The Roaring Twenties” has been selected as the theme for the 77th annual Bates College Winter Carnival, which begins Thursday (1\/18) with a ceremonial torch-lighting at the Statehouse in Augusta and a relay to the campus by student runners. <\/p>\n
The Bates carnival, second only to Dartmouth’s as the nation’s oldest such festival, will continue through Jan. 21.<\/p>\n
Among the activities planned for this year’s carnival are winter sports contests, a skating party, concerts and a snow sculpture competition.<\/p>\n
The festivities begin on on the steps of the Statehouse in Augusta, where Senate President Jeffrey Butland, a 1973 Bates graduate, lights the ceremonial Winter Carnival torch. The torch is then carried by relays of Bates students to the campus and used to ignite a bonfire next to Lake Andrews.<\/p>\n
At 4 p.m. on Friday, students will take part in the annual “traying” races, sliding down Mount David on standard cafeteria trays.<\/p>\n
Saturday’s events include the “Winter Olympics” of such oddball events as three-legged snowshoe races, the cross-country ski throw and judging of student-built snow sculptures. All are scheduled for noon. Jazz and rock concerts are planned for the evening.<\/p>\n
The Bates Winter Carnival is sponsored by the college’s Outing Club, celebrating it’s 75th anniversary, and the Chase Hall Committee.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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