Frozen Dead Guy Days Festival Guide 2019 by Wideawake Media

Contents

FESTIVAL ESSENTIALS

Welcome to FDGD______________________ page 4 Festival Information____________________ page 6 Festival Map______________________ pages 8-9 Transportation & Parking _______________ page 10 A Frozen History____________________ pages 12-18 Tribute: Barbara Lawlor ______________ page 20-22 Blue Ball Hawaiian Luau___________ page 24 Event Descriptions____________ pages 25-27 Event Schedule______________ pages 28-29 Festival at a Glance____________ pages 30-31 Music Schedule______________ pages 32-33 Food, Craft Beer & Cocktails________ page 34

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Frozen Dead Guy Days is nominated in USA Today’s 2019 10 Best Readers’ Choice travel awards for Best Cultural Festival. Vote for Frozen Dead Guy Days at www.10best.com/ awards/travel/best-cultural-festival-2019. You can vote once a day through Monday, March 11. Winners will be announced on 10Best on Friday, March 22, then later on USA TODAY.

Volunteer

Marshals of the Parade _____________ pages 36-38 Newly-Dead Game_________________ pages 40-44 There & Back Again________________ pages 46-50 Coffin Cup: Nederland vs. Manitou Springs___ page 52 FDGD V.I.P. Passes____________________ page 54 Sponsors___________________________ page 55 Cover Artwork: Jay Rizzi • DayO Knight Graphic Design Photographers: Andrew Wyatt, James DeWalt Writers: Teresa CrushWarren, Gail Rubin, Stephanie Andelman Frozen Dead Guy Days® is a production of FDGD, LLC frosty@frozendeadguydays.org • 303-506-1048

Vote for FDGD for Best Cultural Festival!

Be an FDGD Volunteer! There is no better way to enjoy Frozen Dead Guy Days than to be a part of it! The festival is always in need of flexible, friendly and hearty souls to help us throw a safe and fun frosty festival in 2019! Volunteer shifts are about 4 hours long and, in addition to a fabulous time, you get a volunteer T-shirt, FDGD commemorative cup, two beer tokens, chili and pizza from Abo’s Pizza, entry into all three tents and lots of new friends. Questions? Please e-mail volunteer@frozendeadguydays.org or visit frozendeadguydays.org.

Saturday • 2 – 4 p.m. Sunday • 1 – 3 p.m. ICE CARVING COMPETITION WITH BONGO LOVE & FRIENDS

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Welcome Welcome to Nederland & the 18th annual Frozen Dead Guy Days!

ELCOME LIFE ENTHUSIAST to the 18th annual Frozen Dead Guy Days! We are so excited to have you all back and to embrace the “Freezies” — that’s an FDGD newbie. Be sure to get the button if you are one. I encourage you to participate in some of our classic events like the Polar Plunge, Frozen T-shirt or Brain Freeze contests or try out the new Hot Wing Trivia contest at Ned’s. If not now, when? We are so grateful for your continued support of spirit and hope you enjoy yourself and enjoy others. Wear good shoes, bring layers and a smile. Tip your servers and re-use your cups, please. Looking forward to seeing you on the Frozen side. — Amanda MacDonald, Festival Owner/Coordinator

Special Thanks FDGD, LLC WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND THANK the employees of the Town Of Nederland, The Nederland Police and Fire Department, all the local businesses and the town’s residents for participating in helping us throw this frozen spectacular event together. HEARTFELT THANK YOU to all the beloved Volunteers, our amazing sponsors, artists, vendors and, of course, Frostifarians. BIG HUGS AND UNDYING APPRECIATION to a wonderful, dynamic, supportive and inspiring group of folks. Thank you FDGD crew (of past and present) for making the fest a reality for so many years. Special thanks to this years frosty bandits: Erin & Lilah Vito, Larry Higgins, Stephanie Andelman, Sarah Martin, Sarah Stillman, James Hultgen, Campbell Dawson, Ron Mitchell, Bruce Lish, Jason Rideout, Jay Rizzi, Chris Perret, Victoria Slominski, Kathryn Stanford, Stephen Hayes, Kate Gennelly, Mike Leland, Lauran Knight, Amy Debenedictis, Peter Fiori, Hank the “III”, Derrick Stevens, Alan Hawkins, Gary Lennox, Teresa Crush Warren, Jeffrey V. Smith, Jennifer Davis, Matt Lynch, Tim Dillon, Phil Chappell, Little Foot, JB, Dustin Huth, Brad Wickham, Kerry Luna, Blue Hessner, Colorado Community Radio Network, Allen Carmichael, Vischelle Mixon, Mark Smith, Sean Green, Adam Leeger, Krystal Hartman, Bradley Banta, Boulder Weekly, Michael & Marty freezin’ brains and rocking the golf cart express. Callum and Wyatt Coulson for helping mom.

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Festival Information Frozen Dead Guy Days takes place in and around Nederland - three days of frosty merriment featuring 30 live bands, outrageous events and more. See the complete schedule on pages 28-29 for all the free-to-watch frosty events along with three heated tents providing beer, spirited drinks, food and live music.

$20 WRISTBAND FOR ENTRY INTO ALL THREE LIVE MUSIC TENTS ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY ENTRY TO FRIDAY’S BLUE BALL HAWAIIAN LUAU IS $20. FESTIVAL TENTS ReAnimate Yourself Tent

Friday, March 8: 4 p.m. – 1 a.m. (Blue Ball) Saturday, March 9: 11 a.m. – 1 a.m. Sunday, March 10: 12 – 9 p.m. The ReAnimate Yourself Tent is located at Guercio Field and features Bredo’s Brew, cryogenically crafted by Großen Bart Brewery to preserve your spirit/cocktails at the Colorado High Ice Bar, live music, Grandpa’s Gift Shop and delicious food vendors.

Not Yet Dead in Ned Tent FORMERLY BRAIN FREEZE TENT Saturday, March 9: 11 a.m. – 10 p.m. Sunday, March 10: 12 – 9 p.m. The Not Yet Dead in Ned (NYD) tent is on 1st Street in downtown Nederland and features Nederland artists, musicians & crafters as well as Upslope beer and spirited cocktails, Grandpa’s Gift Shop & live painting.

Bacon, Bourbon & Brews Tent NEW LOCATION!

Saturday, March 9: 11 am – 10 pm Sunday, March 10: 12 – 9 pm The Bacon Bourbon & Brews (3B) tent features craft breweries, local distilleries, live music and bacon. The 3B tent is now in Guercio Field.

ALCOHOL

Open containers of alcohol are not allowed anywhere within town limits. NO B.Y.O.B., please. You must be 21 and show proof of age in order to receive a 21+ wristband and purchase tokens for beer and specialty drinks in the tents where alcohol is served. Beer tokens will be sold outside the tent areas; servers will not take cash for beer. You may be asked by Festival Security or local police to dump or dispose of alcohol when it is being consumed in public areas, INCLUDING streets and neighborhoods.

WEATHER

LODGING

Nederland hotels fill up quickly. The Boulder Adventure Lodge (A-Lodge) is located five minutes up Boulder Canyon from downtown Boulder, just a short drive to Nederland. The A-Lodge is offering complimentary shuttle service to and from the festival all weekend for guests! The entire lodge is reserved for FDGD participants. Call to book: 303-444-0882.

ENJOY NEDERLAND

Tucked in the Rocky Mountains just west of Boulder, Nederland has a history rich in mining and music and a future as the hub of the Peak to Peak Community. With unique shops, amazing outdoor beauty, friendly locals, and vibrant music scene, Nederland is definitely not your average small town. For more information, visit Nederlandco.org.

DOGS

Frozen Dead Guy Days is a very crowded, loud and chaotic festival. Please leave your dog at home. If you must bring your pooch remember: • Dogs are NOT ALLOWED in the tents or tent area. • Dogs must be on leash AT ALL TIMES. • Dogs tied up outside tent areas, shops and restaurants without their owner are considered “at large” and you could be ticketed. You must PICK UP AFTER YOUR DOG, so please come prepared.

OOPS, I FORGOT IT! OR I NEED MORE OF IT!

There is an Ace Hardware store located off HWY 119, as well as a B & F Grocery store and Mountain Man Outdoor store, both in the Caribou Shopping Center. ATMs are at several locations around town as well as at the tents.

It may be sunny and 60 degrees or windy and 30 degrees, and it may be both in the same day. Please come prepared for the worst albeit hoping for the best. Wear comfortable, weather proof shoes and a genuine smile whenever possible.

