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Show Winter Carnival Starts Today Fast becoming one of the high points of the winter season. Park City's second annual Winter Carnival gets underway this week with ski competition, dog sled races, hot air balloon rides." danc-' danc-' ing. activities, games, fun and plenty of snow. Sponsored by the Chamber Cham-ber of Commerce, the Winter Carnival, which was discontinued discon-tinued over ten years ago, was resurrected last winter to accomodate the Osmond Family who filmed a Christmas Christ-mas special here. "Everyone had such a good time, we thought why not do this everv vcar," said Chamber Director Amanda Peterson. This year the Osmonds are staying in Orcm and there will not be a parade on Main Street, but still there should be plenty to do during the four-day festival which begins be-gins Thursday with the first town races of the season and ends Sunday with an awards ceremony at the golf course for winners of all the events. The town races will be open to skiers from all walks of life in Park City competing for prizes in many categories. categor-ies. The races which are sponsored by Wolfe's Sport- ing Goods this season are open to all Park City residents over the age of 19. The races begin at 10:00am Thursday and will continue throughout the day. The course will be set on Clementine and refreshments refresh-ments will be served. Beginning at 7:00pm there will be a volleyball round robin tournament at Prospector Prospec-tor Athletic Club. For a small fee of $3, spectators and Please Turn to Page 12A 4 5"', ; f' ' '1 more carnival Continued from Page 10A participants will have full use of the Club including sauna, jacuzzi, steam room, pool, etc. Nothing is planned all day Friday and carnival goers are urged to use this free time to carnival privately. Wine and cheese parties are being encouraged as are hot tub frolics. Other suggestions include powder skiing, cross country touring and drinking- Friday evening there will be square dancing at the Memorial Building on Main Street from 8:00pm to midnight. Music will be provided by the "very popular" Wasatch Rascals. Dancers , will be charged $2 admission at the door. Saturday gets off on a high note at ' J9:00am ' when no less than ten hot air balloons will begin sailing back and forth between Park West and Park City. The balloons will be available for rides while moored at Park West. The ballooning events will continue conti-nue on Sunday as well. Beginning at 11:00am Saturday there will be championship dog sled racing rac-ing on the golf course with 20 teams expected to compete. At 2:00pm Saturday there will be "Skiobsledog" relay races on the golf course for youngsters 14 and under. During the "Skiobsledog" three person teams will ski along a relay course, alternating alter-nating nordic and alpine skiis with dog sleds. This event is free. Saturday evening there will be broom hockey games played on the ice at Parley's Summit Resort near 1-80. Broom hockey is played in street shoes using a broom for a hockey stick. The event is open to anyone and a $1 fee willbe charged. There will also be a bonfire to keep warm by and refreshments. Sunday begins with a continental breakfast followed follow-ed by a doubles round robin tennis tournament at the Racquet Club. The event is co-sponsored by Rossignol and free tennis racquets will be available for use that day. There will be a $7.50 entry fee which includes breakfast. At 10:00am Sunday there will be an adult cross country relay race beginning at the top of Main Street and run trhough town to the golf course. Four man teams will participate in the event and there is a $12 fee per team. Also at 10:00am will be the finals of the two-day dog sled racing competition plus continued con-tinued aerial balloon activities. activit-ies. There will be a free racq u c t b a 1 1 c I i n i c at t h c Racquet Club from 11:00 to 1 :00pm and of course, the t awards ceremony at the golf course at 3:00pm. |