probably imagine the whole Winter Fest is pretty much a drinking fest for all of the college students and residents of the local area. Students and residents gather and mix to watch the acts, bands, and events of the fest. There are bond fires lit to keep the festival goers warm. But if that is not enough there is vendors walking around dispersing beer amongst the crowds. Or you can take a walk over to the "bar tent" and get yourself a shot of the good stuff to keep you really warm. Most of my buddies are known to sneak in a little something under the radar if you know what I mean. Over all the supply of booze and food is never ending you can find all your favorite festival foods from dogs & burgers to fried dough at any of the vendor carts lining the streets.

The main event of the Winter Fest has to be the human dog sled race. For those of you that do not know about the human dog sled race it is exactly what it sounds like. Every year local businesses, organizations, and school sports teams sponsor sled teams. For the past few years the local "Liquor Shop" has sponsored teams mostly made of Delta boys. Running in this race has to be one of the top frat guy activities on the face of the earth. A drunken mess of out of shape guys running down a drag strip like track. Some teams dress in costumes to ad to the humor of it all. This year there was a team of umpaloopas, a team dressed as dalmatian dogs, a team wrapped in aluminum foil, and many more weird costumes. For running in the race there are of coarse prizes that range from fastest team to best costume.

Of coarse as you imagine having a fest like this does cause for many celebrations around campus. There are small parties sprinkled through out the city pubs and the campus dorms. Some parties are to celebrate a victory of there sled team while some parties are just to celebrate a good time had by all at the festival. If you are like me and enjoy a good celebration Winter Fest in Lowell Massachusetts is where you need to be in February every year. You can even register a sled team for a small fee by going to the city of lowell website. So now it is time to start prepping for next years sled race.

Over & Out
The Frat Guy