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Event Locations ReAnimate Yourself Tent Bacon, Bourbon & Brews

HEARSE PARKING

Not Yet Dead in Ned Tent Polar Plunge Coffin Races

GUERCIO FIELD

Brain Freeze Contest Pioneer Inn Frozen T-Shirt Contest Frozen Turkey Bowling

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Snowy Human Foosball Ice Carving Competition Dead Poet Slam

FDGD HEADQUARTERS

Fix-A-Frozen-Flat Contest Wild Bear Nature Center

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Hot Wing Trivia - Ned’s Restaurant “Call Me Ned” Musical Performance Pancake Breakfast VIP Bus ‘Grandpa’s in the Tuff Shed’ & Newly Dead Game

Map Artist: Wolfy Wolf CHIPETA PARK

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WOLFY WOLF has been creating watercolor paintings for the past 37 years. His dry brush and saturation techniques give his paintings bright colors that are often mistaken for oil or acrylic. His foundation in landscapes has expanded into dreamscapes and abstractions.

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Transportation & Parking Nederland is a small town and parking is limited – Please help by carpooling or taking the bus!

BUS TO SHOW

The easiest, safest, and most fun way to get here and back is jumping on the bus. Bustoshow.org has $10 round trip party shuttles from Boulder and Denver. Advanced reservations are HIGHLY recommended. Details and complete schedule can be found online at bustoshow.org. Be responsible and stay safe at Frozen Dead Guy Days and let bustoshow.org do the driving.

From Eastbound I-70: Take Exit 243 (Central City Pkwy) or Exit 244 (U.S. 6) to Hwy. 119 and turn left (North). Continue through Black Hawk, then Rollinsville and on into Nederland. Follow signs to parking. Alternate Routes: Alternate routes to Nederland from Denver include Hwy. 6 to Hwy. 93; From Hwy. 93 to Hwy. 119 (Peak to Peak); Hwy. 72 (Coal Creek Canyon); Hwy. 42 (Golden Gate Canyon)

PARKING

DIRECTIONS

You will be directed to parking once you reach Nederland. Parking is first come, first served. There is a parking lot located on East Street right off Boulder Canyon Drive (Hwy. 119) as you enter town from the east. You may also park in the Park-n-Ride lot at Jackson Street and West 2nd Street (Peak to Peak Hwy). If there is no space in the town lots, parking is available at the Caribou Room and on Indian Peaks Drive (one mile north of town on the Peak to Peak Highway); a shuttle will take you to the Park-n-Ride lot in downtown Nederland.

From Westbound I-70: Take I-25 North to Hwy. 36 (Boulder Turnpike) and follow it into Boulder. Turn Left on Hwy. 119 (Canyon Drive), continue up Boulder Canyon and follow signs to parking and events.

Please be mindful when parking on the street and DO NOT PARK IN FRONT OF DRIVEWAYS. Nederland is a very small town so please plan on parking once and not re-parking to keep traffic down. Everything is walkable. DO NOT park where is say “No Parking.” You may be ticketed and/or towed.

PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION

Catch the N Bus from Boulder to Nederland. There is a HUGE parking lot at 6th and Canyon in Boulder next to the Justice center and a bus stop across the street. Go to the RTD website for info on routes and schedules for the front range. From Boulder: Take Hwy. 119 (Canyon Drive) 17 miles West (up) to Nederland. Follow signs to parking and events.

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The

Frozen History BY TERESA CRUSH WARREN

ederland’s infamous winter festival, Frozen Dead Guy Days, has evolved over the past 17 years like a snowflake into a blizzard. No other place has such a frozen icon to celebrate. Call it cabin fever or the Rocky Mountain Mardi Gras, by the second weekend in March each year the natives get restless and are ready for a good ol’ mountain-style party in frozen fashion. Ranked by USA Today as one of the top five “Best Cultural Festivals of 2017,” winner of the Everfest 300 Award for “Best Festival in 2017” and Everfest’s “Favorite Unique Festival in 2015,” Frozen Dead Guy Days continues on its journey into this, the 18th year of putting on the best frickin’ freezer party in all the world. Frozen Dead Guy Days is based on the discovery of a man on dry ice in a shed on top of a hill overlooking the town. Nederland didn’t ask for this distinguished honor. He just seemingly landed in our backyard. Our controversial cryonaut, Bredo Morstol, pronounced (“breaddough more-stul”) was a native of Norway who died in 1989 at the age of 89 and was frozen by his grandson, Trygve Bauge, also a Norwegian national. Transported to the United States on dry ice, Morstol was stored at Trans Time’s facility in Oakland, CA until December 1993. Continued on page 14

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The Frozen History Continued from page 12

Trygve, who had a background in architecture and was then living in Nederland, had ambitions of setting up his own cryonics facility on property he owned near town. The proposed Rocky Mountain Life Extension Center “never did come into being as planned, but the upshot was that Morstol ended up in a shed on Trygve’s property. He rests there to this day, although the shed has been upgraded to a Tuff Shed, donated by the company several years ago. He is packed in dry ice which is replenished every month. Due to an expired visa and some other questionable antics, Trygve himself was deported back to Norway in December 1993, just after he had moved “Grandpa” here. After his exit, he was able to continue maintaining Bredo on dry ice through several proxies, or as we refer to them, “icemen.” Bo Shafer of Delta Technogroup, Inc. cared for Grandpa for 16 years. Brad Wickham, a Nederland resident, was Bo’s successor and continues serving in that role today. Although at first resistant and nervous, Nederland residents and officials gradually came to accept the frozen grandpa in their midst. Finally in 2002, the Chamber of Commerce, looking for a theme for a winter festival to draw visitors here during the slow time of year, decided to capitalize on the situation by inaugurating the Frozen Dead Guy Days Festival honoring our icy resident. The quirky event they created, which can be summarized as the best “Dead Man’s Party” in the world, has produced plenty of exciting moments in its history. Many have been documented by the national and international television along with the print media that attend annually. In 2002, the New York Times ran a story on its front page and a report from Reuter’s News Service brought in more than 50 interview requests from radio stations around the world. Bill Guist of CBS’ Sunday Morning News brought his camera crew in 2003 and articles have run in the Melbourne (Australia) Times, Forbes magazine, the Boston Globe, Philadelphia Enquirer, Sports Illustrated, National Geographic, Sunset Magazine, Los Angeles Times, London Times, Associated Press, various newspapers and magazines Continued on page 16

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The Frozen History Continued from page 14

in Norway, and more. One year, a Belgium reality television show filmed a segment during the event with Herbert Flack, a Belgian movie star. He went to local hangouts, recruited a coffin race team, built a coffin and ran the course. He also won the Grandpa Look-Alike contest after a professional makeup artist spent three hours turning his face into an icy monster. In 2014, a Japanese show filmed Itteq and Degaw, two of the country’s top TV stars taking part in the event. When they each submerged into the icy depths of the Polar Plunge, Itteq transformed into a butterfly and Degaw was inside a giant balloon that dramatically descended into the frigid water. Additionally, there have been specials about Frozen Dead Guy Days on Discovery Channel, Travel Show, Games Across America and On the Road TV, which included the festival in an hour special highlighting their pick of the best four festivals in the country. An episode of Booze Traveler filmed during last year’s festival featured video of host Jack Continued on page 18

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The Frozen History Continued from page 16

Maxwell taking part in the event. In its 18 years, Frozen Dead Guy Days has seen an astounding and remarkable growth in attendance and size. The first year, which was just a single day, attracted 1,700 people. The attendance the past couple of years—for what is now a three-day event—is estimated to have been close to 25,000. Over the years, several breweries have commemorated the event with their brews. They include “Dead Guy Ale” by Rogue Brewing, New Belgium Brewery’s “Two Below,” “Six Feet Under ESB” by Wild Mountain Smokehouse & Brewery and “Bredo’s Brew” by Grossen Bart. Official poster designs have also evolved from the more stylized designs of the first eight years by Brent Warren to the more recent designs of poster artist Jay V. Rizzi. We know that you will enjoy your time in Nederland at Frozen Dead Guy Days, so be sure to thank the more than 100 volunteers who help make the event, and it’s many facets, run smoothly.

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TRIBUTE: Barbara Lawlor

Still With Us just in a different way

BY MONICA LASALLE

ome years she had rosy cheeks from the cold, other years she would be wearing her trademark tights and long sleeve T-shirt because the sun was so warm. She could be seen taking pictures of truckloads of snow being shipped into Chipeta Park or Guercio Field depending on the year, or walking with the parade taking pictures of hearses with all their theatrical displays from their occupants. “Tell me about yourself” she’d say unfazed, as she photographed the gory or eerily costumed out-of-towners who come to mingle with the locals in celebration of not just the dead but a particular Dead Guy. She could take pictures of the Salmon Toss at the same time she was attending the Frozen T-shirt Contest across town, like a shape shifter making sure every event got its due coverage. Ever excited about the latest addition to the festival, she’d cover it in detail and make sure to ask any friend she encountered “Did you see that?!?” as she was rushing off to the next event. Carrying on with the frenzy, she loved it and would barely contain herself long enough to refuel or take a brief rest before going to the late night bands and the famous Blue Ball. Continued on page 22

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TRIBUTE: Barbara Lawlor Continued from page 20

The entire community relied on her to be there documenting the festival and hope that she caught on camera the latest year’s crazy carried away antics from locals or weekend warriors staying in town for the event from start to finish. Volunteers and employees of the festival were used to seeing her worming her way to the front of any crowd, ducking around barricades and temporary fences to get that great angle for which she is famous. Come rain, snow, shine, or high winds, everyone knew she would be there. So, it will come as no surprise if during this year’s celebrations, we catch glimpses of her giggling as she watches the Polar Plunge from a perch on high, or interviewing Bredo as he basks in the attention he is accustomed to getting each year. Flitting around First Street weaving in and out of the parade attendees, dancing among the Ice Queen candidates and flirting with all the handsome young men. If you feel a tap on your shoulder from behind, make sure to turn with a smile. For you can be sure that Barbara Lawlor will be there with a camera before her face taking photos from the other side. This year, we honor the passing of Barbara Lawlor, beloved Nederland Mountain-Ear newspaper journalist that never failed to give the Frozen Dead Guy Days Festival well -rounded coverage with great enthusiasm and largesse.

