2015 winter carnival guide
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McCall, ID is celebrating 50 years of Winter Carnival. 10 days of events including fireworks, the Mardis Gras Parade and all the fun anyone can have in the snow. The center piece of Carnival are the 30 plus snow sculptures built by local business. Can you Carnival? I bet you can.TRANSCRIPT
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50YEARS OF FUN
MARDIS GRAS PARADE
8WINTER MAGIC
12SCULPTURE MAP
15EVENT SCHEDULE
14MUSIC THAT ROCKS
22WINTER CARNIVAL FOR A CAUSE
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The Winter Carnival Guide is published by KM Sales Agency Inc., 2015. | Contents may not be reproduced without written consent of the publisher.
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50 Years of Fun
Photo by Gary Ertter
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You may not know it, but theinspiration for Winter Carnivalactually dates back to 1924 whenthe town created the Payette LakesSports Carnival to beat thewinter doldrums. Events includeddog and snowshoe races, skijumping, horse ski-jouring,and a tug-o-war where the prizewas a box of oranges! Inaddition to these events, visitorscould also take an exhilaratingride across the lake ice on a motorsleigh, a standard sleigh outfitted with an airplanemotor for power.
This is a special year for McCall WinterCarnival as we mark the 50th anniversary ofthis massive 10-day event celebrating allthings winter!
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As guest lodging was limited in the1920s in McCall, the overflow of visi-tors were housed by residents whoopened their homes for the event. Inaddition, a special train with sleepercars attached was positioned at thetrain station and reduced rates wereoffered as another form of accommo-dation for visitors.
The Payette Lakes Sports Carnival last-ed several years, but began to fade outas organized clubs and the developmentof permanent facilities such as the LittleSki Hill made sporting competitionsmore formal and the need for festivalsto hold such competitions were notneeded. The Sports Carnival eventuallyevolved into an “Ice Break-UpContest.” A person could purchase aticket and enter a guess as to what day,hour, and minute the ice on PayetteLake would break up in the spring. Thelast contest was held in 1941 and endedas gambling became illegal.
The first SportsCarnival wasattended byapproximately2,000 people,including thenIdaho GovernorC. Moore.
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In 1965, the McCallcommunity rallied tobring back a winterfestival to their town,motivated by a desireto promote skiing inthe area.
Brundage Mountain Resort had openeda few years earlier, in 1961, and the firstofficial Winter Carnival was held on thesame weekend as the University ofIdaho Ski Invitational at Brundage.Events included slalom racing, crosscountry skiing, ski jumping, snowshoeraces and snowcat races.
The first Winter Carnival in 1965 was a two-day event that drew regional visitors tothe area. Snow sculptures were an integral part of that first Winter Carnival andthis popular tradition continues today.
The McCall Winter Carnival continues to grow and expand and is the 10-day festi-val we know today. We are excited to welcome you to share the experience and helpus celebrate 50 years!
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Winter MagicA 50YearTradition
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What says “Welcome to WinterCarnival” better than touring all of theamazing snow sculptures throughouttown? The sculptures are a signaturepart of the Winter Carnival festivitiesand we would like to invite everyone totour the town to see what our localbusinesses dream up this year!
For 50 years, ice sculptures have beenthe backbone of the Carnival. Eachsculpture is the culmination of thou-sands of hours of work by teams of co-workers, family members and commit-ted volunteers.
A sculpture map is located on page 12.
And don’t miss the Idaho State SnowSculpting Championships in DepotPark starting midweek of Carnival.Artists from all over the West will cometo McCall to participate in the AnnualIdaho Snow Sculpting Championship.This competition has an outstandingreputation for providing the opportuni-ty for artists to create sculptures in ascale much larger than would be possi-ble in any other medium. The artisticexperience and the camaraderie withfellow artists makes this competition atruly fun and rewarding artistic experi-ence. Location of the event will bedowntown with the lake and BrundageMountain as a back drop.
With the help offlood lightsand warmrefreshments,dedicatedcraftsman workfeverishly throughthe night to putthe final toucheson theirmasterpieces.
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The Mardi Gras Parade is the largestspectator event at the McCall WinterCarnival.
The parade actually started as the“Grand Parade” in the 1970’s, but overtime, dwindling attendance and a lackof interest from the community to getinvolved threatened to phase out thisevent. Before that could happen, howev-er, Lisa Whisnant and a team of vol-
unteers resurrected the “GrandParade” and initiated the Mardi Grastheme in the 1990’s. Since that time,the parade has continued to grow andthrive and the Mardi Gras theme stuck.It has been the official theme for theparade each and every year.
