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Interested Carvers |
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The Confluence Lions Club is holding the 5th annual National Road Chainsaw Carving Festival in Addison, PA on Thursday, Friday and Saturday June 12-14, 2008 at the Addison National Road Community Park; the Park has pavilions, a bandstand, limited electric service, and a hard gravel surface-walking track to locate the Carvers around.
Carvers will have ample space to carve, display and sell items. This is a free festival, no booth charge, no admission charge. We do ask each carver to carve and donate at least one item for the auction. You may donate up to six items to the Auction. Prizes will be awarded on the total selling price of all the carvings donated and on the one top selling price at the Auction.
A limited number of Carver Sponsorships are available. You will receive $150.00 in cash if you are willing to donate a carving of equal value to a sponsor. You will receive the money when the carving is completed and approved by Don Winner.
Again this year Professional Carvers can qualify for the 2008 ECHO Carving Series Competition at our Festival. Professional Carvers entering the competition will have 23 hours, starting on Tuesday morning, to produce a carving that conforms to the Theme of “Animals of Prey along the National Road”. The carvings will be judged by five judges. The 1st and 2nd place winners will advance to ECHO Carving Series Championship. Six other winners will come from three other competitions, two on the west coast and one in Michigan.
Our first prize is $1500.00, second prize is $1000.00, and third prize is $500.00. All the carvings will go into the Auction, with one exception. The Confluence Lions Club may choose one piece and offer the carver $1000.00 for that carving (If it is not accepted, then another carving will be chosen). It will be put on permanent display in the park. You also will be required to donate 3 two-hour carvings for the Auction and one two-hour Sponsor Carving or 1 additional two-hour carving to the Auction. You will receive one half of the Auction price of these carvings; the other half will be used for prize money.
Note: There are separate schedules for Echo Competition carvers and for non-competition carvers.
The Carving Auction will be on Saturday June 14 at 3:00 PM. 50% of the money from the Auction goes to the Somerset County Blind Center (with the exception of the Auction carvings for the Echo Competition prize money), 50% goes to the Carvers. A check will be issued (via an online bill paying service) to you for your share of the Auction proceeds.
Each carver will receive five tickets for up to $4.00 each for the Lions Food Trailer, tickets to the Banquet on Friday Night, a T-shirt, bar and mix oil and a gift. Your name will be on the T-Shirt if you register by June 1st. All the logs will be provided.
We will also have a Silent Auction and Food Venders.
You are welcome to arrive as early as Monday June 9, 2008.
For more information call Tom Briar at 814-395-3469, Don Winner at 330-769-2211 or contact us to send us an e-mail or snail mail. |
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Click here to register for 2008. Note: We are limiting the total number of spaces for Chainsaw carvers to 55. |
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