The last weekend of ski and snowboard season locals and visitors will be flushing out winter and welcoming spring at the 44th annual Flauschink, April 4 - 8, 2012. Pre-Flauschink festivities begin at Talk of the Town on Wednesday, April 4 with a 7 p.m. slide show at the Talk of the Town by Dr. Duane Vandenbusche and a Flauschink tale also will be told by George Sibley, founder of Flauschink and a retired WSC professor. The cost typically is $4 with a Flauschink button and $7 without a button.
Flauschink officially kicks off with a coronation ball held on Friday, April 6 at 9 p.m. to crown the new king and queen and enjoy an evening of polka dancing (a Crested Butte tradition) with the Pete Dunda Polka Band at The Eldo. The cost usually is $5 with a button and $8 without a button.
On Sunday, April 8, the festival and ski season will draw to a fitting close with the Flauschink king and queen holding court on the slopes at Crested Butte Mountain Resort. Skiers and snowboarders pass by Flauschink Hill, above the Uley's Cabin deck, to toast royalty.
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