On Saturday, the International Pedigree Stage Stop Sled Dog Race, the largest dog sled race in the lower states, will be in Park City. Although the professional race will not be held due to snow conditions, the mushers will be at the venue with their dogs. The races started in Jackson Hole, Wyo. and has moved through Big Piney/Marbleton, Alpine, Kemmerer/Diamondville, Evanston, and Lyman/Mountain View.

2012 in Big Piney/Marbleton. Click to see the full-sized shot.

Cumulative race times so far put Blayne Streeper in the front spot with an overall time of 16:42:30–a 15 minute lead over Aaron Peck.

You can meet the mushers from 10 – 12:00 on Satuday morning at the Park City Ice Arena. The Junior Musher Race will be at 12:00

As for Sunday, lululemon Park City will be hosting a Super Bowl 5K Fun Run to get your blood pumping before you indulge on all that junk food during the game. The run will begin at 11 a.m. on Sunday morning. The best part? It’s free and open to anyone! Just meet in front of the Maxwell’s at 1456 Newpark Boulevard.

So what’ll it be? Watching dogs pant it out or are you going to get out there and do a little race yourself?

Have a great Superbowl weekend!

2011 FIS medal winners Justine Dufour-Lapointe, Hannah Kearney, KC Oakley

Kicking off the FIS competition will be moguls. On the women’s side, Hannah Kearney (USA), Audrey Robichaud (CAN), and Justine and Chloe Dufour-Lapointe (CAN) are sure to be strong performers. Canadians Alexandre Bilodeau and Mikael Kingsbury are expected to lead the men. Other men to watch out for are Sho Kashima (USA) and Anthony Benna (FRA).

Hannah Kearney in particular has had a great season so far. The 2010 Olympic gold medalist won her 11th consecutive World Cup in moguls while competing in Lake Placid last month. However, that does not include world championships where she placed second in moguls and third in dual moguls.

Aerials will take place on Friday evening. Shuang Cheng (CHN), Mengtao (CHN) and Ashley Caldwell (USA) will be the women to watch for as they fly through the air. Other women expected to do well include Olga Volkova (UKR) and Emily Cook (USA). As for the men, Anton Kushnir (BLR) and Guangpu Qi (CHN) are coming into the FIS World Cup with high standings. Stanislav Kravchuk (UKR) may also be a name to keep an eye out for.

Check out the complete FIS schedule here.

All events are free to the public, but there are VIP event tickets for Thursday still available. VIP tickets include “dinner in the VIP Tent, commemorative event gift and chairlift access within close proximity to the competition venue”.

Festivities will begin on Wednesday, Feb. 1 on Lower Main Street in Park City to honor the 10-year anniversary of the 2002 Winter Olympics. Robert Randolph and the Family Band will be performing and the 2002 mascots will be making an appearance as well. There will be prizes for the most creative people decked out in 2002 Olympic clothing and memorabilia so bring everything you have! Who remembers those Roots® Team U.S.A. Berets?

The FIS competition, however, will kick off on Thursday, Feb. 2 and go through Saturday, Feb. 4.

Here’s a rundown of how the events will roll. Moguls will be held at the Champion run while the Aerials will soar on White Owl run–both at Deer Valley.

Thursday, Feb. 2
4 p.m. – 5 p.m. ~ Ladies’ Mogul Qualifications
5:50 p.m. – 7:15 p.m. ~ Men’s Mogul Qualifications
6 p.m. – 9 p.m. ~ VIP Tent Open
8 p.m. – 8:55 p.m. ~ Men’s and Ladies’ Mogul Finals (16/16)
8:55 p.m. – 9:10 p.m. ~ Awards

Friday, Feb. 3
1:05 p.m. – 1:50 p.m. ~ Ladies’ Aerial Qualifications
4 p.m. – 5 p.m. ~ Men’s Aerial Qualifications
6:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. ~ VIP Tent Open
7:30 p.m. – 7:40 p.m. ~ Showcase
7:45 p.m. – 9:25 p.m. ~ Men’s and Ladies’ Aerial Finals (12/12)
9:30 p.m. – 9:40 p.m. ~ Awards

Saturday, Feb. 4
3 p.m. – 4 p.m. ~ Ladies’ Dual Mogul Qualifications Champion
4:50 p.m. – 6:15 p.m. ~ Men’s Dual Mogul Qualifications
6 p.m. – 9 p.m. ~ VIP Tent Open
7 p.m. – 9 p.m. ~ Men’s and Ladies’ Dual Mogul Finals (32/16)
9 p.m. – 9:15 p.m. ~ Awards

And don’t forget that fireworks will follow the awards ceremonies every night! Be sure to bundle up!

For complete 2012 FIS information, please visit DeerValley.com.

Check out some of Park City TV’s coverage from 2011 FIS World Aerial competition below.

The big winner of the night was Beasts of a Southern Wild (Director: Benh Zeitlin) which took home the Dramatic Grand Jury Prize as well as the Excellence in Cinematography Prize in the U.S. Dramatic category. Word is that the little 8-year old who stars in the film can tear up the dance floor.

