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BRINGING A BIT OF HALLOWEEN TO EVERY DAY OF THE SKI SEASON But I hit the little lip at the edge of the pond, and it launched me. I caught air and landed on my butt. I went completely under. I was flailing around like I was having seizures, the water was so cold. It was still fun, though, and my costume was awesome. But I’m going to prepare better next year. As far as the costumes go, less is better for the pond skim – it takes you so long to get out of the wet clothes. Now I have a strategy. Next year, I’ll make it across. WATERVILLE.COM �� #WVRESORT t all started with Boarding for Breast Cancer. Every year, we dress in pink from head to toe. There are pink tutus with lots of I glitter. We have pink boas. One year we had a gentleman wear pink one-piece footy pajamas. He rocked them all day long. The guests loved it, so the precedent was set. There are guests that come in just to see what the folks at the Snowsports desk are wearing. I try to get the whole Snowsports Department to dress up. We now have tutus for every holiday, from Christmas to Saint Patrick’s Day. For the Adaptive Program’s Ski Like a Pirate Day, we have swords and hats and eye patches. For the Super Bowl, I wore my son’s padded football pants. Christmas Day I wore the pink bunny pajamas from A Christmas Story. We even made the broken glasses. We Pinterest everything and make most of the costumes ourselves. This year, we started a costume box, which lives in ABOUT BUFFY In her role as front desk supervisor for Waterville’s Snowsports School, Comeau, 41, spends her winter days orchestrating lessons and kids camps. But she has built a reputation for her more colorful side, leading a band of costumed revelers whenever the moment demands, whether it’s as elves for the holidays or bringing out the tutus one more time. my office at the mountain. We’ve collected a bunch of different costume items and just add them to the box. I grew up in Holderness, New Hampshire, and live just outside the Valley now. My grandfather used to ski down these trails (he used to work here as a plumber), and my mom and aunts used to take care of original resort owner Tom Corcoran’s kids. Just to look around and see so many employees with their children at the Easter sunrise service – it’s so family oriented. It’s so welcoming. Family comes first here. Our last hurrah for the season is the Last Run Luau, which is also our pond skim – and another great day for a costume. Last year was my first time actually doing the pond skim. We all wore grass skirts and homemade leis. I made a coconut bra and wore it over my coat, with my grass skirt. It was freezing and there was like 8 inches of fresh snow. I totally thought I was going to sail right across. It was a huge fail. Before you even get to the pond, you have to hit three jumps. I was power-wedging the whole way down. Then, I finally got over the three jumps and thought, “Phew, there’s the pond.” BUFFY COMEAU As far as the costumes go, less is better for the pond skim – it takes you so long to get out of the wet clothes.


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