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Thank you to all of our sponsors!


Ball, Buckley & Seher

Baxter & Kourlesis

Burlington County College

Environmental Resolutions, Inc

Greater Mount Holly Business & Professional Association

Highway Tire

Kearns, Vassallo & Kearns

Keating Development Co.

Lakes Appliance

Main Street Mount Holly

Metcalf & Eddy

Parker McCay

Winzinger, Inc.

 

Mount Holly showed they can put on another crowd pleasing event and provide parking, fun, food, chili, fire engine rides, dog sled races, rescue dogs, zoo animals, face painting, big bubbles, more chili, lumberjacks & revolutionary re-enactors.....all free to those attending. 

Throughout the day as many as 10,000 people and possibly the event's largest crowd enjoyed the varied activities at Main Street Mount Holly NJ's Family Friendly annual winter festival," Fire & Ice".

Following sanctioned National Ice Carving Association  (NICA) judging and points rules, a rare Gold Medal was awarded to Rich Daly from Long Island for "The Guardian". The first place winner and a Silver medal and second place was earned by Mark McKenzie from NYC for "Butterfly on Sunflower".

In the amateur ranks 18 year old Nick Ziegler, who drove all the way from Ohio to compete, earned a NICA bronze medal for his carving of the Star Ship Enterprise.

Professionals: 

1st Rich Daly, Gold Medal, 93.80 pts, The Guardian    $1,000  

2nd Mark Mckenzie, Silver Medal, 87.43 pts, Butterfly on Sunflower  $750

3rd Ed Yoder, Bronze Medal, 78.60 pts , Fairy on the Moon              $500

4th Robert LoFurno, Bronze Medal, 76.07, Hope                        $250

5th Stephen Harte,  Bronze Medal, 76.03, Revising a Classic      $125

6th James Lauser, Bronze Medal, 73.46, Snowflakes on Firs

7th Josh Distenfeld, Bronze Medal, 73.60, Cupids Flight                    

Paul Magnoldi, crashed, Jump for Joy 

 

Amateurs:

1st Nick Ziegler, Bronze medal, 72pts Star Ship Enterprise  $150   

2nd Todd Dedmon, 68pts, Deer   $100                                 

2nd  Andrew LoFurno, 68pts, Dragon Fly $100                 

4th  Eric LoFurno, 58.67pts, Unleashed  $50

 

photo by Rocky D'Entremont

 

 

 

 

Chili Contest Facts:

Contact person for contestants: Jan Myers 609-261-0314

Chili registration: 9:00 AM Relief Fire House Pine Street

Chili judging: 10:00 AM not open to the pubic

Public taste test: noon

Ice Carving Contest Facts:

Contact person for contestants: Jackie DeLong 609-894-9311 x 1475

JDeLong@bcc.edu

Carving registration: 8:00–10:00 AM BCC 1 High Street

Carving judging: 10:30 AM-3:30 PM (several heats throughout the day)

Special Events:

White Street
Breakfast in Narnia (10-11) * 2nd seating 9-10 if ticket sales warrant

In BCC
Garden State Discovery Museum on the Move (10-3)

Task Force One Search & Rescue Dogs (all day)

Philadelphia Zoo on Wheels (11-2)

Commerce Drive & High Street

Fire Engine Rides (all day)

Fountain Square (Goldy’s Lot)

Dog Sled Demonstration (all day)

In Mill Race Village
Loyal American Regiment (all day)

Lumberjack Demonstration (all day)

Sponsor Block Sales:

Contact person is Larry Clarke 609-267-1441 x 101 or Larry@ClarkeInsurance.com


 

For More Information about the Fire & Ice Festival, contact our Events Coordinator at events@mainstreetmountholly.com, or call (609) 914-0811.