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Long-time Mountain-Ear reporter Barbara Lawlor could always be found in the middle of the FDGD action.

Festival Essentials Inside Page 24

Blue Ball Page 25-27

Featured Event Information Pages 28-29

Festival Schedule Page 30-31

Event & Music Grids Pages 32-33

Music Schedule Page 34

Festival Food, Beer & Cocktails Artist Jason Rideout likes to dance on the edge between reality an fantasy and create artwork that is simplistic flowing and bold. jason.rideout1@gmail.com

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Blue Ball

Hawaiian Luau Friday, March 8

4 p.m.-1 a.m. • $20 ReAnimate Yourself Tent Guercio Field • Nederland Enjoy Live Music, Cryonic Blue Balls Punch, Bredo’s Brew and other beverages at Tim’s Tiki Bar as well as authentic Hawaiian fare at 5280 Aloha along with other yummy choices. Peruse Grandpa’s Gift Shop and vendor booths featuring Sean Wells’ amazing Day of the Dead art work and Karla Booth’s mind-bending real snowflake photography.

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GRANDPA BREDO & ICE QUEEN LOOK-ALIKE CONTEST

Contest: 8 p.m. Results: 10 p.m. Be crowned Ice Queen or appointed Grandpa Bredo for prizes and title of “King & Queen of Frozen Dead Guy Days 2019.”

The CBDs

Kathmandu • 7pm New American Hippie

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LATIN GYPSY ENSEMBLE

8:30 p.m. The Latin Gypsy Ensemble is a collective of Boulder County’s top Latin, gypsy, reggae and funk bands. Expect fire from their highenergy groove with a tropical overlay.

SILENT DISCO

10:30 p.m. - 1 a.m. Dance through the decades at SoundDown’s silent disco with three channels and three DJs:

SASSFACTORY Gangsterish

Blue Lazer

Frozen Dub All Part & Parcel Stars w/Queen Slutiva Pioneer Inn • 10pm • $5 Ned’s • 9pm • $5 Hip Hop, Rap

Rock, Folk, Bluegrass

Featured Events Known as one of the most unique and quirky festivals in the country, Frozen Dead Guy Days is three days of frosty merriment featuring 30 live bands in heated super tents and outrageous events like coffin racing, costumed polar plunging, frozen t-shirt contests and much more. Celebrating its 18th year in 2019, Frozen Dead Guy Days continues to be a world-renowned spectacle.

Parade of Hearses & Coffin Race Teams Saturday, March 9 • Noon East 1st Street

Entry fee: Free • Viewing: Free The annual Parade of Hearses and procession of Coffin Race Teams, sponsors and non-profits begins at the Teen Center and proceeds up 1st Street to the west. Spectators may view the spectacle and cheer on their favorite race teams along First Street. Participants must check in and line up at the Teen Center at the east end of 1st Street.

Costume Polar Plunge Saturday, March 9 • 1-2 p.m. Guercio Field Entry fee: $10 • Viewing: Free

Get the “full frozen experience” at the Costume Polar Plunge. Prizes awarded for best costume and most exciting plunge (no flipping or diving). Best costume wins an Eldora 2019/20 season pass. After you plunge, head to Kelty’s Warming Area for heat lamps, blankets, chairs, hot cocoa, hand warmers and hot soup from Snarf’s. Costumes are highly encouraged. Check in on-site before plunging. If you need to register, visit Headquarters at least one hour prior to plunge. Half of each registration supports the TEENS, Inc. Outdoor Leadership Program. Participants MUST fill out a release and waiver.

Coffin Races

Saturday, March 9 • 2-3:30 p.m. Guercio Field

Entry fee: $75 per team • Viewing: Free Six “pallbearers” slide, roll, drag or carry a coffin with a rider through an obstacle course to the finish. Finish times are determined when the last team member crosses the line. The top four teams race in quarter finals with the top two racing for first and second place. Prizes awarded for best time team, runner up time team, best theme/spirit, and most notable snafu on course. Be sure to read the Coffin Race rules. Every participant MUST fill out a release and waiver and all teams MUST check in on Saturday between 9-11 a.m. at Headquarters. Frozen Dead Guy Days 2019 | frozendeadguydays.org

Featured Events Saturday & Sunday

Grandpa’s Mall Crawl

Brain Freeze Contest

Frozen T-Shirt Contest

Entry fee: Free Nederland’s East 1st. Street transforms into a pedestrian mall so revelers can enjoy street performers and participate in brain freezing, frozen T-shirt contests, icy turkey bowling, fix a frozen flat, and more!

Entry fee: $5 - register at event Participants go head-to-head downing frozen slushies in a race for fabulous prizes. The first to finish wins. All the frozen beverage must end up in the participant’s mouth to win. Participants must keep hands to themselves and remain seated during contest.

Entry fee: $10 - register at event Sign up to slip into something frozen outside the Pioneer Inn. Contestants race to unfold and put on solidly frozen T-shirts using only the ground and their bodies. Prizes are awarded for male and female winners.

Ice Carving Competition w/Bongo Love & Friends

Frozen Dead Poet Slam

Frozen Fix-a-Flat Contest

Entry fee: Free Freeze the day! Hear performers recite poetry on a soap box on 1st St. across from the Not Yet Dead in Ned Tent. To take part, pre-register by e-mailing severalwaves@hotmail.com.

Entry fee: Free Dunk your hands in a cooler of ice for 1 minute and see how quickly you can fix a flat tire on a bike wheel. Prizes awarded for best time.

Saturday, March 9 • 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Sunday, March 10 • Noon-6 p.m. East 1st Street - Downtown Nederland

Saturday, March 9 • 2-4 p.m. Sunday, March 10 • 1-3 p.m. 100 East 1st Street

Entry fee: Free View some of Colorado’s most talented ice carvers, including Bongo Love, create works of art right before your eyes. Vote for your favorite creation before it melts.

Saturday, March 9 • 3-4 p.m. Sunday, March 10 • 2-3 p.m. East 1st Street - in front of Not Yet Dead Tent

Saturday, March 9 • 5-6 p.m. Sunday, March 10 • 2-5 p.m. East 1st Street - across from Not Yet Dead Tent

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Saturday, March 9• 3 p.m. & 5 p.m. Sunday, March 10 • 1 p.m. East 1st Street - Pioneer Inn (15 E. 1st St.)

Saturday, March 9 • 4 p.m. Sunday, March 10 • 2 p.m. Clocktower Collective Patio - 112 E 2nd St.

Featured Events Sunday Only

Icy Turkey Bowling

Saturday, March 9 • 3-5 p.m. Sunday, March 10 • 1-3 p.m. East 1st Street - across from Not Yet Dead Tent Entry fee: $5 - register at event Pins are the target, fowl the ball… more specifically a frozen turkey. Each bowler gets three to knock down as many pins as possible – high score is 18. The turkey can be rolled, thrown, tossed or flung. Contestants may B.Y.O.F.F. (bring your own frozen fowl).

Pancake Breakfast Saturday, March 9 • 8-11 a.m. Sunday, March 10 • 8-11 a.m. Nederland Community Center

Snowy Human Foosball Saturday, March 9 • Noon-4 p.m. Sunday, March 10 • 1-3 p.m. 100 East 1st Street Entry fee: $30/team or $5/player

It’s like Foosball with real people and played in the cold and snow. The tournament is first come, first serve with spectacular prizes for the winning team of six members. Walk-up registration for individuals is available. All proceeds go to Nederland Food Pantry.

Saturday, March 9 • Noon-4 p.m. Sunday, March 10 • Noon-3 p.m. Wild Bear Nature Center - 20 Lakeview #107

Entry fee: $5 requested donation Check out the Wild Bear Nature Center and enjoy a presentation with vultures and bald eagles from Hawkquest on Saturday and vultures and snakes from Nature’s Educators on Sunday.

‘Grandpa’s in the Tuff Shed’ Documentary Film

Saturday Only

Entry fee: Free Watch the award-winning “Grandpa’s in the Tuff Shed” short film. Film screens approximately every 30 minutes.

