[Woodcarver] WoodCarving & Wildlife Festival

Mon Sep 12 22:01:51 EDT 2016

Please help share the word about our 2017 Festival and make plans to attend
NOW!

Lancaster County WoodCarvers'

44th Annual Woodcarving & Wildlife Art Festival

Student Memorial Center, Millersville University, 

opposite side of street from 101 Shenks Ln, Millersville, PA 17551

March 18&19, 2017. 

Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

                        & Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Free Parking                               Festival Admission: $5.00

Free Admission for those with Military ID!

Featured / Guest Carver will be Rosalyn (Roz) Leach Daisey of Newark,
Delaware. Roz does fine wildlife sculpture and has written several books.
Check out her website:  <http://www.rozdaisey.com/> www.rozdaisey.com  

Featured / Guest Carver will also include Jim Hiser, newest Caricature
Carvers of America member. Jim is a member of our club and also the Conewago
WoodCarvers. Check out his website:
<http://www.cca-carvers.org/bio-pages/hiser.html>
http://www.cca-carvers.org/bio-pages/hiser.html

Sister Clubs will also be Exhibiting:

American National Cane Club (ANCC) will have an exhibit of carved canes.
ANCC is a sister club that meets monthly in Lancaster County as well and
focuses on canes and walking sticks.

Conewago Carvers will have an exhibit of their club members. Conewago
Carvers is another sister club which is very active west of the Susquehanna
River, meeting in East Berlin. 

Cumberland Valley Wood Carvers will also have an exhibit by their club
members. This is a sister club from the Chambersburg - Scotland area.

West Shore Woodcarvers will also have an exhibit of their club members. West
Shore Woodcarvers is another sister club which is very active west of the
Susquehanna River, Hamton Twp, Cumberland Co.

Yorkarvers will also have an exhibit by their club members. This is a sister
club from the York area.

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 demonstrations. 

Demonstrations / Lectures / Presentations will be given by various carvers
including our featured carver and other local carvers starting on the hour,
every hour.

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.

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

Vendors expected this year will also be selling carving and art tools,
supplies, books, wood, etc. 

Frank Rauscher's Woodcarvings Supply, Frank Rauscher, proprietor / carver

Hillcrest Carving, Don Swartz, proprietor / carver

            John Dunkle Knives, John Dunkle, proprietor / knife maker

Kathy Overcash Carving Supply, Kathy Overcash, proprietor / bark carver

            The Carving Glove Guy, Donald Butler, proprietor / carver

COMPETITION of Woodcarvings and Wildlife Art is also held.  Competition is
open to club members and show exhibitors only. New rules hopefully will
increase the number of items in the competition. See our Website,
<http://www.lancarvers.com/> www.lancarvers.com, for more information about
the categories and rules concerning our competition.

Silent Auction will be held for a limited number of carvings and wildlife
art donated by exhibitors and club members.

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

The John Herrington Award of 2016 may 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 2014 Herrington Award was given to Jacob Deery of
Lititz, PA.

Exhibitors are urged to carve and donate a theme related item that will be
auctioned off on Sunday afternoon at the Festival. These items will be
displayed on a "Theme Table."

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

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

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

Competition information contact: David Parker, (410) 867-2214,
<mailto:daveparker1000 at gmail.com> daveparker1000 at gmail.com 

Advertisements and Publicity information contact: Jeff Pretz, (717)
940-3311,  <mailto:jefpretz at ptd.net> jefpretz at ptd.net

Lancaster County WoodCarvers meet monthly on the 3rd Tuesday evening from 6
p.m. to ? We meet at the Brownstown Campus of Lancaster County Career &
Technology Center, Snyder & Metzler Rds, Brownstown , PA 17508. June's
meeting is a picnic at Lititz Springs Park. July and August we do not meet.

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.

Lancaster County WoodCarvers, Lancaster, PA

Jeff Pretz, Publicity Chair

1229 W Main St

Ephrata, PA 17522-1310

(717) 940-3311 -   <mailto:jefpretz at ptd.net> jefpretz at ptd.net 

 <http://www.lancarvers.com/> www.lancarvers.com 

 <https://www.facebook.com/LancasterCountyWoodcarvers>
https://www.facebook.com/LancasterCountyWoodcarvers

Jeff Pretz

jefpretz at ptd.net <mailto:jefpretz at ptd.net> 

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