The Mardi Gras Parade takes place,Saturday, January 31st in downtown.Arrive early for the best viewing!
MARDIS GRAS PARADE
2015 MCCALL WINTER CARNIV
Map courtesy of Mountain CentralAssociation of Realtors
For an official street map, pleasevisit any real estate office.
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VAL | SCULPTURE LOCATIONS
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1 Alpine Village & Brundage Resort | 616 N 3rd St. | Olaf & Sven from Frozen
2 Bella Kitchen | 401 E Railroad Ave. | Tips Up
3 Beside the Mill | 326 N 3rd St. | 50 Years of Musical Memories
4 Best Western | 211 S 3rd St. | Humpbacks in McCall
5 Bistro 45 | Bistro Courtyard @ 1101 N 3rd St. | First Dog Sled Race
6 Frontier Communications | Across from 201 Lenora St. | This Grand Marshall
7 Full Circle Flooring of Idaho | 317 E Lake St. | Redwood Tree
8 Gravity Sports & Razzle Dazzle | 503 Pine St. | Remember When…
9 Growler's Pizza Grill | 501 N 3rd St. | Snowmen Melt, but MemoriesLast Forever
10 Hunt Lodge | 210 N 3rd St. | Davy Jones Locker
11 Idaho First Bank | 475 E Deinhard Ln. | Piggy Bank
12 Incahoots BBQ & Catering | 303 Colorado St. | Snowman BBQ
13 Krahn's Home Furnishing & McCall Jewelry Company | 211 E Lake St.
14 KTVB News Group | Legacy Park | News Desk
15 Lardos Grill & Saloon | 600 W Lake St. | Old Mountain Man
16 Manchester Ice & Events Center | 200 E Lake St. | Skate by the Lake
17 McCall Boat Works | 1300 Roosevelt Ave. | 22' Wood Boat
18 McCall College | 106 E Park St. | The Thinker
19 Mountain Lakes Realty & May Hardware | 805 N 3rd St. | Sharlie's Mountain
20 Paul's Market | 132 E Lake St. | Memories
21 Payette National Forest | 102 W Lake St. | Little Ski Hill Memories
22 PLAYLive McCall | 616 N 3rd St. #114 | Battle of the Snowman
23 Ridley's Family Market | 411 E Deinhard Ln. | Sledding Hill/Snoopy on a Sled
24 Salmon River Brewery | 411 Railroad Ave. | SRB Ice Bar
25 Shore Lodge | 501 W Lake St. | Star Wars
26 Southside Grill & Hometown Pizza | 339 Deinhard Ln. | Cheers to 50 Years
27 St. Luke's McCall | 1000 State St. & NE Corner Hewitt | The Train to McCall
28 Stacey Cakes | 136 E Lake St. | Let There Be Cake
29 The Pancake & Christmas House | 209 N 3rd St. | 50 Years of GoodHome Cookin’
30 The Star-News | 1000 First St. | Magic Mountain
31 The Yellow Couch Teen Center | 302 N 3rd St. | Two Feet of Snow
32 Toll Station Pizza | 410 Railroad Ave. | Time Warp
33 Umpqua Bank | 900 N 2nd St. | Tazmobile
34 Unwind Body Spa | 301 Colorado St. | Snowman Spa Day
35 Washington Federal | 204 E Park St. | Snow "Bank"
36 The Yacht Club & Anchor Restaurants | 203 E Lake St. on the back deckof the Anchor | Freeze Frame
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music that rocksEach year we welcome artists from around the Northwest to WinterCarnival. This year’s lineup features some amazing talent. Here are afew performances you won’t want to miss.
At just 13 years old, Zack is a guitar phenome. He startedas a toddler watching his dad play the guitar and by age 6was learning scales and bar chords. Today, Zack is an up-and-coming prodigy who has toured the western UnitedStates and will be in the studio soon to record his nextalbum.
Ethan Tucker has made a big name for him-self in music circles throughout the worldwith his trademark mix of electric andacoustic sounds paired with stirring lyrics.His current album includes tracks producedby Michael Franti. The band continues totour throughout the U.S. and Canada.