Sunday, March 10 • 1-1:30 p.m. East 1st Street - in front of Not Yet Dead Tent

Bring out your beards and compete for prizes in four categories including “Icy ‘Stash” (moustache only), “Partially Frozen” (goatee, chops, etc.), “Full Bredo” (full beard and moustache) and “Wild Ride” (styled). Sponsored by Großen Bart Brewery.

Wild Bear Open House

Entry fee: $4-$9 Enjoy pancakes, eggs, sausage, cereal, yogurt, banana, coffee, and orange juice. Adults are $9, adults 60 and older are $5 and children under 12 are $4. Supporting the Nederland Area Seniors.

Saturday, March 9 • 10:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Sunday, March 10 • 10:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Caribou Shopping Center - 20 Lakeview #208

Beard & Mustache Competition

Hot Wing Trivia

‘Call Me Ned’ Musical

Saturday • 11 a.m. & 4 p.m. Sunday • 1 p.m. Backdoor Theatre - at Community Ctr. Entry fee: Suggested Donation This musical with six scenes and six musical numbers explores what would happen if the Frozen Dead Guy accidentally came back to life. It incorporates audience participation.

Saturday, March 9 • 5-6 p.m. Ned’s Restaurant - 121 N. Jefferson St.

Entry fee: $7 During this new event, down fiery hot wings and answer trivia questions for fabulous prizes. Contestant who finishes their plate first and answers three questions correctly wins. Frozen Dead Guy Days 2019 | frozendeadguydays.org

Event Schedule SATURDAY, MARCH 9

8 – 11 a.m. FDGD PANCAKE BREAKFAST

Community Center (.5 mi north on Hwy. 72, or take walking path up Jefferson St.) • Enjoy pancakes, eggs, sausage, cereal, yogurt, banana, coffee and orange juice • $9 adults, $5 seniors and $4 kids under 12 Sponsored by and supporting Nederland Area Seniors.

9 a.m. – noon REGISTRATION & WRISTBAND PICK-UP

Teen Center (151 East 1st St. - East end of 1st St.) • Register for the Polar Plunge, Coffin Races and Parade of Coffin Racers • All event participants must sign a waiver and get waiver wristband (waivers on-site for smaller events)

10:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. VIEWING OF GRANDPA’S IN THE TUFF SHED DOCUMENTARY

Wild Bear Nature Center (Caribou Shopping Center) • Watch the award-winning Grandpa’s in the Tuff Shed short film; shows approx. every 30 minutes

11 a.m. – 8 p.m. GRANDPA’S MALL CRAWL

East 1st Street - Downtown Nederland • First Street transforms into a pedestrian mall so revelers can enjoy street performers and participate in contests, turkey bowling and more.

11 a.m. – 1 a.m. REANIMATE YOURSELF TENT OPEN

Guercio Field • Bredo’s Brew cryogenically crafted by Großen Bart and craft beer from Upslope and Lumpy Ridge plus cocktails at the Colorado High Ice Bar • Live music (see music schedule) • Grandpa’s Gift Shop

Noon PARADE OF COFFIN RACERS & HEARSES

East 1st Street • Participants check in and parade begins at the Teen Center (151 East St.) and goes uphill (west) on 1st Street.

Noon – 4 p.m. SNOWY HUMAN FOOSBALL ‡

100 East 1st St. • It’s like Foosball, but with real people (6/team) • $5/player walk-up registration - just show up! • Spectacular prizes All proceeds go to Nederland Food Pantry

Noon – 4 p.m. OPEN HOUSE WITH HAWKQUEST

Wild Bear Nature Center (Caribou Shopping Center) • Stop by to meet HawkQuest’s vultures, bald eagles and owls for $5 suggested donation

1 – 1:15 p.m. 11 a.m. – 10 p.m. NEWLY DEAD GAME - COUPLES EDITION BACON BOURBON & BREWS TENT OPEN Wild Bear Nature Center (Caribou Shopping Center) Guercio Field • Craft beer from Dead Hippie, Crow Hop, Lumpy Ridge and Großen Bart plus bacon • Live music (see music schedule)

11 a.m. & 4 p.m. ‘CALL ME NED’ MUSICAL PERFORMANCE

Backdoor Theatre (750 Hwy. 72 N.) • This original musical explores what would happen if the Frozen Dead Guy accidentally came back to life. It has six scenes, six musical numbers and incorporates audience participation.

11 a.m. – 10 p.m. NOT YET DEAD IN NED TENT OPEN (FORMERLY BRAIN FREEZE TENT)

East 1st Street • Featuring all Nederland artists, musicians and crafters • Craft beer from Upslope and spirited cocktails • Live music (see music schedule) • Grandpa’s Gift Shop

• Buried or cremated? How well do you know your partner? Find out at the Newly Dead Game.

1 – 2 p.m. COSTUMED POLAR PLUNGE ‡

Guercio Field • Entry Fee: $10 (online registration ends 3/7) • Prizes for best costume and most exciting plunge (no flips or diving). • After you plunge, head to Kelty’s Warming Area for heat lamps, blankets, chairs, hot cocoa and hand warmers. • Half of proceeds go to support TEENS, Inc.’s Outdoor Leadership Program

2 – 3:30 p.m. COFFIN RACES ‡

Guercio Field • Teams race with a coffin and ‘corpse’ in tow through a course full of obstacles, mud, snow, drills, and other racers • Prizes awarded for best time, runner up time, best theme/spirit, and most notable snafu

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2 – 4 p.m. ICE CARVING COMPETITION WITH BONGO LOVE & FRIENDS

100 East 1st St. • View some of Colorado’s most talented ice carvers create works and vote for your favorite

3 p.m. & 5 p.m. PIONEER INN’S FROZEN T-SHIRT CONTEST ‡

In front of Pioneer Inn (15 East 1st St.) • T ry to slip into something frozen faster than everyone else • $10 entry fee; register at the event

3 – 4 p.m. BRAIN FREEZE CONTEST ‡

East 1st Street (in front of Not Yet Dead in Ned Tent) • Contestants race against each other downing frozen slushies for fabulous prizes • $5 entry fee; register at the event

3 – 5 p.m. ICY TURKEY BOWLING CONTEST ‡

East 1st Street (across from Not Yet Dead in Ned Tent) • Test your poultry bowling skills… you’re welcome to BYOFF (bring your own frozen fowl) • $5 entry fee; register at the event

4 p.m. FROZEN FIX-A-FLAT CONTEST ‡

Clock Tower Collective Patio (112 E 2nd St.) • Dunk your hands in a cooler of ice for one minute and see how quickly you can fix a flat bike tire • Free to enter. Prizes awarded each round.

5-5:15 p.m. NEWLY DEAD GAME - INDIVIDUALS EDITION

Wild Bear Nature Center (Caribou Shopping Center, 20 Lakeview Dr. Unit 107) •N ew individuals version this year • E veryone in the audience can play along

5 – 6 p.m. HOT WING TRIVIA ‡

Ned’s (121 N. Jefferson St.) • $7 entry fee; register at the event • The first contestant who finishes fiery hot wings and correctly answers three questions wins • Prizes awarded

5 – 6 p.m. FROZEN DEAD POET SLAM

East 1st Street (across from Not Yet Dead in Ned Tent) • Freeze the Day! • Bring your poems, musings and odes to Grandpa • Must pre-register by e-mailing severalwaves@ hotmail.com

Daylight Savings Time begins at 2 a.m. on Sunday, March 10. Don’t forget to adjust your clocks to be on time today!

8 – 11 a.m. FDGD PANCAKE BREAKFAST

10:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. VIEWING OF GRANDPA’S IN THE TUFF SHED DOCUMENTARY

Wild Bear Nature Center (Caribou Shopping Center) • Watch the award-winning Grandpa’s in the Tuff Shed short film; shows approx. every 30 minutes

11 a.m. & 4 p.m. ‘CALL ME NED’ MUSICAL PERFORMANCE

Backdoor Theatre (750 Hwy. 72 N.) • This musical explores the notion of what would happen if the Frozen Dead Guy accidentally came back to life. It is has six scenes with six musical numbers and incorporates audience participation.

11 a.m. – 6 p.m. GRANDPA’S MALL CRAWL

Downtown Nederland on East 1st Street • First Street transforms into a pedestrian mall so revelers can enjoy street performers and participate in the brain freeze and frozen T-shirt contests, icy turkey bowling and more.

