Vierl Veal decided to create an ice slide on his rural Shelbyville property in 1961, but Mother Nature had a different idea. Strong winter winds blew the water into beautiful frozen sprays instead of a solid sheet, and the first Veal Ice Tree was born. In a somewhat eccentric undertaking, Vierl and…
Read MoreBringing a little fire to the seasonal ice, the 7 th annual Meltdown Winter Ice Festival heats up Richmond’s Jack Elstro Plaza (this year, Jan. 24 and 25) with two days and nights of fierce ice carving competition, truly stunning ice sculptures on display, live music, an interactive outdoor play…
Read MoreI always love the time between Christmas and New Year’s Eve. All the hustle and bustle of Christmas has died down. And this northern Indiana ice festival is our family's new late December tradition. We’re not a family that jets off to the tropics for the holidays. We’ve always stayed close to home…
Read MoreGet excited about the cold at the Richmond Meltdown - a festival especially designed to lure people of all ages out into the winter weather. And at the heart of it all is ice. Cold, hard ice. Twenty-eight tons of ice. Not to mention a team of award-winning, world-class ice sculptors ready to make…
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