Blue Lotus features original songs rooted in rock andblues with elements of bluegrass, jazz and funk. Thehigh-energy, dance-inspiring performances earnedthe band accolades as the next up-and-coming rockand roll jam band.
zack quintana
blue lotus
ethan tucker band SalmonRiver Brewery
Main Stage
Thurs, Feb 5th | 9pm to Midnight
Fri, Jan 30th | 5pm to 6:30pm
Sat, Feb 7th | 7pm to 9pm
Main Stage
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FRIDAY - JANUARY 30, 2015TIME EVENT LOCATIONAll Day Snow Sculpture Viewing Sculpture Map8am - noon Snow Sculpture Judging/Awards Sculpture MapNoon - 5pm Pan for Gold w/Midas Gold Hotel McCall CourtyardNoon - 6pm Craft Faire & Chocolate - YUM! Hunt Lodge2pm - 7pm Sculpture Tours To be determined
Mountain Community Transit4pm - 9pm Lift Serviced Snow Tubing The Activity Barn5pm $20 Winter Carnival Specials Steamer’s Steak & Seafood5pm - 6:30pm Main Stage Music: Depot Park
Zack Quintana Next to Hotel McCall5pm - 10pm Vendors/Food/Beer Garden E. Lake St/Depot Park5:30pm - 6:15pm Children’s Torchlight Community Congregational
Parade Lineup Church - 901 1st St6:30pm Children’s Torchlight Parade Ends at E. Lake St6:30pm - 7pm Opening Ceremonies/ Depot Park
Fireworks Over Payette Lake Next to Hotel McCall7pm – 8:30pm Main Stage Music: Depot Park
Scott Pemberton Trio Next to Hotel McCall7:30pm Alpine Playhouse - “The Foreigner” Alpine Playhouse7:30pm “Black & Blue Rivalry” Manchester Ice Center
Hockey: BSU vs U of I8pm GTA 5 Battle Challenge PLAYLive McCall8pm – 10pm Comedy Night (21 & older) Northfork Lodge9pm – 12am Live Music: Salmon River Brewery
Scott Pemberton Trio
EVENT SCHEDULE
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FRIDAY - JANUARY 30, 2015 CONTINUEDTIME EVENT LOCATION
10pm - 2am Dance Party w/DJ Ronin Yacht Club
SATURDAY - JANUARY 31, 2015TIME EVENT LOCATIONAll Day Snow Sculpture Viewing Sculpture Map8am - 11am Pancake Breakfast McCall Senior Center9am Nordic Race McCall Golf Course9am - 6pm Craft Faire & Chocolate - YUM! Hunt Lodge
10am - 5pm Pan for Gold w/Midas Gold Hotel McCall Courtyard
10am - 4pm Snowshoe Golf McCall Golf Course10am - 9pm Lift Serviced Snow Tubing The Activity Barn10am - 10pm Vendors/Food/Beer Garden E. Lake St/Depot Park10:30am Mardi Gras McCall-Donnelly
Parade Lineup High School11am Fat Bike Race McCall Golf CourseNoon - 1:30pm Mardi Gras Parade Downtown McCall1:30pm Live Music: Lucky Tongue Band Foresters Club2pm - 5pm Main Stage Music: Depot Park
Billy Goats Next to Hotel McCall
2pm - 7pm Sculpture Tours To be determinedMountain Community Transit
2:30pm - 5:30pm Flashpoint Snowbike Race McCall Golf Course3pm Sharlie’s Plunge Alpine Village5pm $20 Winter Carnival Specials Steamer’s Steak & Seafood
EVENT SCHEDULE
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SATURDAY - JANUARY 31, 2015 CONTINUEDTIME EVENT LOCATION5:30pm – 8pm Main Stage Music: Depot Park
Chicken Dinner Road Next to Hotel McCall7:30pm “Black & Blue Rivalry” Manchester Ice Center
Hockey: BSU vs U of I7:30pm Alpine Playhouse - “The Foreigner” Alpine Playhouse7:30pm Live Music: Lucky Tongue Band Foresters Club8pm Call of Duty Adv Warfare Tourni PLAYLive McCall9pm – 12am Live Music: Bread & Circus Salmon River Brewery10pm - 2am Dance Party w/DJ Ronin Yacht Club
SUNDAY - FEBRUARY 1, 2015TIME EVENT LOCATIONAll Day Snow Sculpture Viewing Sculpture MapAll Day Family Battle Day PLAYLive McCall10am - 3pm Pan for Gold w/Midas Gold Hotel McCall Courtyard10am - 4pm Craft Faire & Chocolate - YUM! Hunt Lodge10am - 4pm Snowshoe Golf McCall Golf Course10am - 5pm Vendors/Food/Beer Garden E. Lake St/Depot Park10am - 8pm Lift Serviced Snow Tubing The Activity Barn11am MCPAWS Monster Dog Pull Alpine Village2pm - 7pm Sculpture Tours To be determined
