For the last 23 years, the city of Syracuse has celebrated Winterfest in various ways. This year, the festival finally had the opportunity to take advantage of the new ice skating rink downtown in Clinton Square. Opening this past Thanksgiving, the Clinton Square Ice Arena hoped to attract many people to Winterfest this year, unfortunately, the unpredictable Central New York weather did not help.
Because of the extremely warm temperatures on Monday, the annual Winterfest celebration did not quite go along as hoped. Although most people had the day off today due to President's day, including children off from school, attendance at the rink was not an all-time high. Starting around eleven in the morning, people slowly started to come and skate, despite not having optimal conditions. Patrick Gerstler, the rink attendant, used a squeegee to shuffle excess melted water off of the ice so people could skate. Not exactly a typical sight at an ice rink.
Tom Anelli brought his four-year-old daughter, Paige to the rink to skate for the very first time. The two didn't stay long, but were happy to take advantage of this new opportunity downtown. Check out more information and a schedule of events for the week-long Winterfest at their website: www.syracusewinterfest.com.
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