Looks like the winter's been too warm for Coon Rapids' celebratory chiseling. The city's annual Snowflake Days Snow Sculpture Contest, an event that calls on locals to transform their lawns into frosty galleries, has been scuttled by Mother Nature’s refusal to cooperate, according to the Coon Rapids, Minnesota.
The contest, which was slated to pit neighbor against neighbor in a creative battle for a $200 cash prize, asked participants to complete their chilly masterpieces by 11:59 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 30. However, with the warmer-than-usual temperatures wilting potential canvases, organizers were left with no choice but to cancel the event. The City had initially encouraged households to pre-register online by January 29, hoping for a freeze that never came through.
Judging for the now-defunct event was scheduled for January 31, where sculptures would have been evaluated on "originality, quality of work, design and general effect," as per the announcement on the City website. The prospect of cash and bragging rights, along with a publicly accessible map to all the sculptures, was intended to turn the city into a temporary outdoor art exhibit, as per Coon Rapids, Minnesota.
