[Woodcarver] Lancaster Co Woodcarvers

[Matt Kelley]

>  Lancaster County



> WoodCarvers



> Lancaster, PA



> Jeff Pretz, Publicity & Advertisements Chair



> 1229 W Main St



> Ephrata, PA 17522-1310



> (717)733-1591 —  jefpretz at ptd.net

> www.lancarvers.com                                                                                                                  “Let Freedom Ring!

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> Lancaster County WoodCarvers’

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> 38th Annual Woodcarving & Wildlife Art

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> Festival / Competition

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> Lancaster Farm and Home Center

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> 1383 Arcadia Road, Lancaster, PA 17601

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> June 4-5, 2011

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> Saturday, l0 a.m. to 5 p.m. & Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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> Free Parking                               Festival Admission: $5.00

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> The theme for the Festival is “Let Freedom Ring!”

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> Featured / Guest Carver will be Bruce Henn of Troy, Ohio.  Bruce was honored to be voted into the Caricature Carvers of America in 2006. For more information about Bob check out the CCA site: http://www.cca-carvers.org/bio-pages/henn.html

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> American National Cane Club (ANCC) will also have an exhibit of carved canes.

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> Demonstrations / Lectures will be given by various carvers including:

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>             Bruce Henn, Don Dearolf, Jack Kochan, and others

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> WOODCARVINGS AND WILDLIFE ART are available for purchase from many of the artists and carvers. Many pieces of original work by carvers and other artists will be available.

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> Exhibits and Displays of Wood Carvings and Wildlife Art are hosted by the artists.

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> Vendors will also be selling carving and art tools, supplies, books, and food.

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> “Woodcarving Illustrated” and Fox Chapel Publishing are planning to host an area called “Spit and Whittle” for carvers and attendees to sit and share information and to carve and to watch some demonstrations.

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> COMPETITION of Woodcarvings and Wildlife Art is also held. See our Website, www.lancarvers.com, for more information about the categories and rules concerning our competition.  Competition is open to club members and exhibitors

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> All entries must be registered by Saturday 8:00 a.m. Entries may be registered on Friday evening between 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., or Saturday morning between 7:00 and 8:00 a.m. Judging starts on Saturday at 8:00 a.m. and ends about 10:00 a.m.

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>                                                 A new Novice Category has been added this year for "Instructor Assisted" Carvings.

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> Free Youth competition is limited to those who have not yet reached their 17th birthday. Each youth can enter one item, there are no categories, it must be completed by the youth, (no assistance from instructors).

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>             Competition Entries and ribbons on the winners will be displayed between 10:00 a.m. and Noon on Saturday.

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> Raffle Tickets available for a special Tilt Top Table with the top being a quilt of carving patches of chip carvings and relief carvings and woodburning by members of The Lancaster County WoodCarvers. The Raffle drawings will be on Sunday, June 5th at 3:00 p.m.  All proceeds from the raffles will benefit “SOARS, Supporting Our American Recruits,” a charity for soldiers (see their website:  http://www.supportouramericanrecruits.com/4436.html.)

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> Silent Auction will be held for a limited number of carvings and wildlife art donated by exhibitors and Club Members.

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> Door prizes of carvings done by the Lancaster County WoodCarvers will be awarded regularly throughout the event.

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> The John Herrington Award of 2011 will be announced at the Festival on Saturday afternoon. This is a recognition given by the Lancaster County WoodCarvers to a member for the outstanding contributions to our club and the world of carving. The Harrington Award of 2010 was proudly given to Andrew DiPace of Lancaster, PA.

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> See our Website for more information: http://www.lancarvers.com

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> Festival & Club information contact: Pete Kovarovic, (717) 392-4814, Woodchips624 at comcast.net

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> Exhibitors information contact: Andy DiPace, (717) 394-2262, LancCarvers at Gmail.com

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> Competition information contact:  Andy DiPace, (717) 394-2262, LancCarvers at Gmail.com

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> Advertisements and Publicity information contact: Jeff Pretz, (717) 733-1591, jefpretz at ptd.net

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> The Lancaster County WoodCarvers is a Pennsylvania Non-Profit Corporation for educational and charitable work especially to promote, foster and encourage the arts of woodcarving, whittling and sculpturing.

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> Jeff Pretz

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