Calling all alumni! Participate in the most cherished of Michigan Tech traditions.
Here’s your chance to show your family and friends what an iron is really for. Or maybe you’ve had a great idea for a “snow” statue made out of something other than snow.
We know that nothing compares to snow in the Keweenaw. We also hold tightly to our Tech traditions like Winter Carnival.
For Winter Carnival 2021, the Michigan Tech Alumni Board of Directors has partnered with Blue Key and Alumni Engagement to offer a “Snow” Statue Contest for alumni and their friends and families.
The contest runs through January 31, 2021, with a midnight EST deadline. Judging begins after that, with winners announced on February 4.
There will be multiple categories for competition, accounting for a variety of materials that may be available to our alumni as well as multi-day and single day events.
Contest Rules
Contest runs January 1-31 with a midnight EST deadline. Participants must include at least one Michigan Tech alumnus/alumna
Categories
- Snow Statue – 24 Hour
- Snow Statue – Multi-day
- Other Material* Statue – 24 Hour
- Other Material* Statue – Multi-day
- Fabricated Statue**
- Virtual Statue***
Statues should be self-supporting and sculptural (three dimensional)
*Other materials could include such things as sand, clay, wood, LegoⓇ bricks, styrofoam, metal, glass, and plastic.
**Fabricated (e.g., 3D-printed, cast, machined) statues must be original designs by participant(s) (not templates) and will be judged separately from other materials.
***Virtual statues include 3D drawings, animation or other virtual designs.
Statues must include a name and title/caption (e.g., Sigma Mu Delta, “Oh No! It’s the Loch Ice Monster” ).
Statue descriptions may be included in the entry form. Please see example below.
“The legend of the Loch Ness Monster becomes a chilling reality for two hapless fishermen on Loch Ness. The fisherman in the front of the boat is frozen in terror while his companion continues to reel in his catch. A few fish poke their heads out of the water to view the scene. The backdrop is a looming Scottish castle from which an ominous Scotsman drones on his bagpipes in honor of the monster’s visit from the depths. A two by four is used in the axis of the Scotsman as are thin wooden dowels in the individual pipes of the fishermen. Rope, string, and a thin wooden dowel are used in the fishing pole.”
Additional coloring (beyond your material base color) may only be used in the lettering of your group’s name, insignia, or statue title/caption. Coloring is limited to the statue title block; absolutely no coloring can be used on the statue itself.
Statues will be judged based on photos and entry form submitted. Winners will be announced February 4, 2021, and featured in a special Winter Carnival Alumni eNewsletter in February.
Entry Forms:
Use this form if you have a Gmail account
Use this form if you do not have a Gmail account
Email questions to mtualumnistatue@gmail.com
I remember freezing while working for days and the usual all nighter in the winter of 1964 on our Independents’ ice block Winter Carnival “Hansel & Gretel” house. We took second place in our category as I recall. Great memories and I remember finding my (later) wife’s (Kathy Olson from Lake Linden) brother Pearce sound asleep in his old VW waiting for his shift to start. Ha. Go Tech.
I keep copies of the Winter Carnival Pictorials 1982-1986 in my office for anyone complaining about “cold” weather here at Notre Dame.
We are in process of building a 24hour statue in Iowa, January 30. It’s raining in Iowa! So…we’ll see how far we can get and how much of our statue is left after the rain stops. It’s just me and my husband, our girls abandoned us. We are ‘91 & ‘92 graduates.