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News VIDEO Broadcast Originally aired February 11, 2021 on Lakeland News

VIDEO TRANSCIPT

00:01 >>> WHEN YOU THINK OF FAMILY

00:02 TRADITIONS AND WORLD RECORDS,

00:04 ODDS ARE THEY DON'T GO TOGETHER.

00:06 ON ONE HAND, THERE'S A SAYING

00:08 RECORDS ARE MADE TO BE BROKEN.

00:10 BUT FAMILY TRADITIONS ARE NOT.

00:11 WE LEARN MORE HOW ONE FAMILY IN

00:13 LITTLE FALLS BRING THE TWO

00:15 TOGETHER WITH CHRIS BURNS.

00:18 >> ICE FEST, AN EVENT IN LITTLE

00:20 FALLS THAT PROVIDES FAMILIES

00:22 FUN-FILLED FREE ACTIVITIES, SUCH

00:23 ADDS, CURLING, HOCKEY -- SUCH

00:27 AS, CURLING, HOCKEY, BUT MAINLY

00:30 THE ICE CAROUSEL.

00:31 THIS STARTED OUT AS ONE FAMILY'S

00:35 TRADITION.

00:35 NOW BRINGS MANY OTHERS JOY.

00:38 >> CHRISTMAS IS ALWAYS CHAOS.

00:39 15 YEARS AGO WE STARTED ADULT

00:41 CHRISTMAS WHICH IS MY SIBLINGS

00:43 AND SIGNIFICANT OTHERS A COUPLE

00:45 WEEKS AFTER, AND SO WHEN THE

00:47 ADULT CHRISTMAS PARTY ROTATED TO

00:50 MY HOUSE, I SAID LET'S DO AN

00:52 OUTDOOR PARTY AND TEST THIS

00:54 THEORY.

00:54 >> THE FIRST YEAR THE ICE

00:56 CAROUSEL WAS ABOUT 50 FEET IN

00:58 DIAMETER.

00:58 HOWEVER FOR CHUCK THAT WASN'T

01:01 ENOUGH.

01:01 >> CHUCK DREW UP A CRAZY IDEA

01:03 WELL HEY SHOULD WE GO FOR A

01:05 WORLD RECORD?

01:06 [LAUGHTER]

01:06 >> SO THEY ALL SAID, SURE, LET'S

01:10 GO FOR IT, WHATEVER.

01:11 >> TWO WEEKS OF PLANNING FOR THE

01:15 018 EVENT, AND WE DID 366 FEET

01:18 AND SET A WORLD RECORD.

01:19 AND THEN THE FOLLOWING YEAR, IT

01:22 BECAME -- AND THEN WE PLANNED

01:23 FOR SIX MONTHS IN ADVANCE, AND

01:25 IT BECAME A BIG EVENT THAT WE

01:28 KNOW TODAY AS ICE FEST.

01:29 >> MORE AND MORE PEOPLE STARTED

01:30 HEARING ABOUT THE WORLD'S

01:32 LARGEST ICE CAROUSEL.

01:33 >> HEY, IF WE'RE GOING TO DO

01:35 THIS, AND IF THIS IS GOING TO

01:37 GET SOME PUBLICITY, LET'S PUT

01:40 THIS TO GOOD USE.

01:41 >> CHUCK, HIS WIFE AND DAUGHTER

01:43 STARTED THE PAY IT FORWARD

01:44 FOUNDATION TO HELP DONATE TO

01:46 LOCAL CHARITIES IN THE AREA.

01:52 >> A CHARITY THAT SENDS FOOD

01:54 HOME WITH ELEMENTARY KIDS THAT

01:57 RUNS THE RISK OF NOT EATING OVER

01:59 THE WEEKEND.

02:00 A THOUGHT OF KIDS IN MY OWN

02:02 BACKYARD OF POSSIBLY NOT EATING

02:04 OVER THE WEEKEND IS PRETTY

02:05 DEVASTATING.

02:05 >> THE FAMILY WOULD ADD IN

02:07 ANOTHER CHARITY CALLED CARE

02:08 CLOSET FOR STUDENTS WHO STRUGGLE

02:10 TO MEET THEIR BASIC NEEDS AT

02:12 HOME.

02:13 THIS FAMILY HAS DONATED MORE

02:15 THAN $35,000 THROUGH THE PAY IT

02:16 FORWARD FOUNDATION.

02:17 THEY WERE ABLE TO DO THIS

02:18 BECAUSE THEY WERE BREAKING

02:20 RECORDS WHILE STICKING TO THEIR

02:21 FAMILY TRADITIONS.

02:23 REPORTING IN LITTLE FALLS FOR

02:24 LAKELAND NEWS, I'M CHRIS BURNS.

02:29 >> THE ICE FEST KICKS OFF

02:30 SATURDAY AND RUNS THROUGH

02:31 SUNDAY.

02:31 THE ZWILLING FAMILY HASN'T

02:32 DISCLOSED HOW BIG THE CAROUSEL

02:33 WILL BE.