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Christopher Sendelbach pours fresh hot chocolate into a dispenser for attendees of the Keene Ice and Snow Festival to warm up with. Agency owner of Farmers Insurance in Nashua, he partnered with the Keene Axe House to celebrate the festival.
- Brittany Grimes/Union Leader
Don’t eat the yellow snow, or the green, blue or red. They are part of the Here and Now Mandala Art project at the Keene Ice and Snow Festival.
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Azalea, 10, and her brother Sergio Gonzalez pose with characters at the Keene Ice and Snow Festival.
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