48th Anniversary Carving Show – March 23-24, 2024
On This Page: Photos, Media Coverage, Other Publicity
Lady’s Slipper Alan Skogerbo, People’s Choice #1
Moose & Wolves by Norm Busta, People’s Choice #2
Easter Lily by Bud Hostetler, People’s Choice #3
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Laurie Reed – 2024 Featured Carver * – The Rochester Woodcarvers Club Board of Directors selected Laurie Reed to be the Featured Carver for our 2024 Annual Show. Laurie has supported the club in many ways including club leadership, Festival of Trees design/setup team, teaching beginning wood carving classes, and giving great advice on tools! Laurie is proud to show her first carving and demonstrate how far she has come in her woodcarving skills!
2024 People’s Choice Carvings * – Active Rochester Woodcarvers Club members have the opportunity to enter a carving into our People’s Choice competition where our club members and show visitors can vote for their favorite carvings. Carvings are returned to the owners at the end of the show. Photos of the top three carvings will be used in promotional materials for the next year’s show. 1st place was awarded to Alan Skogerbo for his “Lady’s Slipper” flower, 2nd place went to Norm Busta for his “Moose with two wolves”, and 3rd place went to Bud Hostetler for his “Easter Lily”. Congratulations to these three, thank you to those participating and a huge thanks to those voting!
2024 Raffle Carvings – Each year, our Rochester Woodcarvers Club members and friends like the Zumbro Valley Woodturners, donate wonderful items to the club that we can use for our raffle. Because we have such high quality items that attract our visitors who generously purchase raffle tickets for their favorite items, we generate enough revenue so that we can offer free admission to all our guests. Thanks again to all those who donated and supported our raffle! *
Candid Photos from the 2024 Show – Club member Wayne Hendrickson did a wonderful job again this year creating a collection of candid photos of the exhibitors and visitors to our show. Thanks Wayne, it is great to have these memories of all our friends and visitors!
Video walk through the show – Club member Russ Scott invested a lot of time during the Annual Show to create a video and then post-processing the video to create a great memory of the exhibitors and of carved items displayed. This 38 minute video contains a very detailed and comprehensive story showcasing so many things about our show.
* These photos were carefully taken and presented by an expert photographer – our very own Tom Severson.
Media Coverage
KMIT’s News At 10 – Maureen Dudley came to the Rochester Woodcarvers Club’s show to learn more about the art and what goes into it. This 2 minute video contains snippets with Laurie, Wayne and Mike. It was broadcast on Sunday March 24, 2024 (6 hours after the Annual Show wrapped up).
KAAL’s ABC 6 News at 6 & 10 – Thee was a short video segment on the evening news to remind people about our Annual Show. It includes this year’s featured carver – Laurie. It aired on Saturday, March 23, 2024.
KAAL’s ABC 6 News Tonight – Robin Wolfram interviewed Gene and Mike for a segment on their evening news to invite people to come to the Rochester Woodcarvers Annual Woodcarving Show. This 4 minute segment aired on Thursday, March 21, 2024.
KTTC’s Midwest Access – Host Tom Overlie invited Gene Briggs and Mike Snyder to visit the KTTC studios and the Midwest Access set to talk about our upcoming Annual Show. The 4 minute video segment aired on Tuesday, March 19, 2024.
KIMT’s Website – KIMT posted a web page about our Annual Show. Along with a photo it had a summary of their video segment. It was posted on Monday, March 25, 2024.
2024 Advertising/Publicity Information
2024 Show flyer – (click here) to see the 2024 color flyer, print your own copy and share as you like!
2024 Show bookmarks – (click here) to see the 20243 bookmark, print your own copy and cut them on the lines! Then distribute them to everyone who might have interest in our show.