Tuesday, September 1, 2009

More info on the show

Hi again. At the NCWC meeting tonight I found out some additional information.

- The setup begins at 8:00am Saturday morning (Sept 19). Please lend a hand if you can. Once all the tables are set up, you can begin signing in your carvings for the show.

- We will be using our tables from Woodcraft, so we don't have to rent as many from The Ranch. Does someone have a truck that can be used to transport them to the show? The tables can be loaded at our September meeting (there will be plenty of help). They can be returned the following week.

- The carving contest will be on Sunday (Sept 20) at 2:00. It promises to be a fun event. Join in or just watch. Then you'll be able to pick up your carvings as the show comes to a close, and (of course) give a hand with the cleanup. If we get half of our club there for cleanup, we'll be done in 30 minutes.

See you all in 2 weeks.
-Paul

Summer is gone

Well, another summer has passed us by. I hope you took advantage of the warm weather to make some chips outside. That reminds me of a joke about carving around the campfire. Ask me about it sometime.

I suspect many of you are putting the finishing touches on your carvings to enter in the Northern Colorado Wood Carvers Show. It is coming up fast, the weekend of September 19 & 20 at The Ranch (Larimer County Fairgrounds). Don't forget about helping out with setup and cleanup. Plus we still could use a few more to help out at our club table. This year we will have our first ever "carving contest". Participants will have 60 minutes to create a carving. It's great fun to watch and even more to carve.

Our next meeting is September 15. We do not have a project scheduled. I thought we would spend the time working on any show projects that needed to be completed.

If you haven't seen it yet, we now have a Club Store on the web site. It features items with our new logo on it. Thanks again to Ed for his efforts with the logo and working with the designer.

Finally, we had some new members from our efforts at the Fair and Sculpture Show. Please take time to introduce yourself to someone new each month. We are planning to get two more tables to accommodate our increased numbers.

Keep those tools sharp,
Paul