Noon – 12:15 p.m. NEWLY DEAD GAME - INDIVIDUALS EDITION

Wild Bear Nature Center (Caribou Shopping Center, 20 Lakeview Dr. Unit 107) • New individuals version this year • Everyone in the audience can play along

Noon – 3 p.m. NATURE’S EDUCATORS — VULTURES & SNAKES

Wild Bear Nature Center (Caribou Shopping Center, 20 Lakeview Dr. Unit 107) • Stop by to meet vultures and snakes from Nature’s Educators • $5 suggested donation

Event Schedule SUNDAY, MARCH 10

Noon – 9 p.m. REANIMATE YOURSELF TENT OPEN

1 – 3 p.m. SNOWY HUMAN FOOSBALL ‡

Noon – 9 p.m. NOT YET DEAD IN NED TENT OPEN

1 – 3 p.m. ICE CARVING COMPETITION WITH BONGO LOVE & FRIENDS

(FORMERLY BRAIN FREEZE TENT)

East 1st Street • Featuring all Nederland artists, musicians and crafters • Craft beer from Upslope and spirited cocktails • Live music (see music schedule) • Grandpa’s Gift Shop

Noon – 9 p.m. BACON BOURBON & BREWS TENT OPEN Guercio Field • Craft beer from Dead Hippie, Crow Hop, Lumpy Ridge and Großen Bart plus bacon • Live music (see music schedule)

1 p.m. PIONEER INN’S FROZEN T-SHIRT CONTEST ‡

In front of Pioneer Inn (15 East 1st St.) • Try to slip into something frozen faster than everyone else • $10 entry fee; register at the event

1 - 1:30 p.m. MOUSTACHE & BEARD COMPETITION ‡

East 1st Street (in front of Not Yet Dead in Ned Tent) • Bring out your beards for this competition with the Boulder Facial Hair Club • Categories include Icy ’Stache (moustache only), Partially Frozen (goatee, chops, etc.), Full Bredo (full beard and moustache) and Wild Ride (styled beards or beards with styled moustaches) • Win festival merchandise Sponsored by Großen Bart Brewery

100 East 1st St. • It’s like Foosball, but with real people (6/team) • $5/player walk-up registration - just show up! • Spectacular prizes • All proceeds go to Nederland Food Pantry

100 East 1st St. • View some of Colorado’s most talented ice carvers create works and vote for your favorite

1 – 3 p.m. ICY TURKEY BOWLING CONTEST ‡

East 1st Street (across from Not Yet Dead in Ned Tent) • Test your poultry bowling skills… you’re welcome to BYOFF (bring your own frozen fowl) • $5 entry fee; register at the event

2 p.m. FROZEN FIX-A-FLAT CONTEST ‡

Clock Tower Collective Patio (112 E 2nd St.) • Dunk your hands in a cooler of ice for one minute and see how quickly you can fix a flat bike tire. • Free to enter. Prizes awarded each round.

2 – 3 p.m. BRAIN FREEZE CONTEST ‡

East 1st Street (in front of Not Yet Dead in Ned Tent) • Contestants race against each other downing ice cold treats for fabulous prizes • $5 entry fee; register at the event

2 – 5 p.m. FROZEN DEAD POET SLAM

East 1st Street (across from Not Yet Dead in Ned Tent) • Bring your poems, musings and odes to Grandpa • Must pre-register by e-mailing severalwaves@ hotmail.com

4-4:15 p.m. NEWLY DEAD GAME - COUPLES EDITION

Wild Bear Nature Center (Caribou Shopping Center, 20 Lakeview Dr. Unit 107) • Buried or cremated? How well do you know your partner? Find out at the Newly Dead Game

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Festival at a Glance SATURDAY

8am

REANIMATE YOURSELF TENT

3B: BACON, NOT YET BOURBON & DEAD IN NED BREWS TENT TENT

EAST FIRST STREET

GUERCIO FIELD

WILD BEAR NATURE CENTER

100 E. 1ST CLOCK TOWER COMMUNITY CARIBOU STREET SHOPPING COLLECTIVE/ CENTER & CENTER #208 PARKING LOT SALTO COFFEE THEATER

8:30am

9am 9:30am

151 East St. Next to Guercio Field

10am 10:30am

11am 11:30am

Noon

Riot Pilots

Emma Mayes & the Hip

Strangebyrds

GRANDPA’S MALL CRAWL

1pm Foxfeather

What About Jim

Flash Mountain Flood

Costumed Polar Plunge

2pm 2:30pm

4pm 4:30pm

5:30pm

Open House with HawkQuest Vultures & Bald Eagles

Newly Dead Couples

Grandpa’s in the Tuff Shed Film Screening

Snowy Human Foosball Walk-up Registration

Ice Carving with Bongo Love & Friends Frozen Fix-a-Flat Contest

NED’S RESTAURANT 121 N. Jefferson

Los Cheesies

Woodshed Red

Electric Toast

Fletcher’s Grove

Dead Pay Rent

Power Lung Rangers

The Higgs

PJ Moon & The Swappers

Astro Cat

6pm

Frozen T-Shirt

5pm

“Call Me Ned” Musical

Frozen T-Shirt

Banshee Tree

Brain Freeze

Black Dog Friday

Icy Turkey Bowling

3:30am

The Alcapones

Coffin Races

Dead Poet Slam

3pm

Parade of Racers & Hearses

12:30pm

1:30pm

FDGD Pancake Breakfast

TEEN CENTER

Hot Wing Trivia Contest

“Call Me Ned” Musical

Newly Dead Individuals

6:30pm

7pm 7:30pm

8pm 8:30pm

9pm 9:30pm

10pm 30

AROUND

TOWN

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Fists of the Proletariat Sleazy Grease Clock Tower Collective 2:30-4pm & 4:30-5pm • Free 21st Century Ska

Pioneer Inn • 10pm • $5 Funk, Fusion, Worldbeat

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Daylight Savings Time begins at 2 a.m. on Sunday, March 10.

8am

REANIMATE YOURSELF TENT

SUNDAY

NOT YET 3B: BACON, BOURBON & DEAD IN NED BREWS TENT TENT

EAST FIRST STREET

GUERCIO FIELD

WILD BEAR NATURE CENTER

CARIBOU 100 E. 1ST CLOCK TOWER COMMUNITY SHOPPING STREET COLLECTIVE/ CENTER & CENTER #208 PARKING LOT SALTO COFFEE THEATER

8:30am

9am FDGD Pancake Breakfast

9:30am

10am 10:30am

11am “Call Me Ned” Musical

11:30am

1:30pm

2pm 2:30pm

3pm

Avenheart

Wood Belly

Seeing Stars

3:30am

4pm 4:30pm

5pm

Thin Air

Shady Grove

Jauntee

Electric Money Orchestra

New Family Dog

Open House with Nature’s Educators Vultures & Snakes

Grandpa’s in the Tuff Shed Film Screening

Ice Carving with Bongo Love & Friends

The Gael

Snowy Human Foosball

Card Catalog

Dead Poet Slam

The Angle

Beard Contest Frozen T-Shirt

1pm

Newly Dead Individuals

GRANDPA’S MALL CRAWL Icy Turkey Bowling

12:30pm

Brain Freeze

Noon

Frozen Fix-a-Flat Contest

Newly Dead Couples

5:30pm

6pm 6:30pm

7pm

Green Buddha

7:30pm

8pm

AROUND

TOWN

FDGD EVENT LIVE MUSIC MALL CRAWL

J.W. Schuller Trio Clock Tower Collective 1:45-3:15pm • Free Quirky Indie Folk Rock

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Music Schedule SATURDAY

$20 wristband provides access to ALL three music tents on Saturday & Sunday! One time purchase at ANY tent entrance.

ReAnimate Yourself

Guercio Field - East End of First Street

12:30-2 p.m.

11 a.m.-Noon

Riot Pilots

2:30-4 p.m. 4:30-6 p.m. 6:30-8 p.m.

Emma Mayes & the Hip

Not Yet Dead in Ned

First Street in downtown Nederland

Strangebyrds

Complex arrangements mixed with lush vocal harmonies, catchy horn lines, and danceable melodies highlight the sound from this soul, funk, jazz fusion band from Denver.

Cari Minor and Ray Smith make up this Rolinsville-based band which performs ballads and contemporary “rocking” songs of love, life and the beauty of the world around us.

Foxfeather

What About Jim

Flash Mountain Flood

Known as a sultry alt-Americana band, this Boulder act’s unique music builds on a lyrical base bolstered by strong blues-rock instrumentals.

This Denverbased band of mostly Nashville transplants plays genuine soul, twang, and high-energy jams. It’s a special alternative to Country music.

This Boulder psychedelic rock jam band is “committed to preserving American roots music culture” with its unique approach to live shows and catalogue of originals.

A wide range of homegrown vocal and instrumental ska and reggae tunes inspired by mountain living are the focus of this band from the Front Range.

A quartet of guys from Dallas, TX make dirty, swamp-blues rock with twangy melodies, muddy slide, gravel/soul vocals, pounding rhythm section and catchy riffs.

Combining the sounds of acoustic instruments with a diverse blend of EDM, jam and early jazz, this multifaceted young Boulder act performs an original and enticing sound.

This high-energy party band performs originals in English and Spanish including rock, reggae, hip-hop, reggeaton, ska, country, cumbia, blues and “cheesiefied” covers.

