Winter's Best at Ben & Jerry's Winterfest.Business Editors SOUTH BURLINGTON South Burlington, city (1990 pop. 12,809), Chittenden co., NW Vt., on Lake Champlain; inc. 1971. Electronic equipment, skiing equipment, and medical instruments are manufactured. Burlington International Airport is there. , Vt.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 27, 2004 Got the winter blues? Cabin fever cabin fever Relapsing fever, see there ? Then get outside and celebrate winter at Ben & Jerry's second annual Winterfest at our world-famous Factory Tour in Waterbury, Vermont Waterbury is a town in Washington County in central Vermont. It is also the name of a village within that town. Economy Industry Waterbury is the location of Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream, whose factory tours have become Vermont's most popular tourist attraction. . Admission is Free at Winterfest, scheduled for Saturday, February 28 and Sunday, February 29 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. both days. A variety of family-style activities are planned for the weekend, including free tours with samples of 2004 flavors, lively music, flavor flashbacks, snow sculptures Snow sculpture is a sculpture form comparable to sand sculpture or ice sculpture in that most of it is now practiced outdoors, and often in full view of spectators, thus giving it kinship to performance art in the eyes of some. , family fun games and more. "We fully expect our 4 millionth guest will be taking the tour on this Festival Weekend and that lucky guest will enjoy a day they won't soon forget," said Sue Scheer, Tour Manager for the Waterbury facility, which welcomes 300,000 visitors annually as the state's #1 tourist attraction Noun 1. tourist attraction - a characteristic that attracts tourists attractive feature, magnet, attractor, attracter, attraction - a characteristic that provides pleasure and attracts; "flowers are an attractor for bees" . It's an election year, so take a few minutes from the festival action to do your civic duty and register to vote while enjoying a scoop of Primary Berry Graham, Ben & Jerry's first democratically named flavor. Learn the history of maple sugaring in Vermont and get free samples of some sugar on snow, brought to you courtesy of Audubon Vermont, Vermont Maple Promotion Board, Vermont Agency of Agriculture and Morse Farm Sugarworks Burlington's famous Ahli Baba's Kabob Shop will be on site with delicious food and the Ben & Jerry's scoop truck will be on hand to serve up some steamy hot beverages.. Umiak u·mi·ak also oo·mi·ak n. A large open Inuit or Eskimo boat made of skins stretched on a wooden frame, usually propelled by paddles. [Inuit umiaq. Outdoor Outfitters will be spicing up their Snow Shoe and Ice Cream Too Tour by including a special contest featuring Ben & Jerry's and nature t+rivia questions posted along the snow shoe trail. For more information and directions visit the Ben & Jerry's Factory Tour pages at www.benjerry.com or call the Ben & Jerry's toll free hotline at (866) BJ TOURS. |
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