Mountain Community Transit3:30pm Superbowl Sunday Party Broken Horn Brewing4pm Superbowl Party Yacht Club4pm Superbowl Party Intersection BBQ Bar & Grill
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SUNDAY - FEBRUARY 1, 2015 CONTINUEDTIME EVENT LOCATION4pm Super Bowl Party Foresters Club5pm $20 Winter Carnival Specials Steamer’s Steak & Seafood7:30pm Alpine Playhouse - “The Foreigner” Alpine Playhouse
MONDAY - FEBRUARY 2, 2015TIME EVENT LOCATIONAll Day Snow Sculpture Viewing Sculpture Map4pm - 8pm Lift Serviced Snow Tubing The Activity Barn5pm $20 Winter Carnival Specials Steamer’s Steak & Seafood6pm Rupert’s Wine Dinner Rupert’s @ Hotel McCall
Featuring: Telaya & Coiled6pm Movie Night: To Catch A Thief Broken Horn Brewing9pm Comedy Night Intersection BBQ Bar & Grill
TUESDAY - FEBRUARY 3, 2015TIME EVENT LOCATIONAll Day Snow Sculpture Viewing Sculpture Map9am Idaho State Snow Sculpture Depot Park
Championship Begins Next to Hotel McCall4pm - 8pm Lift Serviced Snow Tubing The Activity Barn
5pm $20 Winter Carnival Specials Steamer’s Steak & Seafood6pm Rupert’s Wine Dinner Rupert’s @ Hotel McCall
Featuring: Dunham Cellars &Sinclair Estate Vineyards
7pm - 10pm Party Bingo! (21 & older) Foresters Club
EVENT SCHEDULE
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WEDNESDAY - FEBRUARY 4, 2015TIME EVENT LOCATIONAll Day Snow Sculpture Viewing Sculpture MapAll Day View Idaho State Depot Park
Snow Sculpture Building Next to Hotel McCallNoon - 7pm BBQ Social Incahoots BBQ & Catering4pm - 8pm Lift Serviced Snow Tubing The Activity Barn5pm $20 Winter Carnival Specials Steamer’s Steak & Seafood5pm Live Music/Wine Tasting The Anchor5:30pm - 10pm Grand Bingo Northfork Lodge
Doors open 5:30 - 7pm start6pm Rupert’s Wine Dinner Rupert’s @ Hotel McCall
Featuring: Cinder7pm Ladies Martini Night Foresters Club7:30pm Alpine Playhouse - “The Foreigner” Alpine Playhouse
THURSDAY - FEBRUARY 5, 2015TIME EVENT LOCATIONAll Day Snow Sculpture Viewing Sculpture MapAll Day View Idaho State Depot Park
Snow Sculpture Building Next to Hotel McCall4pm - 8pm Lift Serviced Snow Tubing The Activity Barn
5pm $20 Winter Carnival Specials Steamer’s Steak & Seafood5pm - 8pm M-D Education Foundation Shore Lodge
Spirits & Chocolate Tasting Upper Pavilion6pm Rib Night Broken Horn Brewing
Catered by Incahoots BBQ
EVENT SCHEDULE
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THURSDAY - FEBRUARY 5, 2015 CONTINUEDTIME EVENT LOCATION7:30pm Alpine Playhouse - “The Foreigner” Alpine Playhouse9pm Random Karaoke Night Foresters Club9pm - 12am Live Music: Ethan Tucker Band Salmon River Brewery9pm - 12am Beard, Hairy & Yacht Club
Sexy Leg Competition
FRIDAY - FEBRUARY 6, 2015TIME EVENT LOCATIONAll Day Snow Sculpture Viewing Sculpture Map10am Idaho State Snow Depot Park
Sculpture Judging Next to Hotel McCall10am - 4pm Snowshoe Golf McCall Golf Course11am - 10pm Vendors/Food/Beer Garden E. Lake St/Depot ParkNoon - 5pm Pan for Gold w/Midas Gold Hotel McCall Courtyard2pm - 7pm Sculpture Tours To be determined
Mountain Community Transit3pm - 9pm Beer Garden Depot Park
Next to Hotel McCall3:30 - 7:30pm YAC-A-TAC Dance Tourni Yellow Couch Teen Center
For Middle Schoolers4pm - 9 pm Lift Serviced Snow Tubing The Activity Barn5pm $20 Winter Carnival Specials Steamer’s Steak & Seafood5pm - 6:45pm Main Stage Music: Depot Park
Free Peoples Next to Hotel McCall7pm - 9pm Main Stage Music: Depot Park
