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Ice carver Robert Patalano says Mother Nature pulled the rug from under him this year.
CONGERS, N.Y. — Some ice sculptures got a warm welcome at a festival in Rockland County — a little too warm.
Warm weather demolishes NY ice festival figures honoring history of ice industry giant squid,Organizers of the Knickerbocker Ice Festival tell Westchester Countys Journal News ( that Saturdays sunnyweather— with temperatures in the 40s — brought about 8,000 people to the annual event at Rockland Lake State Park. It also caused some melting — the hegiant squidad of a giant squid melted, and so did the tires of a horse-drawn wagon.
Information from: The Journal News,
The festival continues on Sunday, with above-freezing temperatures.
But the reason to celebrate remains: to honor the regions history as a 19th centurWarm weather demolishes NY ice festival figures honoring history of ice industry giant squiy center of the ice industry.
