[Woodcarver] 2023 Carving Festival UPDATE

Tue Nov 29 12:50:50 EST 2022

Lancaster County WoodCarvers'                   

48th Annual Woodcarving & Wildlife Art Festival

Student Memorial Center, Millersville University, 

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

March 11 & 12, 2023. 

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!            

Free Admission for Students with High School or Post High Student ID!

Featured / Guest Carver will be Kevin Applegate. More information on Kevin
and his carvings can be 

found at https://www.cca-carvers.org/bio-pages/kevin applegate.html or
https://2ndalarmwoodcarving.com/

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

This festival we hope to have a record of 60+ different exhibitors and three
or more vendors attending. 

Sister Clubs Expected to be Exhibiting:

American National Cane Club (ANCC), a sister club that focuses on canes and
walking sticks and meets monthly in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

Conewago Carvers, a sister club which is very active west of the Susquehanna
River, meeting in East Berlin, Pennsylvania. 

West Shore Woodcarvers, a sister club which is very active west of the
Susquehanna River, Mechanicsburg (Hampden Township), Cumberland County,
Pennsylvania.

Yorkarvers, a sister club from the York area of Pennsylvania.

PA Delaware Valley Woodcarvers, a sister club from Bucks County,
Pennsylvania.

            William Rush WoodCarvers, a sister club in Media, Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania Gourd Society, a sister club will be present with a display of
their art on / with Gourds.

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 of one hour duration will be given
every hour by various carvers including our featured carver and other local
carvers. Schedule follows.

Saturday

Seminar

Sunday

Seminar

10:00 

to

11:00

Bud Miller 

Ornaments & Fridge Buddies

10:30

to

11:30

Breanne Funk Rooster Carving

from twigs

  11:00

    to

12:00

Jim Hiser

CCA

Caricature Carving

11:30

to 12:30

   Bruce Stake

Clay to Carving

12:00 

to

1:00

Joan Hiser

Painting

12:30

   to

1:30

   Kevin Applegate

CCA

Caricature Carving

  1:00

    to

2:00

Kevin Applegate

CCA

Caricature Carving

  1:30 

    to

2:30

Joe Savarese

Ball Inside-a-Cage

  2:00 

    to

3:00

Christa Roser

Woodburning

  2:30 

    to

3:30

Jim Feather

Caricature Carving

3:00 

     to                 

4:00

Ken Kuhar

Caricature Carving

END OF SHOW

4:00 pm

  4:00

    to

5:00

   Jen Nailor

  Pine Needle  Coiling

Carving "5 Minute" Owl or Hedge Hog - hands on carving for beginners, or new
carvers, or those who just want to try carving. All supplies and tools will
be available for use with basic safety and techniques shared. Instruction
and guidance will be provided by club members. Each session will take about
an hour and will start on the hour and on the half-hour. At the end of the
hour most will leave your own owl or hedgehog. Must be at least 18 years old
and everyone must sign a waver to participate in a session.

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.

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

            Art From the Bark,  Kathryn and Dennis Overcash, proprietor /
carver from Rhoadesville, VA 

Hillcrest Carving, Don Swartz, proprietor / carver, from Lancaster County,
PA

                                      John Dunkle Knives, John Dunkle,
proprietor / knife maker from Archbold, OH (not confirmed)

            Ritter Carvers Inc, Barbara Ritter, proprietor from Colmar, PA

            Stadtlander Woodcarvings, Bob Stadtlander, proprietor / carver
from Mantura, OH

            The Carving Glove Guy,  Don Butler, proprietor / carver from
Michigan

Silent Auction will be held for a number of carvings and wildlife art
donated by exhibitors and club members, as well as a variety of other items.
Silent Auction will be ending between 2:00 and 3:00 p.m. on Sunday. Proceeds
from the Silent Auction will be split evening between the club's Beginner
Carver Fund and one local non-profit organization. Visa and MasterCard
accepted for Silent Auction payment.

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

Competition is open to exhibitors and club members only. Entries must be
entered Friday between 4 and 8 p.m. or Saturday between 6:30 and 8 a.m..
Competition pieces must remain in the show for the duration of the show.

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

Festival & Club information contact:  Ken Kuhar, (717) 682-9400,
lwckuh at gmail.com

Exhibitors information contact:       Bob Hershey, (717) 951-5569,
bzcarvn at ptd.net

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

Silent Auction information contact: Tom Longenecker, (717) 468-2556,
<mailto:thomasclp at comcast.net> thomasclp at comcast.net 

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

Biography

Kevin Applegate

After over 30 years with Palm Beach County Fire Rescue, Kevin, along with
his wife of 34 years, Carolyn, retired to Clarksville, Georgia.

Kevin started wood carving with his father in the mid-1980s, carving mostly
whimsies and walking sticks. Following a hiatus due to a fulfilled life with
family and career advancements, he was once again inspired to pick up an old
hobby after attending a carving show. While attending the show, hoping to
reignite an old passion, Kevin decided to sign up for a caricature class on
a whim with Pete LeClair. This began his love affair with caricature wood
carving. In the spirit of the age old adage, "Carve what you know", Kevin
enjoys carving caricature firefighters.

Kevin has been a member of numerous woodcarving organizations throughout
Florida.  After moving to Georgia, he was unable to locate any woodcarving
groups within a 50 mile range so he established The Sautee Nacoochee
Woodcarvers, which have been meeting regularly for the past few years.  This
coupled with teaching beginning woodcarving classes at the local Technical
College has exposed a new group of people to woodcarving in the North
Georgia area. 

When not wood carving, you can find Kevin hiking local trails with Carolyn
and their new dog, Max. Or traveling to New York or Kentucky to visit their
two daughters, Kelly and Katey, who were their pride and joy, until their
first grandchild, Knox, came along.

Kevin Applegate 

601 Country Meadow Dr.

Clarkesville, GA 30523

Kapplegate12 at gmail.com

561-248-0326

Lancaster County WoodCarvers meet monthly on the 3rd Tuesday evening from
6:00 to about 8:30 p.m. at the Community United Methodist Church, 130
Tennyson Dr., Lancaster, PA 17602. June's meeting is a picnic

            Open Carve Session on the first Thursday of the month at 9:00
a.m. to 11 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. 

            at Community United Methodist Church, Lancaster.

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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Lancaster County WoodCarvers

Lancaster, PA

Jeff Pretz, Publicity

1229 W Main St

Ephrata, PA 17522-1310

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

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

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

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