Accounts of living in Yellowknife (a work in progress, this site and my life)

Saturday, March 10, 2007

Snow Castle Extravaganza.

Friday I went to a party at the snowcastle that the Snow King builds every year on the Great Slave Lake. Here are some pictures. Here is the link to my review on it (it'll be up sometime this week i think, so wait for it) - www.ykatnite.com


Standin' round.
Sittin' around.
The Ice Bar.
Some Parka Limbo, dance room.
Can not breath and take pictures at the same time.
Some more Parka Limbo.


The 'bistro' - sitting on logs at ice tables.


Same thing!


Beer gets colder not warmer. If you dont drink quick enough, it freezes! Beer slush!
Dancing under the open sky is cold.

Also, while writing my review i was looking for how to spell conga line (with an 'a' or an 'o') I stumbled on the following directions which made me laugh for some reason:

How to Behave on a Conga Line
A conga line need not be a kitschy embarrassment. It can be fun.

Instructions
STEP 1: Wait for an appropriate song. Anything with a heavy beat will do.

STEP 2: Find a partner or join an existing conga line. Do not try to persuade anyone who seems reluctant to join a conga line.

STEP 3: Enter the line. Do not be first if you can avoid it.

STEP 4: With your hands, move the hips immediately in front of you artfully from
side to side. The idea is that each person "leads" the person in front - you are not following the person in front of you. You are spontaneously choreographing her.

STEP 5: When someone joins the line behind you, move your hips as instructed by her. Your movements may not correspond to the movements of the person in front of you.

STEP 6: Snake around the dance floor. Kick each heel, as in the "Hokey Pokey," as appropriate.

STEP 7: Continue moving forward until you're tired of it. Tips & Warnings
Athletic people make for a more lively conga line, but large people make for a more impressive one.

Note:
1. Conga lines are particularly effective outside traditional tropical contexts. Russian weddings, for example.
2. The conga line is not to be confused with the Trinidadian wine dance. Do not attempt the Trinidadian wine dance without an actual person from Trinidad and a medical team present


Thats all!

1 Comments:

Blogger Unknown said...

How can you write an article about "the Snow King" without providing any detail at all about who "the Snow King" is?

Not all of us are Yellowknifers. Not all Yellowknifers know who the Snow King is either, I bet.

(I've waited a long time for this update, and I thought it was pretty neat outside of your horrific contextual oversight.)

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