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Friday, February 08, 2008

Dracula, Frankenstein's monster inspire MTU Winter Carnival snow statue winners

HANCOCK, HOUGHTON -- Michigan Tech's 2008 Winter Carnival theme, "Frightful Creatures with Chilling Features," inspired some creative snow and ice sculptures with scary monsters, werewolves, vampires and more.

Phi Kappa Tau's scenes from the world of Dracula captured first place in the fraternity division of Michigan Tech's 2008 Winter Carnival snow statue competition. The fraternity's creation is located on M-203 in Hancock. (Photo © 2008 Gustavo Bourdieu)

Phi Kappa Tau's elaborate sculpture of a scenes from Dracula won first place in the month-long fraternity competition. Icy bats and a captured monster in a cage are among the impressive details of this winner, located on M-203 in Hancock.

This captured werewolf is bending the bars of his icy cage, an impressive detail of Phi Kappa Tau's winning snow sculpture in Hancock. (Photo © 2008 Gustavo Bourdieu)

In the women's group category, Alpha Gamma Delta's icy interpretation of Frankenstein's laboratory grabbed first place. The elaborate scene, "Frankenstein's Creature From Long Ago Comes Alive Again in Snow," is located in front of the Walker Arts and Humanities Center on Michigan Tech's campus.

It depicts the awakening of Frankenstein's creature in a lab adorned with bottles of chemicals crafted from pure ice.

For more results of the statue competition see the article on Tech Today.

Visit the Winter Carnival Web site for photos, videos and more info on the Winter Carnival, sponsored by Blue Key Honor Fraternity.

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