To everyone who made this event a success: thank you! As most of you know, this event started as an idea in the chatroom. We had 4 months to plan it. I don't feel that we put on the best event we're capable of by far, but I think we did alright with our limitations. Everyone seems to have enjoyed themselves, which was the point. It really was awesome being able to get together to talk, laugh, and learn! We would first and foremost like to thank all of the carvers:
Randy and Renee Rinsch, Dick Tilley, Brian Willis, John Williams, Sherri McCloskey, Brian Christman, Elmer Hickey, Doug Ricks, Bob Taylor, Jon Mykannen, Sheri Kieffner, Ed Clemens, Roark Phillips, Amy Feil, Chap Nelson, Sharon Hillman, Steve Pearson, Lee and Jennifer Smet, Kenny Bowers, Myles Nasby, and Rick Nasby. Thanks for taking a chance on a new event, pitching in where needed, not complaining about the things that went wrong (there were plenty), and mostly for being who you are: family.
We would like to thank the support crew:
Jamie Hillman, Lou Feil, John Pearson, Christine Neighbors, and Deanna Libecap. Without you jumping in feet first, we could not have done this.
We would like to thank a couple of our sponsors:
Chainsawsculptors.com, Carvingpost, Ahlborn Equipment, Echo, Stihl, and Kramer Land Clearing. These are just a few, but they gave the most ... thanks for supporting our event!
As you know, we had three saws given away at the end of our event and they went to:
Doug Ricks, MS 211 ~ Highest auction sales
Rick Nasby, CS 310 ~ People's Choice
and
Kenny Bowers, CS 310 ~ Carver's Choice
We also gave away $20 Saburr gift certificates to:
Brian Willis, Sharon Hillman, Bob Taylor, Randy & Renee Rinsch, and Sheri Kieffner for helping us make this happen above and beyond what we hoped for.
Chaz and I are thrilled to have been given the chance to meet all of these talented carvers and we really enjoyed the socialization at the end of the days! Our home is open to any of you who happen to be in the area, come on over! We will definitely have Chazfest again next year ... we'll start planning that one very soon! Hope to see our carvers return and bring their friends ... also hope the ones who couldn't make it will be able to be there next year. Again, thanks to everyone for an amazing weekend!
Desiree
http://www.sawdustparadise.com/
