Erie Winter Carnival kicks off second weekend with ice carvings
The second weekend of Winter Carnival began Thursday starting with live carvings around 4 p.m.
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The Jeannette, Pennsylvania-based ice company DiMartino was out prepping and building the walls Thursday morning with about 115 blocks of ice.
One of the carvers said they have prepared their greatest hits and are excited to bring them to life.
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'We're going to have a big basketball scene, it's going to have a couple basketball players and a big basketball hoop, it's a pretty fun ice sculpture and we're going to have a huge lion that's going to be carved as well. Those are two of my favorite ones and I think one of the crowd favorites will be an interactive tractor, you'll be able to sit on a three-dimensional tractor with big tires, it will be a fun one for sure,' said Jared McAlister, an ice carver for DiMartino Ice.
Live carvings will continue throughout the weekend along with other activities including gallery night at the Erie Art Museum and the Erie Barstool Open on Saturday.
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