Inspired by bluegrass, blues, funk and rock, this Colorado Springsarea band incorporates its member’s individual styles to create high-energy artistic performances.

Members of Nederland’s The Pine Dwellers, Smooth Money Gesture, and Malai Llama mix aspects of rock, funk, Latin, improv, jazz, hip-hop, Americana and more.

Fletcher’s Grove

Dead Pay Rent

Power Lung Rangers

Los Cheesies

Black Dog Friday

Woodshed Red

Banshee Tree

Electric Toast

A fierce rhythmic foundation and an Appalachian tinged mix of genres highlight the music played by this act known for its high-energy performances.

Sweaty, high energy, promising performances are common from this band of “garage rockers” that “sew the threads of early rock grit with 1970’s blues and soul.”

This Nederland band highlights a lighter side of rap and reminds people it’s not all violence and that you can get down with xrated rap and smoke a phatty while doin it.

This Californiabased quartet blurs musical boundaries and unify the different sounds of jam rock, prog, alt-rock, reggae and blues into an awesome musical fusion.

Making modern rock and soul with relevant, relatable lyrics on top of innovative rhythm and melodies is the goal of this Durango quartet of jazz, blues, indie and funk players.

Malai Llama’s Steve Govanlu and Jiho Han, from Workshy and Judo Chop, recently created this act with Zack Scott and Stanton Sutton from Mountain Standard Time.

The Higgs

8:30-10 p.m.

Guercio Field - East End of First Street

This alternative, blues rock quartet from Parker is influenced by a “very, very wide variety of music” including Led Zeppelin and Arctic Monkeys.

The Alcapones

Bacon, Bourbon & Brews

PJ Moon & the Swappers

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Astro Cat

Music Schedule

Daylight Savings Time begins at 2 a.m. on Sunday, March 10. Don’t forget to adjust your clocks to be on time today!

Avenheart

Wood Belly

Described as “city-folk” with a pinch of bluegrass and dash of Americana, this band brings a new interpretation of folk to the table.

These winners of the 2018 Telluride Bluegrass Band Competition blend traditional bluegrass with modern songwriting.

1:45-3:15 p.m.

“Part bluesy swagger, part folkie murmur, part full-on rock rage,” this Louisville-based quintet is known for its raw, eclectic and energetic live shows.

First Street in downtown Nederland

This Denver Widespread Panic tribute band strives to capture the essence of WSP in sound and delivery for a “live performance” experience.

An acoustic version of Fletcher’s Grove, this band plays a folk and string-driven take on originals, covers and traditional tunes.

3:45-5:15 p.m.

4-5:30 p.m.

Card Catalog

Rich with imaginative songwriting and fertile collaboration, this Colorado band’s melodic storytelling “unfolds in the ether of rich harmonies.”

This band’s improvisational landscape and willingness to explore spans funk, rock, jazz, progressive, bluegrass, psychedelic and ambient music.

This act combines Nederland bands Electric Toast and Smooth Money Gesture to recreate the iconic songs and sound of The Allman Brothers Band.

Thin Air

The Jauntee

6-7:30 p.m.

Not Yet Dead in Ned

Guercio Field - East End of First Street

REAL SNOWFLAKE PHOTOGRAPHY

Macro Snowflake Photography by Karla Jean Booth realsnowflakephotography.com

Visit Karla and check out her snowflake photography in the ReAnimate Yourself Tent. On cold snowy days when most mountain residents are warming by the fire, Karla can be found outside searching for the next beautiful snowflake.

Shady Grove

Electric Money Orchestra

5:45-7:15 p.m.

12:30-1:30 p.m. 2-3:30 p.m.

The Angle

Bacon, Bourbon & Brews Noon-1:15 p.m.

ReAnimate Yourself

Guercio Field - East End of First Street

SUNDAY

The Gael

“Celtic Eclectic,” which mixes up-tempo Celtic music, gypsyinspired tunes and pop songs, is how this Nederland band describes its sound.

Seeing Stars

Area musicians play Americana, rock, along with “cosmic country fit for a hot afternoon by a greasy food truck or a late night throw down in a basement bar.”

New Family Dog

Assembled by Nederland’s Jon Ridnell, this band features members of Powerlung Rangers, Rogue Sound and Family Dog String Band plus guests.

Green Buddha

Original music spawned from funk, reggae and soul, to ska and dub is played by this act. The result is a blend of psychedelia with melodies and hooks galore.

Tweener Stage

Located in drinking area behind the Not Yet Dead in Ned Tent

SATURDAY Noon – 12:30 p.m.

SUNDAY 11:30 p.m. – Noon

Olivia and Emma are a dynamic sister duo with an indie folk/pop sound. 2 – 2:30 p.m.

Rural funky mountain blues jam with influences of folk and jazz. 1:15 – 1:45 p.m.

Burney Sisters

Burney Sisters 4 – 4:30 p.m.

Eric Richard Stone

Americana singer-songwriter from Eldora.

Lucas Wolf

JW Schuller Trio

Singer, guitar slinger and purveyor of quirky indie folk rock. 3:15 – 3:45 p.m.

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Food at the Festival We’ve rounded up a wide variety of some of the best food trucks on Front Range’s for you! 5280 Aloha Authentic Hawaiian fare. Nicki’s Quickie It doesn’t matter If you like a classic gyro Abo’s Pizza New York style pizza that’s been voted “best in

pita or a creative falafel, Nicki’s brings Mediterranean to the mountains; from Vail to Ned, try a little greek.

All American Grill A real kitchen on wheels, serving up

Rocky Mountain Slices East coast-style pizza with

the West” more than once.

some superb sandwiches, burgers, mac & cheese bites, and more.

Andy’s Kitchen From Summit County, serving handmade and homemade Brats, Kielbasa, Juniper Elk, Yak sausage, Cheese stuffed red Brat and Pretzels.

Chibby Wibbitz Sliders and loaded tots with either an Asian

or barbeque twist! As unique as their name.

Cuban Fusion Bringing a little taste of Cuban up to the

mountains to celebrate with Jimmie’s day of the dead graffiti.

Hog Wild Returning from Fort Collins and specializing in

fresh-made dough and sauces.

Smoke on the Mountain BBQ Family-owned and

operated gourmet food truck and catering company serving locallysourced and chef-inspired food with seasonal and fresh ingredients.

Super Heady Tacos From Boulder’s Pearl Street Mall, any kind of taco you can imagine—from savory to sweet. There’s even squash and kale tacos for vegans.

Tacos with Altitude These authentic Mexican tacos are quickly becoming a favorite on the streets of Denver.

southern-style pulled pork sandwiches and finger-lickin’ ribs—just look for the custom-made smoker on site.

Totally NUTS & Co. A family-owned business from Manitou

Lucky Mary’s Bakery Full-service dessert trailer with

Windy City Eats Down to the poppy seed bun, their Chicago

Mac N Noodles Not your blue box Mac ‘N Cheese. Mac ‘N Noodles is a gourmet made-to-order Mac ‘N Cheese specialty food truck.

The Vegetable Express Mobile food trailer based out of

custom cakes, cupcakes, and delicious confections for every occasion.

Springs offering signature Cinnamon-roasted almonds and hot cocoa. dogs and Italian beef are as authentic as you’d expect them to be.

Nederland, serving vegan comfort food. Creating plant-based takes on classically meat-based favorites.

Craft Beer & Cocktails Enjoy some of our state’s and country’s best craft beer and spirits! Großen Bart Brewery Crow Hop Brewing inside the ReAnimate Yourself Tent

The brewery’s founders started a “brewery for the people” – no pretention, no fads, just smooth ales and crisp lagers.

Upslope Brewery

outside at Guercio Field & inside Not Yet Dead in Ned Tent

Après Everything makes Upslope a hand-held tribute to all who believe playing hard should end with a quality beer that goes down easy.

Lumpy Ridge Brewing Co.

inside the ReAnimate Yourself & 3B Tents

This brewery is located in Estes Park. It serves up some truly amazing IPAs, ales, and stouts all with the backdrop of a National Park.

inside the 3B Tent

Driven by the focused passion of crafting clean, complex flavors, this brewery in downtown Loveland is devoted to delivering a brew that doesn’t mask the deep, varied character of each ingredient.

Colorado High Vodka & Whiskey Bar inside the ReAnimate Yourself Tent

True differences from vodka product to product are often tough to distinguish, so the company challenged itself to be a true vodka originator, not an imitator, which led them to seek out the best, purest ingredients they could find.

Dead Hippy Brewing

Seagram’s 7 Sampling

Located in Sheridan, this small, locally-owned brewery offers a rotating list of big flavorful beers, brewed in small, manageable batches.

A light smooth American Blended whiskey that is easy to mix, easy to serve, and easy to call - especially as a shot and in signature drinks.

inside the 3B Tent

outside at Guercio Field

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Marshals of the Parade

Parade marshals, ice queens and Grandpa look-alike winners are seen the lead hearses.

