COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – Here’s the schedule of events for the annual Coldwater Ice Fest, Saturday, January 24, 2015, coordinated by the Coldwater Chamber of Commerce and ponsored by Michigan Gas & Cole-Ford-Lincoln:
10:00 – ICE BLOCKS (beach-themed) delivered to sponsoring businesses:Smit-T’sChicago AveCuly’s JewelryKiess Jewelry Taylors Stationers Southern Michigan Bank and TrustWilbur’s FurnitureJT’s Billiard Bar & GrillDavenport ExcavatingMichigan Gas UtilitiesBranch District Library
11:00 – LIVE ICE CARVING in SW 4-corners park (1.5-hrs) sponsored by Cole-Ford-Lincoln. Get your photo “in” the car after it’s sculpted!
11-2p – SOUP COOK-OFF “BATTLE OF THE BOWLS”
$5 punch card gets you tastings at the following locations:
1. Taylor’s Stationer’s featuring Ponderosa2. Lamplighter Bar & Grill3. J.T.’s Billiard4. North Woods Coffee Co.5. Jeannie’s Diner6. American Legion Post 527. Tibbit’s Opera House featuring J.T.’s8. Chicago Ave featuring Bill’s Grill House9. Smit-T’s featuring Barefoot Grill
Voters are entered into a drawing for a $50 chamber check & winning chef receives $50 chamber check
12:00p PUPPET SHOW – Branch District Library12:15p MAKE A PUPPET – Branch District Library1:00p KIDS ICE CRAFT @ Children’s Museum (admission fees apply)1:30p SNOWBALL SHOOTING CONTEST – SW 4-corners park, downtown7:30p Parrots of the Caribbean, Jimmy Buffet tribute band live on- stage at Tibbits Opera House
ALL DAY EVENTS DOWNTOWN:Blanket and pillows donations for Family Promise of Branch County accepted at Culy’s Jewelry
Hot cider at Pure Earth
Refreshments & lite snacks at Keiss Jewelers Hot cocoa at Culy’s
Yarn bombing of downtown trees by area knitters
“Waves” Art Exhibit, Arts Alive Gallery (lower level of Tibbits)
