Congratulations and gratitude to the volunteers of the Luminary Loppet who managed to pull off our city’s most magical winter evening despite every curveball this fluky winter threw at them, from a heavy blanket of snow that kept Lake of the Isles from freezing solid and forced a two-week postponement to a drenching rain four days before the rescheduled date that melted many prepared lanterns and left the lake ice slick and dangerous. With typical Luminarian spirit and resourcefulness, they moved what they could onto the western shore, relocated the bandstand and beer garden to the soccer field, and 15,000 hardy Minnesotans were once again blown away by the beauty of fire and ice and community.
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Icecropolis (Photo by Henry LaBounta)
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