The Documentary Grand Jury Prize went to The House I Live In (Director: Eugene Jarecki).

Films that garnered two prizes include The Surrogate, directed/written by Ben Lewin (U.S. Dramatic Audience Prize and U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Prize for Ensemble Acting), and the anticipated documentary Searching for Sugarman, directed by Malik Bendjelloul (Documentary World Cinema Audience Prize and the World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Prize for its Celebration of the Artistic Spirit).

The U.S. Directing Awards went to Lauren Greenfield for The Queen of Versailles (Documentary) and Ava DuVernay for Middle of Nowhere (Dramatic). 5 Broken Cameras directors Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi and Teddy Bear writer/director Mads Matthiesen took home the World Cinema Directing Awards for the Documentary and Dramatic categories, respectively.

Let’s not forget about the writers behind the stories. The Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award went to Derek Connolly’s Safety Not Guaranteed (Director: Colin Trevorrow) while the World Cinema Screenwriting Award was given to Marialy Rivas, Camila Gutiérrez, Pedro Peirano, and Sebastián Sepúlveda for Young & Wild (Director: Marialy Rivas).

The World Cinema Jury Prizes went to The Law in These Parts (Director: Ra’anan Alexandrowicz) for the Documentary category and Violeta Went to Heaven (Violeta se Fue a Los Cielos) (Director: Andrés Wood) for the Dramatic category.

As we know, movies would not be anything without an audience. The U.S. Documentary Audience Award went to The Invisible War (Director: Kirby Dick). Valley of Saints (Director/Writer: Musa Syeed) won the Dramatic World Cinema Audience Award. The Best of NEXT <=> Audience Award was awarded to Sleepwalk With Me (Director: Mike Birbiglia).

Here are the rest of the Sundance Film Festival awards given out on Saturday night.

U.S. Documentary Editing Award
DETROPIA (Directors: Heidi Ewing, Rachel Grady)

World Cinema Documentary Editing Award
Indie Game: The Movie (Directors: Lisanne Pajot, James Swirsky)

Excellence in Cinematography Award: U.S. Documentary
Chasing Ice (Director: Jeff Orlowski)

World Cinema Cinematography Award: Documentary
Putin’s Kiss (Director: Lise Birk Pedersen)

World Cinema Cinematography Award: Dramatic
My Brother the Devil (Director/screenwriter: Sally El Hosaini)

U.S. Documentary Special Jury Prize for an Agent of Change
Love Free or Die (Director: Macky Alston)

U.S. Documentary Special Jury Prize for Spirit of Defiance
Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry (Director: Alison Klayman)

U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Prize for Excellence in Independent Film Producing
• Smashed (Director: James Ponsoldt, Screenwriters: Susan Burke, James Ponsoldt)
• Nobody Walks (Director: Ry Russo-Young, Screenwriters: Lena Dunham, Ry Russo-Young)

World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Prize for Artistic Vision
Can (Director/screenwriter: Rasit Celikezer)

Short Film Audience Award
The Debutante Hunters (Director: Maria White)

If you want to see more information on these films, visit the 2012 Sundance Film Festival Awards webpage.

Did you see any of these films at Sundance? If so, let us know what you thought of them!

Before anything happens, we have to know what is planned to go on. This is Terry Burden, the host of Mountain Views and the producer for the Mountain Morning Show and In the Can during Sundance. He’s putting up the rundown for the day which is filled with who is coming. We had quite the lineup on Friday to look forward to!

As always, we welcome our guests, make them feel comfortable and then strap them with a microphone which may or may not help with that. Everyone is generally a good sport during that process though. Pictured above is In the Can host Jeff Hanson greeting Marshall Lewy, the writer/director of California Solo, and Lewy’s father who came along to support. The premiere for California Solo is tonight and Lewy couldn’t be more excited.

Throughout Sundance, Park City TV has also had Too Faced and Koh Gen Do cosmetics at our door so the talent we bring on air can pretty up before going on camera. Speaking of cameras…

We were able to get our hands on brand new HD cameras! Great timing for Sundance filming! Better tune in to see the cinematic magic these babies make. In this photo, Jeff is talking to Sarah West and Rory Murphy from Sundance Community Development.

And here’s our director Michael Pantzer back in the control room making sure the shows run as smoothly as possible. Whatever he says goes!

After our Sundance guests are done being filmed, we ask them to sign our “Look Again” poster like Save the Date director Michael Mohan as well as The Words directors Lee Sternthal and Brian Klugman are doing here. There’s not much room left on the posters, so maybe it’s a good thing Sundance is winding down. All of our guests have been great, but there’s over a hundred signatures on those posters.

On the Mountain Morning Show on Friday, our musical guest was Andrew Ryan and his boys. The few girls in the studio were definitely swooning at the sound of Andrew’s voice and his catchy tunes.

And of course, none of this could happen without the help of our talented crew and those who volunteered to help us during this busy Sundance season! A big thank you goes to everyone who made this all possible.

And there’s your behind the scenes peak at Park City TV during Sundance!

Say hello to the furry boots! Our very own Jen Hardman and guest musician Natalie Gelman wore matching boots Tuesday morning while Gelman serenaded us all during the Mountain Morning Show.

