After a lot of time put in, the students dreams of a win were toppled.

Students from Steve Barker’s Studio Art class volunteered to represent GBHS at this year’s ice sculpting competition in Frankenmuth. Seniors Rebecca Thresher, Kaitlynn Brasher, Ariele Harris, and junior Jessica Kallie, with sophomore back-up Jin Kwag. They showed their determination and all had to leave right after school and carve the sculpture during the last days of midterms for the competition. “Our ice sculpture, actually made from snow, starts as an 8-foot tall and 6-foot wide and deep snow block,” Barker explained. Team captain and previous member Rebecca Thresher recalled, “We had the same dates last year, and even with the busy week, it was still a fun experience.” Because finals were the same week as the dates of the sculpting times, the Grand Blanc team lost out on 5 hours of work. The first day they were able to stay later than the other groups to try and catch up. “Since we had such a short time we picked the design of balloon animals because it’s creative yet still quicker than other options,” said team member Ariele Harris. Even though the previous weeks’ temperatures were close to or above the freezing mark, they plummeted during the competition to allow for decent carving and sculpting weather. The teams all had to stop sculpting at 5p.m. Jan. 29. First place went to an Owosso High School team and unfortunately Grand Blanc’s toppled over with forty minutes left of the competition.