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Show Big 15th Annual Bryce Canyon Winter Festival Feb. 19-21 At Rubys Inn BRYCE The recent lack of snow may change a few of the activities ac-tivities at the annual Bryce Canyon Winter Festival set for Ruby's Inn, Feb. 19-21 (Presidents' Day Weekend) Week-end) but planners have been creative and visitors can anticipate lots of fun and a great variety of activities. With snow expected in the next few days, arid whether it comes or not, the three-day family-oriented festi-' val will feature free tours, demonstrations demon-strations and clinics in cross country coun-try skiing, snowshoeing, archery, photography, kayaking, Dutch oven ov-en cooking, slide shows and more. All of the clinics and demonstrations demon-strations are free and area residents are invited to come and join in the fun. Registration for the clinics and demos is required due to limited space and equipment. "With snow conditions as they are in the Bryce Canyon area, we're adding some non-snow activities this year," says Jean Seiler, "director "direc-tor of marketing at Ruby's Inn. "We're planning free Dutch oven cooking demos for both Saturday and Sunday afternoons," Seiler said. REI will conduct the cooking sessions ses-sions and participants will be able to sample the cuisine. Kayaking demos will be held in Ruby's pool throughout the weekend. week-end. Wasatch Touring from Salt Lake City will provide the equipment equip-ment and instruction. It should be as fun to watch as it will be to participate, but due to limited space and equipment people are encouraged encour-aged to register early. "Rivers of Utah and the Grand Canyon" will be packed with exciting exci-ting slides of river running, hiking, and the beautiful scenery of the Co-orado Co-orado Plateau area. John Van Wagoner Wag-oner from Cedar Mountain Sports in Cedar City will present the free slide show Saturday evening at 7:30. John Aalberg, director of cross country events with the Salt Lake Organizing Committee), will give a slide presentation on January's U.S. Cross Country National Championships Champion-ships at Soldier Hollow (the 2002 Olympic venue for cross country skiing and biathlon). The championship champi-onship event and the course at Soldier Sol-dier Hollow received praise from participants and officials alike. The slide show is scheduled for Sunday evening at 7:30. Saturday's archery range will be set up for free clinics and hands-on instruction by Salt Lake Archery and Easton Aluminum. Registration Registra-tion is required. A ski archery competition com-petition will be held at 11 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 20. If there is a lack of snow, a run and shoot will be substituted. REI will offer free cross country ski tours throughout the weekend, weather permitting. A Global Positioning Posi-tioning System (GPS) class is also planned. Free snowshoc tours will be conducted by Kirkham's Outdoor Products and Tubbs snowshoes. In the event of springtime conditions, guided hikes will be substituted. A photographer from Inkley's-Ritz Inkley's-Ritz Camera will provide free expertise ex-pertise for sunrise and sunset photography pho-tography at Bryce Canyon. General photography and digital photography photogra-phy classes are planned. Inkley's-Ritz Inkley's-Ritz Camera will join with Fuji Film to host the festival's annual photo scavenger hunt, complete with prizes. A half marathon cross country ski race will be held in conjunction with the 10 km race on Monday morning, snow permitting. The (See WINTERFEST on Page 5A) WINTERFEST (From Front Page) children's 2 km ski race starts the races at 8:30 a.m. In addition, there will be ski waxing clinics, kids snowboot races, ra-ces, people-powered sled race (perhaps (per-haps on the lawn), and with any luck, a snow sculpture contest. Some events may be changed or canceled due to snow conditions, but the festival will go on. Please call Ruby's Inn at 435-834-5341 for updates. |