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Brittney Moody
Mardi Gras met St. Patrick’s Day this past weekend with drunk people and their beer cans polluting Boyne Mountain’s ski slopes. Beads were scattered in every direction, and the phrase ‘so how did you get all those beads?’ was greatly over-used. This Carnival Weekend was deemed a success, inviting just as many patrons as last year, with about 8,000 in attendance. Many first-timers attended the Crazy Days events at Boyne Mountain, promising to return next year. “I’ve never been up here before, but I’ve heard about it,” said Sean Anthony, senior at MSU. “I can’t wait to come back next year.” Anthony, who was skeptical of participating in the events this year, said he’s coming back in the craziest costume he can think of next year and doesn’t plan to remember any of it. “The theme this year was no fences, so there wasn’t anything stopping people under 21 years old on the mountain from seeing inappropriate behavior,” said Reed Ameel, junior engineering major at University of Michigan. Ameel went on to tell the tale of how women exploited themselves and how the best costume contest went to a girl who had only a bikini and a hat on. “It was obvious she was going to win the contest because she took her top off and started dancing around, and the guys went wild,” said Ameel. This certainly sounds like the case, considering there was a guy to girl ratio of about five to one. Ameel’s 19-year-old brother, Grant Ameel, who is a sophomore at MSU, had a similar perspective of the events. “There were a lot of really young kids, my 12-year-old brother included, who were exposed to tits, booze and weed, which would generally be frowned upon,” Grant said. Grant went on to describe the scene as being “like a strip club on the side of the hill, only with a lot more festivities.” “It was a lot of fun, just a lot of drunken people having a great time,” said Grant. “Being annihilated” was the theme of the weekend among the many events on the calendar. The convention center at the mountain had bands Friday and Saturday nights, including the Howling Diablos, Jelly Roll Blues Band and Twisted Finster. To end the celebration Boyne Mountain held their annual Slush Cup. In this event participants ski or snowboard down the hill in hopes that they gain enough momentum and have good enough form to make it across the length of the pool of water at the base of the mountain. “That’s the craziest thing I’ve ever done. It was such a rush. Even though I didn’t make it across, it just makes me want to come back next year to conquer it. It was totally worth it,” said Joshua Williams, an MSU alumnus. Many participants were able to make it across without getting wet; however, the other half, like Williams, sank into the cold pool struggling to make it to the edge for a towel. Some participants wore bathing suits or costumes, some were sober and some were drunk for their claim-to-fame runs. At the end of the Slush Cup plenty took advantage of the beautiful March day to hit the slopes some more. Others ditched their poles, sobered up and headed home, leaving Crazy Days behind. “I feel like I’m getting the best celebration of both worlds being up here,” Anthony said. “I get to ski and get plastered up North for the weekend, then retreat Sunday to MSU and pub crawl on Monday for St. Patrick’s Day – you can’t beat that!” Questions? Comments? Contact Brittney Moody at moodybri@msu.edu
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