The Quick & Easy Boys Next to Hotel McCall7:30pm McCall Starz On Ice Manchester Ice Center7:30pm Alpine Playhouse - “The Foreigner” Alpine Playhouse8pm GTA 5 Battle Challenge PLAYLive McCall8:30pm - 10:30pm YAC-A-TAC Dance Tourni Yellow Couch Teen Center
For High Schoolers9pm - 12am Live Music: Salmon River Brewery
The Quick & Easy Boys10pm - 2am Dance Party w/DJ Ronin Yacht Club
SATURDAY - FEBRUARY 7, 2015TIME EVENT LOCATIONAll Day Snow Sculpture Viewing Sculpture MapAll Day Idaho State Snow Depot Park
Sculpture Viewing Next to Hotel McCall
9am - 6pm Snowmobile Fun Run Bear Creek Lodge9:30am - 4:30pm Diva Day Brundage Mountain Resort10am - 4pm Snowshoe Golf McCall Golf Course10am - 5pm Pan for Gold w/Midas Gold Hotel McCall Courtyard10am- 9pm Lift Serviced Snow Tubing The Activity Barn10am - 10pm Vendors/Food/Beer Garden E. Lake St/Depot Park10am Snowshoe Tours Little Bear Basin Nordic Center2pm - 7pm Sculpture Tours To be determined
Mountain Community Transit2:30pm - 6pm Family Bingo (all ages) Hunt Lodge5pm $20 Winter Carnival Specials Steamer’s Steak & Seafood5pm - 6:30pm Main Stage Music: Depot Park
Blaze & Kelly Next to Hotel McCall6:30pm - 7pm Closing Ceremonies Depot Park
Next to Hotel McCall6:30pm Winemaker Dinner Shore Lodge
Featuring Charles Krug
EVENT SCHEDULE
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SATURDAY - FEBRUARY 7, 2015 CONTINUEDTIME EVENT LOCATION7pm Fireworks Over Payette Lake Downtown McCall7pm - 9pm Main Stage Music: Depot Park
Blue Lotus Next to Hotel McCall7pm - 11pm Last Chance Dance Northfork Lodge
Featuring Bottom Line Band7:30pm McCall Starz On Ice Manchester Ice Center7:30pm Alpine Playhouse - “The Foreigner” Alpine Playhouse
8pm Call of Duty Adv Warfare Tourni PLAYLive McCall9pm - 12am Live Music: Salmon River Brewery
Free Peoples10pm Dance Party w/DJ Ronin Yacht Club
SUNDAY - FEBRUARY 8, 2015TIME EVENT LOCATIONAll Day Snow Sculpture Viewing Sculpture MapAll Day Family Battle Day PLAYLive McCall10am - 3pm Vendors/Food/Beer Garden E. Lake St/Depot Park
10am - 3pm Pan for Gold w/Midas Gold Hotel McCall Courtyard
10am - 4pm Snowshoe Golf McCall Golf Course10am- 9pm Lift Serviced Snow Tubing The Activity Barn11am - 4pm Dutch Oven Cook Off Incahoots BBQ & Catering2pm - 7pm Sculpture Tours To be determined
Mountain Community Transit
5pm $20 Winter Carnival Specials Steamer’s Steak & Seafood
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The Chocolate and Spirits Tastingbenefits the McCall-DonnellyEducation Foundation. This hard-work-ing group of volunteers provides schol-arships and grant money to enhanceand promote public education in thearea. Since the Foundation’s inceptionin 2006, over $290,000 in grant moneyhas been distributed to educational pro-jects.
Sharlie’s Plunge raises money for theMYST Mentoring Program whichworks to connect teens with responsible,caring adults to build positive mentor-ing relationships. In addition, MYSTalso funds the Yellow Couch TeenCenter, a safe place for youth to interactsocially with peers and adult mentors.
The Monster Dog Pull is an annualfundraiser for the MCPAWS RegionalAnimal Shelter. In 2014, the Shelterwas able to find homes for 116 dogsand 179 cats while reuniting 123 lostdogs and 8 cats to their owners.
WINTER CARNIVAL FOR A CAUSEDid you know that while your family is enjoyingevents at Winter Carnival, you are also helping togive back to the surrounding community?Many of the signature events at the McCall Winter Carnival are hosted by and raisemoney to support local non-profits.
