By Michelle Kim

NEW BOSTON – It’s Winter Carnival time again in New Boston. On Saturday, Feb. 2, area residents can look forward to a day filled with winter activities topped off with the highlight of the evening, the lip sync singing contest.

The day’s outdoor activities, in the field behind the town hall, include sledding, snowshoe softball, snow sculpturing, snow golf, flag football and hay rides. Indoor activities in the white buildings include arts and crafts, movies and a magician. Also taking place nearby at the New Boston Central School is the PTA soup cookoff, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. with prizes and bragging rights going to the first three places, and a full schedule of basketball games in the school’s gymnasium.

At night, starting at 6:30 p.m. at the Central School gymnasium, the annual lip sync singing contest hits the stage.

The show is already fully booked with 25 acts who each paid a $5 entry fee for a shot at lip sync glory and cash prizes of $100, $50 and $25 for first, second and third place, respectively.

Mike Sindoni, director of the Parks and Recreation Department, said he was surprised at the variety of music performed by the kids in the contest every year. He described it as ranging from ’70s rock to classical to blues, although the big thing this year is Hannah Montana, he said. Most of the acts were groups, but there were a few brave souls who signed up as solo lip sync artists.

Sindoni said he expects a couple hundred attendees for the day’s activities, depending on weather conditions, and up to 400 for the lip sync contest.