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These chainsaws are for carving
Friday, June 15, 2007 | No comments posted.
Poke your fingers in your ears, but keep your eyes wide open. The Oregon Divisional Chainsaw Sculpting Championship is roaring away in Reedsport, pitting the world's best chain saw artists against each other.
Activities run through Sunday, at Rainbow Plaza in Old Town Reedsport.
The theme of the eighth-annual event is “Once Upon A Time.”
Chain saw carvers will work for 25 hours over four days on their main pieces that will be professionally judged at the end of the competition on Father's Day. The chain saw sculptors began carving at 8 a.m. on Thursday, and carving will start at 8 a.m. today and Saturday. They carve until 5 p.m. each of these days. On Sunday, they begin at 8 a.m. and carve until noon.
On each day of the four-day event, carvers participate in a “quick-carve” competition at 10:45 a.m. for 75 minutes. The items generated each day in the quick-carve competition are auctioned off at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, Friday and Saturday and at 1 p.m. on Sunday.
The best carvers from Japan, Germany, England, Australia and all over the United States will compete for the top prize. Corporate sponsor Echo Chainsaw is hosting a carving cup series known as the Echo Cup Series, and Reedsport will be the first carving site in this series that will conclude with a championship later in the year.
The event costs $1 per day.
There also will be a Corvette show on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. A free concert will take place following today's auction at the Umpqua Discovery Center, featuring The Young Bucs.
In addition, this year's event will include a live band, featuring Paul J. Biondi, and a street dance, complete with a beer garden, for a $5 cover charge on Saturday night from 9 p.m. to midnight.
For more information, those interested can call the Reedsport/Winchester Bay Chamber of Commerce at (541) 271-3495 or visit the Web site, http://www.odcsc.com/.
Activities run through Sunday, at Rainbow Plaza in Old Town Reedsport.
The theme of the eighth-annual event is “Once Upon A Time.”
Chain saw carvers will work for 25 hours over four days on their main pieces that will be professionally judged at the end of the competition on Father's Day. The chain saw sculptors began carving at 8 a.m. on Thursday, and carving will start at 8 a.m. today and Saturday. They carve until 5 p.m. each of these days. On Sunday, they begin at 8 a.m. and carve until noon.
On each day of the four-day event, carvers participate in a “quick-carve” competition at 10:45 a.m. for 75 minutes. The items generated each day in the quick-carve competition are auctioned off at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, Friday and Saturday and at 1 p.m. on Sunday.
The best carvers from Japan, Germany, England, Australia and all over the United States will compete for the top prize. Corporate sponsor Echo Chainsaw is hosting a carving cup series known as the Echo Cup Series, and Reedsport will be the first carving site in this series that will conclude with a championship later in the year.
The event costs $1 per day.
There also will be a Corvette show on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. A free concert will take place following today's auction at the Umpqua Discovery Center, featuring The Young Bucs.
In addition, this year's event will include a live band, featuring Paul J. Biondi, and a street dance, complete with a beer garden, for a $5 cover charge on Saturday night from 9 p.m. to midnight.
For more information, those interested can call the Reedsport/Winchester Bay Chamber of Commerce at (541) 271-3495 or visit the Web site, http://www.odcsc.com/.
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