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held it's second annual woodcarving show on April 27 and 28 at Eastland
Mall in Bloomington IL. Pictured above is a shot of tables used
for the contest.
Heather Long, a local club member took best of show honors with her
State of Illinois seal pictured below.
Voting for category winners and best of show was done by the public.
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The show was a
huge success. Most of the club participated and many non club
members traveled to central Illinois to show and sell their wares.
Pictured below
is the man we referred affectionately to as the postage stamp guy.
His name is Richard Bryne and he carves incredibly intricate, ornate,
and accurate blown up carvings of postage stamps. Richard brought
some of his award winning works to display.
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Bill
McAllister displays his fine work.
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 Gordon
Carls demonstrates carving to a young interested party above.
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 Sondra
Pascoe brought many items to display and sell. |
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Bob Adam, the
wood turner in our club sits with his display. |
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Glenn Sparks
talks with some show visitors about his Noah's Ark display. It
wasn't for sale but Sparky sure had a lot of offers. |
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Greg Owens, an award wining decoy carver and club member works his
display. |
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Our club vice
president, Roy Hanks, demonstrated how he carves one of his specialty
Christmas carvings. |
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Dave Thomas,
club member and show chairman carves on his Indian bust during the show.
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Mike Hartzler,
club president stands behind his display. |