Festival parade honors long-time residents

BY STEPHANIE ANDELMAN f you’ve lived in Nederland over 20 years, we celebrate your sustenance, contributions, and toleration for wind. For this year’s festival, we recruited five long-time Nederland residents who characterize our eclectic community and have helped put our town on the map. Each one of these long timers were first drawn to Nederland’s rustic mountain town atmosphere, and they all settled in among their chosen family. Rooted here until they join Grandpa in after life, they keep Nederland alive with their stories, professions, and volunteerism. You will see all five of these specially selected Grand Marshals leading the 2019 Parade of Coffin Racers & Hearses.

Bunny Spangler

unny Spangler moved to Nederland in 1971, when there were less than 500 residents. It was an idyllic, quiet spot for her and her dog where the climate spoke to her soul. Just over a year later, she bought the infamous Pioneer Inn, which was the town’s gathering place. Deemed a “safe haven,” patrons left weapons and opinions at the door. Music was a staple, and dozens of renowned bands, recording at the nearby Caribou Ranch Recording Studio, would come and play—Dan Fogelberg, Stevie Wonder, Joe Walsh, and Stevie Nicks to name a few. For 39 years, Bunny took care of her employees, entertainers, and customers with a warm smile and appreciation for the unique. She now volunteers endlessly and enjoys her freedom to play on the ski slopes.

Barbara Hardt

arbara Hardt moved to the Nederland area in the mid-1980s. She raised four children here and purchased Nederland’s weekly community paper, the Mountain-Ear. An avid horse rider, Barbara balances her commitment to sharing community news with her love for nature. She always makes herself available to help out those less fortunate than her and gives everyone a voice. Whether she’s running a nonprofit on the side, enjoying live music, or getting the latest scoop, Barbara continues to connect the fabric of Nederland one stitch at a time.

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Chris Perret

hris Perret drove into Nederland as “Even in the Quietest Moments” was blaring on his radio. Supertramp recorded the song at Caribou Ranch, and Chris knew at that moment, the small town was to be his home. The robust music scene, events, support for local businesses, and opportunities to get involved have kept him humming. He started a family and has opened four businesses in town, fixing people’s cars and keeping people safe, peacefully. His coffin racing team won best theme three years in a row, and “The Munsters” are still sorely missed. When Chris was Mayor of Nederland from 2004-2006, he toured international media around the festival and still raced the Dr. Fix-It coffin, carrying one of his kids inside. Continued on page 38

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Marshals of the Parade Continued from page 36

Eric Mix

ric Mix visited Nederland every summer of the 1970s with his father so they could hike and fish in the wilds. Eric knew from the time he was seven years old that he would end up in Ned. After serving in the Marine Corps and starting a family in Pennsylvania. Eric was brought back to Ned in 2000 to build a log home as a contractor. Fate was fulfilled, and his lifelong desire to live here was realized. Eric spearheaded “Working Man’s Dead” coffin racing team which was the reigning champion for the festival’s first three years. As long as Nederland remains without a traffic light, Eric will remain here with his family of friends.

Greg ‘Toastie’ Post

reg “Toastie” Post anchored in Nederland in 1987 and learned how the wind blows through his roofing business of 28 years. When the festival was founded, he entered the Grandpa Look-Alike contest and won two years in a row (2001 and 2002). A dead-on re-creation of FDGD’s version of Grandpa Bredo Morstoel, Toastie reflects on those early festival years and thaws out every year to join in the frozen fun.

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These Grand Marshals applaud the festival for boosting the town’s economy when it used to be the winter slump. Positive for the businesses and musicians, town folk also benefit from attending so much fun so close. FDGD allowed Bunny to get through the season, and its many events give Barbara fascinating content to cover. It provided Chris, Eric, and Toastie with events that brought the community together, cheering for their wins. As these five Ned locals turn into Marshals of the Parade on Saturday, give them waves of appreciation for adding to the town spirit that never dies.

Grandpa’s Gift Shop Located in the Not Yet Dead in Ned & ReAnimate Yourself tents, Guercio Field, Nederland Visitor Center and online!

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Gail Rubin, CT presents the Newly-Dead Game annually during Frozen Dead Guy Days.

BY GAIL RUBIN, CT

Newly-Dead Game Debuts Individuals Edition

Gail Rubin, Certified Thanatologist, is a pioneering death educator, speaker, author, Before I Die Festival coordinator and creator of The Newly-Dead Game®. Known as The Doyenne of Death®, she is the author of A Good Goodbye: Funeral Planning for Those Who Don’t Plan to Die and Kicking the Bucket List: 100 Downsizing and Organizing Things to Do Before You Die. Download an Executor’s Checklist and planning form at www.AGoodGoodbye.com.

ince 2011, The Newly-Dead Game has been a fixture at Frozen Dead Guy Days, and couples always scramble to participate. This year, we’re opening up the game to everyone in the audience with an Individuals Edition of the game! Drop by the Caribou Shopping Center at 20 Lakeview Drive, Unit 208 to see Grandpa’s in the TUFF Shed and catch The Newly-Dead Game during the festival!

A Short History of The Newly-Dead Game

In March of 2010, the ABC Nightly News ran a national story about this crazy festival in Nederland, Colorado. From my home in Albuquerque, New Mexico, I was transfixed by images of coffin racing over a snowy obstacle course, a parade of hearses, and costumed polar plunging. I said to myself, “I don’t know how, but next year, I’m going to be there as part of that festival.” At the time, I was writing my book A Good Goodbye: Funeral Planning for Those Who Don’t Plan to Die and working with a marketing guru. He suggested creating a game that would be fun as well as educational and came up with the title. The Newly-Dead Game is based on the idea behind the classic television show, The Newlywed Game. Couples are quizzed on how well they know their partner’s last wishes. The couple that gets the most questions right win “valuable prizes.” The first year at Frozen Dead Guy Days, we played the game in a tent during breaks between musical acts. I froze at a windswept information table the rest of the time. In subsequent years, I took on the responsibility of also showing the humorous documentary “Grandpa’s in the TUFF Shed.” The 1998 film tells the strange but true story of how Bredo Morstoel came to be the Frozen Dead Guy. It also got me out of the cold and into a comfortable indoor setting. Continued on page 42

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How You Can Play

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Why is it NOT so simple to answer these questions? Consider Question Two about disposition plans. There are so many choices and variations on those choices!

Burial

There are different ways to put a body in the ground these days. It’s not just the “traditional” approach with a casket and vault. You can be eco-friendly with your burial. There are green burial grounds in Colorado, including Seven Stones Botanical Garden Cemetery in Littleton (www.DiscoverSevenStones.com). There, you can be placed directly in contact with the earth, wrapped in a shroud or in a biodegradable casket. If you come to play The Newly-Dead Game or see “Grandpa’s in the TUFF Shed,” you can see examples of a bamboo casket and biodegradable urns from green funeral product provider Passages International. If you or your spouse is a veteran, you can both be buried in a national cemetery at no cost. All you need is the DD214 form. It’s a certificate that details discharge from active duty in the U.S. military, and it’s the proof needed to get a burial plot or cremation niche with military honors. While veterans’ cemetery costs are covered, funds are needed to pay for the services of a funeral home. Your family does have the option to do a home funeral and handle the required paperwork themselves. You can even be buried on private property, with the proper zoning and paperwork.

Cremation

Most people think of fire when pondering cremation. You may think it’s a greener disposition, but fire-based cremation has a significant carbon footprint. A natural gas-fired cremation generates about 532 pounds of CO2 when processing an average-sized person. Continued on page 44

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Both the Couples and Individuals editions of The Newly-Dead Game pose four questions. While couples will be asked different questions, individuals have four simple questions to answer. However, your answers may not be so simple. The questions are: 1. Do you have a will? 2. What are your disposition plans? 3. Do you have advance medical directives? 4. Do you have a final resting place for your mortal remains? In the Individuals edition, choose one of four answers for each question. The number of points you get for your answer depends on your degree of preparedness. The last answer is always, “I don’t care. I’ll be dead.” Strategy hint: You won’t get any points for that answer.

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To put that in perspective, I have 18 solar panels on my house, a 4.05-kilowatt system. The monitoring system indicates how much CO2 is offset by generating electricity from the sun. It would take 14 sunny days to offset ONE CREMATION. Multiply 532 by the more than 1.5 million people choosing cremation every year. This adds up to a significant carbon footprint. Plus, cremation vaporizes mercury in dental fillings, releasing it into the atmosphere. But did you know there’s an eco-friendly cremation option now available in Colorado that’s based on water? It’s called Aquamation, and it uses one-tenth of the energy used in fire-based cremation. A combination of warm water and alkalinity gently speeds up the process of decomposition to the bones. These cremated remains are returned to the family. Mercury and other metals in the body can be safely reclaimed and recycled. Really, wouldn’t you rather have a final warm bath than a trip to a blast furnace? You can get more information about Aquamation at “Grandpa’s in the TUFF Shed” showings, any of the game sessions, or online at www.AquamationInfo.com.