Love Free or Die director Macky Alston and the object of his documentary, Bishop Gene Robinson, came by the PCTV studio to promote their U.S. documentary entry for Sundance. Robinson is “the first openly gay partnered person to be consecrated a bishop in the three largest high church traditions of Christendom” and this documentary follows him through three years of that journey.

Park City TV has also been hitting the streets–Main Street in particular–interviewing directors, actors and visitors. Keep an eye out for them if you’re out and about!

Also along Main Street, you may find some musicians. A pianist has been seen as well as singer-songwriters like the one pictured below. So now you can have lovely music to shop and people watch to while wandering around Park City’s hot spot for Sundance.

A hot brand being seen around Sundance is Neff Headwear. Shaun Neff paid a visit to the studio for the Mountain Morning Show. Celebs like Scarlett Johansson have jumped on the Neff Headwear bandwagon, and have been seen around Park City rocking their hats. You can check out their awesome styles on their website, NeffHeadwear.com.

On the music front, Ed Roland & The Sweet Tea Project stopped by to give a performance.

And so did Donavon! If you want to catch a live performance by the legendary musician, he’ll be headlining for the BMI Snowball on Wednesday, Jan. 25 at 8 p.m. at the Sundance House (Kimball Art Center), 638 Park Ave. in Park City.
A limited number of free tickets will be available to Festival credential holders. Check out the Festival website for event updates and follow them at @sundancefestnow to get all the details including where and when to get tickets

Megan Burtt, an award-winning folk singer-songwriter, also came into Park City TV to give us a taste of her music with her acoustic guitar and smooth vocals on Sundance Soundtrack.

Take a look at the opening night party with J.R. on Festival After Dark. He got a chance to speak to Chris Waddell, the star of The Movement, the Stella Artois girls and plenty of people visiting Sundance for the first time. Can you guess the number one word to describe Sundance? Watch the video to find out!

Let’s not forget the Red Carpet moments… Here are some words from the cast and crew from premiering films Wish You Were Here, Hello I Must Be Going and The Queen of Versailles.

Hello I Must Be Going stars Melanie Lynskey and Christopher Abbott along with director Todd Louiso swung by the studio for a chat during Mountain Views.

Stay tuned to Park City TV for everything Sundance every day during the festival by checking out the Park City TV youtube channel.

For the next week, the Sundance Film Festival will be featuring the ASCAP Music Café, a program showcasing artists like The All-American Rejects, Josh Kelley, Flying Lotus, John Forte & Friends and Natasha Bedingfield as well as many other new faces and even a couple special guests. The schedule is listed below.

Friday, January 20
2:00 – 2:30 ~ A Fine Frenzy
2:40 – 3:10 ~ Terence Etc.
3:20 – 3:50 ~ We Are Augustines
4:00 – 4:30 ~ Josh Kelley

Saturday, January 21
2:00 – 2:30 ~ A Fine Frenzy
2:40 – 3:10 ~ Jenny O.
3:20 – 3:50 ~ Josh Kelley
4:00 – 5:00 ~ John Forté & Friends Featuring Natasha Bedingfield, Ben Taylor, Sergey

Sunday, January 22
2:00 – 2:30 ~ Jenny O.
2:40 – 3:10 ~ David Nail
3:20 – 3:50 ~ Garland Jeffreys
4:00 – 5:00 ~ John Forté & Friends Featuring Natasha Bedingfield, Ben Taylor, Sergey

Monday, January 23
2:00 – 2:30 ~ Jeremy Current
2:40 – 3:10 ~ David Nail
3:20 – 3:50 ~ Garland Jeffreys
4:00 – 4:30 ~ James McCartney
4:40 – 5:10 ~ Surprise Special Guest

Tuesday, January 24
2:00 – 2:30 ~ Bailey Cooke
2:40 – 3:10 ~ Dayna Kurtz
3:20 – 3:50 ~ James McCartney
4:00 – 5:00 ~ Mike Viola & Ryan Miller

Wednesday, January 25
2:00 – 2:30 ~ Erin Barra
2:40 – 3:10 ~ Dayna Kurtz
3:20 – 3:50 ~ Chris Velan
4:00 – 4:30 ~ Greg Laswell
4:45 – 5:45 ~ The All-American Rejects

Thursday, January 26
2:00 – 2:30 ~ Greg Laswell
2:40 – 3:10 ~ Lisa Hannigan
3:20 – 4:05 ~ Ingrid Michaelson
4:15 – 5:15 ~ David Gray

Friday, January 27
2:00 – 2:30 ~ The Two
2:40 – 3:10 ~ Flying Lotus
3:20 – 3:50 ~ Lisa Hannigan
4:00 – 4:45 ~ Ingrid Michaelson
5:00 – 6:00 ~ David Gray

The Sundance ASCAP Music Café will take place at the Rich Haines Gallery (751 Main Street in Park City). Only Festival credential holders over the age of 21 will be allowed in. Space is limited so be sure to arrive early if you want to come!

To know more about who will be performing, you can follow @sundancefestnow on Twitter. The Sundance website also has information regarding the ASCAP Music Café.