Village at Leesburg Winter Ice Fest Set for Jan. 14

LOUDOUN COUNTY, VA — Mark your calendars! Village At Leesburg's 4th annual Winter Ice Fest will be held on Saturday, Jan. 14 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Free and open to the public, eight world-class ice carvers will piece together huge installations carved from several different blocks of ice.

Four of the top five finishers from last year's field of ten will be returning, including 2014 winner and 2015 runner-up Todd Dawson. Lisa Herndon from WINC FM will emcee the award ceremony.

Winners will be announced and sculptures illuminated at 5 p.m.

Above photo of Todd Dawson's 2015 sculpture, entitled: Majestic

Above photo of Rich Daly with his 2016 sculpture, entitled: Hidden Intelligence

Visitors at the event will enjoy music, visit with the Washington Capitals mascot Slapshot and the Red Rockers Cheerleaders, and indulge in s'mores from local girl scouts.

Village at Leesburg has also commissioned a signature ice sculpture by Baltimore-based Ice Lab Ice Sculptures, which will be set up before 9 am.

Village at Leesburg is located at 1602 Village Market Boulevard Southeast, Leesburg.

Photos courtesy of Village at Leesburg