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Presidents Corner, January 2012

As we start off in the New Year let me tell you how excited I am about our move to New Braunfels, Texas for our woodcarving events. I believe that the Board of Directors and TWG leadership has made a wise decision in making this move. As I have said in previous correspondence it appears this is an ideal situation and we should all be better off for it. I now ask all the Texas Woodcarvers Guild members to support this move with their full participation as that is what is really needed to make it a success.

For those of you that are not members, be you RV'ers that are passing through, or carvers in general looking for a new venue to carve in, come join us. I can guarantee you that you will not find a more congenial, inclusive, group of people than the carvers of The Texas Woodcarvers Guild. The instructors we have are interested in passing on the art of carving, they want to be sure that you take away all the information you can from their classes. They have great and challenging projects for you. There is instruction for the beginner as well as the experienced carver. You can find classes in everything from chip carving to caricature carving and everything in between. There are woodburning classes, sculpting classes, painting classes and on the list goes. We meet twice a year, in the spring and fall, the schedule is posted in this web site. We have the Texas Championship Show in the fall and let me tell you the competition is stiff. We have rip roaring good time at our banquet at each event. In the spring we have a raffle and in the fall an auction, better not have thin skin at the auction. To sum it all up we have have a great time of fun, fellowship, and education and would love to have you to be part of it.

At this point I want to recognize two people that have been the reason that we have enjoyed such success in our two events, Those individuals are our Vice President, Bill Bang, and the Show Chair, George Vaughn. Bill and George have both worked tirelessly to give us good programs. Bill will close out 6 years as VP and running classes, George has been Show Chair for 13 years (not consecutively). Both of these individuals will end their respective runs in the fall of 2012. Join me in thanking them for their service to TWG every time you see them.

Please make note of the change of address for the guild. It is posted in this site and in the Guild Newsletter. It is Texas Woodcarvers Guild, 8107 Greenhollow Lane, Dallas, Texas 75240-3816. This change is effective immediately.

Hope to see you all in New Braunfels in 2012 and beyond.

Carve On!

Walter Wharton
President, TWG


Vice Presidents Corner, January 2012

Well, we have made it through all the Holidays and still got all the Spring classes and instructors ready for you to make your choices for the Spring Round-up 2012 in this newsletter. Keep checking the Texas Woodcarvers Guild web site (texaswoodcarversguild.com) because last minute information may arise that could affect your classes. (REMEMBER ~ THIS IS THE ONLY NEWSLETTER BEFORE THE 2012 ROUND-UP)
We are real excited about the list of instructors who will be coming to teach this Spring. There will be some of our favorites, some old faces returning, and some new faces to the TWG staff. We welcome the new instructors who are coming from great distances to bring us their carving talents. We are working on more instructors for the Fall.
Again this Spring, Mary Jo Smith will chair the raffle team. Please start thinking about what you can bring to enter into the raffle (more than one item will be appreciated). (We need lots of prizes).
I am looking forward to the move to New Braunfels. It will give us more room so the carvers and vendors will now be together. We are asked to sweep our areas each evening at the close of classes.

As you know this is not a one person job, so I thank Vera for all her hard work. We are looking forward to seeing everyone at New Braunfels.

Chip Away,
Bill