Other Options

Would you like to be preserved like Grandpa in a state of cryogenic suspended animation? It’s expensive, but available in a few states. You could donate your body to science, and in exchange, get a free cremation. Whole body burial at sea is an option. Human body composting, called recomposition, is under consideration to become legal in the state of Washington. Sorry, “Just put me out with the trash” is not a legal option.

Don’t Care?

When you say, “I don’t care. I’ll be dead,” you leave your loved ones with a heavy choice to make with heavy hearts. They will likely fight, stress, overspend, and feel worse than they might had you planned ahead. Remember, you get zero points for this choice.

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Attend Games & Film Showings! Schedule for both editions of The Newly-Dead Game: Couples Edition Saturday, March 9: 1 p.m. Sunday, March 10: 4 p.m. Individuals Edition (NEW) Saturday, March 9: 5 p.m. Sunday, March 10: Noon Make plans to come by and play! The Newly-Dead Game will be played four times over the weekend in Unit 208 on the second floor at the Caribou Shopping Center, 20 Lakeview Drive. This is also where you can see showings of Robin Beeck’s 25-minute documentary masterpiece, Grandpa’s in the TUFF Shed. It’s showing every 30 minutes on Saturday and Sunday from 10:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Don’t miss this chance to laugh and learn about how the Frozen Dead Guy Days festival got started!

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THERE & BACK AGAIN BY TERESA CRUSH WARREN

ederland’s Grandpa Bredo may have inspired a festival, but for most of us who live among him, I’ve never heard one person who thinks he could actually come back to life. He has been frozen with dry ice since he arrived in Nederland around 1992. And there have been a few times between caretakers that he has thawed, evident by his living neighbors who talked of seeing murders of crows flying overhead. Even though Bredo doesn’t have much hope of coming back alive, the idea of life extension has become more popular than ever before. It is said that Google has a secret department whose sole purpose is to study life extension. In the scientific world, more and more research is using cryogenics to help breed better livestock. Encouraging developments in cryogenically freezing human organ tissue have happened in the last few years. With so great a need for organs (60 percent of organs donated today die before they can be used.), finding a way to harvest and keep donated organs alive would guarantee there will never be a shortage. So us humans are very receptive and curious about cryogenics. But we are also curious about what happens to us after death. We all have heard about someone dying, seeing the brilliant light in the tunnel and meeting dead loved ones, only to come back to life. Continued on page 48

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A survey done by TODAY showed that 55 percent of people are absolutely certain there is an afterlife, 37 percent are not certain and 8 percent are certain there isn’t an afterlife. For some who have been through near-death experiences, the question has a clear answer. Anita Moorjam wrote a book about her afterlife experience, “Dying to Be Me” in 2015. ”I believe that I died, yes — that I crossed over into the afterlife and back,” said Moorjani, adding that the afterlife is “like being in a really unlimited space and time.” Diagnosed with lymphoma in 2002, Moorjani — who considers her-self more spiritual than religious — was Anita Moorjani losing her cancer battle, withering down to just 85 pounds and battling tumors from the base of her skull to her abdomen. She slipped into a coma in 2006. Anita Moorjani now shares the story of her near-death expe-

rience in talks around the world. She said that’s when she died and crossed over to an afterlife. “I felt as though I was above my body,” she said. “It was like I had 360-degree peripheral vision of the whole area around. But not just in the room where my body was in, but beyond the room.” According to Moorjani, she was reunited in that state with her late father, who told her to turn back. “He said that I’ve gone as far as I can, and if I go any further, I won’t be able to turn back,” she said. “But I felt I didn’t want to turn back, because it was so beautiful. It was just incredible, because, for the first time, all the pain had gone. All the discomfort had gone. All the fear was gone. I just felt so incredible. And I felt as though I was enveloped in this feeling of just love. Unconditional love.” Citing an “incredible clarity where everything started to make sense,” she said she decided to return to her body beContinued on page 50

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cause she believed “it would heal very, very quickly.” It did. “Within four days, my tumors shrunk by 70 percent, and the doctors were shocked,” she said. “And I kept telling everyone that, ‘I know I’m going to be okay. I know it’s not my time to die.’” This phenomenon and the public’s obsession with it has to date way be-fore modern time. The “Father” of modern NDA (Near Death Experience), Raymond Moody, wrote the groundbreaking book “Life After Life” in 1975. This bestselling classic is now available in a special fortieth-anniversary edition that includes a new Foreword from Even Alexander, M.D., author of Proof of Heaven, and a new Afterword by the author. Raymond Moody Moody was a pioneer in the elusive science whose work and research , transformed the world, revolutionizing the way we think about death and what lies beyond. It is the ground-breaking study of one hundred people

who experienced “clinical death” and were revived, and who tell, in their own words, what lies beyond death. “Life After Life” introduced us to concepts—including the bright light, the tunnel, the presence of loved ones waiting on the other side—that have become cultural memes today. The book has sold over 13 million copies, so I think it’s safe to say that at least 13 million people were interested enough in the concept that they bought the book. A quick Google search will reveal millions videos about people’s personal after-life experiences. Perhaps these two human obsessions are linked in some way. Maybe the common denominator is healing. Many stories about coming back to life after death include some healing of pain for the survivor. Certainly cryogenics, even though a tad further out there, is also about healing. Certainly when the first human to survive a cryogenic frozen state, we will be asking her, “What was it like on the other side?”

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Jenna Gallas of Manitou Springs Chamber of Commerce

Nederland’s “The Nerds” (now known as “Stranger Springs: The Upside Down” in 2019) competed against “Team Fossil” from Manitou Springs in the 2018 Frozen Dead Guy Days Coffin Races.

COFFIN CUP RACE RETURNS TO FESTIVAL

In March 2018, Team Fossil represented Manitou Springs at Frozen Dead Guy Days and won the Coffin Cup, bringing it home for the 2018 Emma Crawford Coffin Races.

The Nerds (now known as “Stranger Springs: The Upside Down”) following their win in Manitou Springs.

nce again, Nederland will compete against Manitou Springs, two Colorado towns with rich traditions in coffin racing, in this year’s Coffin Cup Challenge during the Coffin Races at Frozen Dead Guy Days. In 1995, the Manitou Springs Chamber of Commerce started the Emma Crawford Coffin Races - our nation’s first coffin races. Ten years later, they sent their winning team, the “Manitou Tus,” to compete with the Frozen Dead Guy Days winning team. This first coffinoff competition for the fastest time awarded Manitou Springs with the Coffin Cup in 2005. The competition was resurrected last year, when Manitou’s “Team Fossil” retained the cup after a head-to-head race against FDGD’s two-time champs, “The Nerds.” The team (now known as “Stranger Springs: The Upside Down”) were then invited to compete in the Emma Crawford Coffin Races, and they killed it by beating “Team Fossil.” Not only did they reclaim the Cup for FDGD, they also came in third overall! Nederland encourages racers and fans to check out the 25th Annual Emma Crawford Coffin Races and Festival, Oct. 26. The fastest team in this year’s Coffin Races will go against Manitou’s selected team, the “Sparkly Unicorn Coffin Mafia Solutions.” Hopefully Nederland will keep the Cup and the pride of Frozen Dead Guy Days. 2019’s overall fastest team will head to Manitou Springs in October, proving that Nederland deserves to display the Coffin Cup until the end of days.

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Festival V.I.P. Being a V.I.P. is the best way to fully experience Frozen Dead Guy Days!

VIP Passes are $175 and include: • FDGD V.I.P. wristband + Blue Ball ticket • A bottomless V.I.P. cup, good for all beverages, all weekend at all three music tents; For Ticketholder only! Must be 21 and be wearing FDGD V.I.P. wristband. • V.I.P. parking (centrally located) • Swag Bag with commemorative gift and other goodies • V.I.P. viewing for Coffin Races and Polar Plunge • Free participation in frozen turkey bowling, brain freeze contest, and one polar plunge entry • Entrance into FDGD V.I.P. party bus with snack lounge and fire pit • Access to VIP potty How it Works: • You must be 21 to purchase a V.I.P. Pass. • After purchasing the pass an electronic receipt will be emailed to you. • FDGD V.I.P. passes and V.I.P. swag bag will be available for pick up at the Frozen Dead Guy Days Headquarters at Teens, Inc. in Nederland. • Present a photo ID to receive V.I.P. package and sign general waiver; wristband has participant’s name and is only valid when worn by participant. • Passes are transferable,if you can’t make it, but are non-refundable/pass can be revoked at anytime for un-V.I.P. like behavior… and no refunds in case of weather event cancellation, but you will have a V.I.P. pass good for next year.

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Frozen Dead Guy Day V.I.P.’s enjoy a special V.I.P. area which includes fire pits, porta-potties, beer and the V.I.P. bus with snacks and a warm place to relax.