Hello Carvers
With just 2 weeks to go before our 40th Annual “SHOWCASE OF WOODCARVINGS,” things are really coming together and getting exciting.
Checking with all the Show Committee captains shows that the organization put together by our co-chairmen, Lisa Murphy-Stafford, and Keith Jones is paying huge dividends. My hope is that this team of people will stay together for the 2024 Showcase. They will only get better.
To bring this all together, the annual Pizza Night meeting will take place at 5:30 pm on Tuesday, April 11, 2023. Bill Robinson will be handling the pizza order, all volunteers are invited so let Bill know if you are attending. Explanations will be given about the jobs you have volunteered for and will help the Showcase run as planned.
Hello Carvers
Let’s start this month’s newsletter with some items that will take action, pretty soon.
Rod Gatlin announced the dates for this year’s Wild Acres event, Aug 14-20. As always there will be 2 classes, but the instructors have not been picked yet. However, due to a conflict, Mitch Cartledge will not be available this year. As soon as the instructors are confirmed (soon) Rod will announce instructors and pricing and begin taking signups. Rod will give those taking both classes a 2-week head start before taking 1 class reservation. STAY ALERT. Club members will have until March 1st before reservations open to others.
Happy New Year Carvers
It’s a New Year for the world but it’s only Half Time for the Charlotte Woodcarvers Club. I hope we are a great second-half team. We have a lot of work to do and only a short time to get it done. It’s 3 months and 2 weeks to SHOWCASE TIME. Let’s get ready to Rumble.
Unfortunately, we lost Peter Ortel. Fortunately, our Showcase theme is First Responders. So, there will be a special activity to honor Peter and his wife will be there to help. The Club will provide a table to display selected works of Peters and Mrs. Ortel will donate a special carving to the winner of the Lee Dukes award. Bob Warner has been instrumental in setting this up and will travel to transport the carvings to the SHOWCASE.
As always, the Christmas social was a huge success. Bill and Judy Dominick arranged the food and drinks. Neil McGuire was able to get last year's choir to come back for an encore performance. They were great again. Every member of the club went home with a special ornament.
Greetings Carvers
Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving and ate to much Turkey and dressing and didn’t put on too much weight. If you did or you
didn’t we have another chance to pack it on this coming week, December 6, 2022 at 5:30 pm in the church fellowship hall for our annual Christmas Holiday social.As always Bill and Judy Dominick will do a great job procuring the Chicken and Drinks and the rest of us will bring the side dishes and dessert. I am sure more people are coming than signed up, so if you haven’t signed up yet, please let me know.
The Metrolina Christian Academy choir is ready to entertain us, and the raffle has been replaced by a gift from the club.
Remember, bring some of your carvings to display and don’t forget to be generous when donating to Loaves and Fishes. Bill Robinson organizes this every year.
Hello Carvers
It is now official. CPCC is the site for our Showcase on April 14, 15, and 16 2023. There was a BIG hurdle to overcome. The College raised some requirements, the biggest was an increase in Insurance coverage on the event.Every day for weeks Keith Jones and Bob Warner headed the effort to satisfy CPCC by working with our Insurance agency and the College to get the coverage that would satisfy the requirements.
The insurance agency talking to the College on our behalf finally put together a package we could afford and satisfied CPCC. Thanks guys and everyone that helped along the way. We now have a contract and the Showcase is on with a little over 5 months to go.
As was mentioned in the last newsletter, volunteers are needed to put on the Showcase and Keith Jones, co-chairman, suggested that committees would greatly help.