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Ice Carving Competition and A-Cappella Concert at the Shops at Yale, New Haven
December 7, 2019 @ 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Six professional ice carvers will be carving 900 pounds of ice within four hours to be judged in a Ice Carving Competition in New Haven at The Shop (across from Apple/lululemon/J.Crew) at Yale on December 7th from noon to 4 pm. Along with the competition will be Acappella groups singing festive toons for the holidays!
The event will feature live performances by many accomplished a cappella groups, including The Yale Alley Cats, NOTEoreous (Southern Connecticut State University), Something Extra, Proof of the Pudding, Yale Women’s Slavic Chorus, Yale Out of the Blue, The Quinnipiac Legends (Quinnipiac University), The Yale Spizzwinks and more!
Great photo opportunities with the sculptures after the event.
FREE Downtown Horse & Carriage Rides.
A free hot cocoa contest has been added to the festivities this year, available to the first 250 guests to check in at The Shops at Yale table beginning at 12:00pm. Free horse-drawn carriage rides throughout historic downtown will be offered from 12:00-4:00pm. The pick-up location is across from Patagonia and GANT at the corner or York and Elm Streets.
Free and open to the public. Plus, free parking is available to the first 200 cars at the 150 York Street Garage. Bring your ticket to The Shops at Yale tent at the event to be validated. Please let us know you’re coming by clicking “Interested” on our Facebook event page
