Minn. All their sculptures have been based on mathematical concepts. It also won the People's Choice and Artists' Choice awards. On Saturday, Wagon and his team didn't do as well. They won no prizes. But according to Mr. Wagon, everyone is a winner at a snow-sculpture contest.
People are friendly, and teams have time to get acquainted.
Some teams don't speak a lot of English, but they're all there to have fun. So are the 40,000 people who come to check out the sculptures during the contest. Each team can have four sculpting members, plus one person to take pictures, run errands, and answer visitors' questions. Working in snow has a few advantages over wood or stone. If you chip out a little too much snow, you can probably pack some back in, something you can't do with stone.