34th Annual Carving Show – March 20-21, 2010

The 34th Annual Rochester Woodcarvers Show was held March 20-21, 2010 at the 4H Building on the Olmsted County Fairgrounds.

Carving Show Photos – click on the following links to see photos of the show.

Elinor Lamb – Featured Carver – Elinor Lamb was selected by the club officers as the 2010 Featured Carver. Elinor began carving in 1979 after visiting a woodcarving museum and learning about what could be done with wood. While she started carving birds, Elinor has ventured into several different styles of carving including realistic figures, caricature, chip, and relief. To give back to her community, Elinor taught community education classes in southeastern Minnesota, sharing her knowledge and skills with other aspiring carvers. As featured carver, Elinor displayed several completed carvings throughout the show.

Raffle carvings – The 2010 Rochester Woodcarvers show was supported by very generous carvers offering their work to the club and those visitors and carvers buying raffle tickets. The raffle generates the revenue we need to offer free admission to the show – so no one will feel they cannot attend. Thanks to everyone who helped make this year’s show a success!

People’s choice carvings – Rochester Woodcarvers Show visitors can vote for their favorite “People’s Choice” carving at the show. The top three vote getters are selected to highlight the next year’s show in advertising and other publicity. For 2010, Steve Murray won first place for his man reading a book, Gary Berg won second place for his two men talking at the Blarney Pub, and Scott Mogren won third place for his trio of woodburned crappies. Thank you to everyone who voted for their favorite carving! You play an important role in helping us pick your favorite carving!

Additional photos by Wayne Hendrickson – Wayne Hendrickson took time to catch many of our exhibitors and visitors participating in this year’s show. Thanks for your help Wayne, your photos are always great!
2010 Advertising/Publicity Information
2010 Color show flyer – click here to see the 2010 flyer and print your own copy!

RahRahRochester –  a part of the Rochester Convention & Visitors Bureau worked with Bob Nowicki to highlight our show as a community event. Watch Bob in the second segment of the the video on YouTube at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOVWjuwUb5Q.