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Don Daniels, President, Shoreline Arts Society Many of you saw the magnificent chainsaw carvings that were featured last year at Frank James Park in Willow Point, and I am pleased to announce that not only will many of your favourite carvers be coming back, but we have some new ones signed up.

The carvers will fire up their chainsaws at 7 am on Wednesday, June 21st for our 21st Annual Competition. They will spend five days creating works of art from donated logs, and hundreds of people will visit over the following days to watch the transformation. The event is free, and last year we had visitors from more than 20 different countries.

On Saturday, June the 24th we hold a Quick Carve competition where the carvers spend one hour making smaller logs into little works of art.

On Sunday, you will get a chance to own your own carving when the quick carve pieces and the novice carvings are offered at auction before the awards presentation. On Sunday afternoon at 2pm, the decision of the judges will be announced and prizes awarded, and then by 3pm we will be drawing the winning raffle tickets with the top prize being Pick of the Park from some of the top carvings.

WELCOME ALL CARVERS & VISITORS!

The long range weather forecast is for sunshine and temperatures around 20 degrees – perfect weather for bringing your friends and family down to Willow Point to witness the carvings, enjoy the view, and relax and walk around Willow Point. Parking is always a challenge, so maybe plan to park a little further away and walk to the park. There are lots of nearby coffee shops and restaurants to enjoy, or, starting Friday at 11am, come to the Lions’ Willow Point Hall for some

free shade, coffee, lemonade, and a hotdog. As in previous years, there will be vendors inside and outside the Hall selling their goodies.

Once again Western Forest Products and Timberwest have donated the logs for our carvers.

John Ellis from Pacific Wood Waste as well as Ken and Brandon Fear from Fearless trucking, have stepped up to help move the logs. Bert Campbell at Contain-Away lends us his wood and garbage bins, and some time in September the folks at ASL JV deliver the carvings to their new homes.

The carvings will be available for viewing all summer.

We depend on city and provincial cash grants as well as donations from sponsors to operate every year. Local hotels provide free accommodation for out-of-town carvers. Restaurant and food stores supply free lunches, and coffee, muffins, fruit, and juice are also due to the generosity of Campbell River businesses. A number of equipment companies not only lend us their equipment or give us great discounts, but many of their employees help set up the park. We must be doing something right – most of our army of volunteers has signed up again this year.

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Be sure to stop by the raffle tent and buy a $5 ticket to win a carving or one of the many donated prizes. Support the event – buy a t-shirt and enjoy the show!

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Campbell River's Transformations on the Shore carving competition is a summer highlight It starts one morning in late June. The far off buzzing of chainsaws.

And it can mean only one thing, the Transformations on the Shore carving competition has begun at Frank James Park in Willow Point, in Campbell River's southern end.

It's Campbell River's premier summer event that draws chainsaw carvers from all over British Columbia, other parts of Canada, the United States and even Europe for a friendly competition. It's technically a competition but the atmosphere is relaxed and more cooperative than competitive, even though – or maybe because – there are a range of levels from novice to professional.

"For them it's a carving week and it's like a family," says Don Daniels, president of the Campbell River Shoreline Arts Society, the organization that puts on the celebration. "It's like a social event."

Carvers can compete in novice, amateur, semiprofessional and professional categories.

The event serves as the unofficial lead off into Canada Day celebrations in Campbell River. The weeklong carving competition begins this year on Wednesday, June 21 and runs to Sunday, June 25. In reality, the event runs for months because the completed carvings remain on site at Frank James Park in Willow Point, overlooking the entrance to Discovery Passage right up until September. And the carvings are popular attractions as visitors and residents alike love to wonder around the carvings and look at them closely.

In fact, from the first crank the chainsaws on the first day until the carvings are dispersed in September, spectators flock to watch the carvings take form and then come back to enjoy them at their leisure.

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head and returned it to Octy's body. The vandalism caused a furor and is the reason the Driftwood-Carving Competition was started. It "Octy" by Max Chickite. was felt that since a city could The carving that started it all. be so upset about the damage to one carving, it would surely appreciate a city filled with carvings.

"Barb Comeau was also down on the beach that day and saw Max creating his work, was impressed, and stopped to talk about it and together they founded the Campbell River Shoreline Arts Society Transformations On The Shore which this year celebrates its 21st Annual Event.

"Transformations on the Shore began in 1997 and has been seen by thousands and thousands. Visitors and local residents love to watch the carvers at work and enjoy the carvings that are left along the Sea Walk and throughout the City of Campbell River.

"The Octopus has had other adventures as well, but he is still standing proudly (although much smaller) in And the carvings that result range from mythical creatures his spot looking across Discovery Passage (on the 50th to local animals, from dragons to wolves.

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Wizards, warriors, fishermen and more The competition has become emerge from the logs each carver is the premier event of the summer given to work with. and has become woven into the Campbell River’s competition is fabric of the community – or should one of the few to host novice carvers, that be, carved into the grain of amateurs, semi-pros, and professionals. the community? The business Over the years we have community supports the event been able to watch the with sponsorships and in-kind carvers improve year over donations. Local hotels donate year. rooms to put up out-of-town This is a unique event carvers. Restaurants supply free with a unique origin. lunches.

The competition has a The co-founder of the event, unique origin: "On July 1 Max Chickite is still involved in the (Canada Day), 1996, wellevent and acts as a consultant and known local artist Max judge Chickite stood working It seems the crowds flocking to the on an old stump that event get bigger. had been on the beach "There's a steady flow of traffic for many years. After 10 right from the Tuesday before when hours, a remarkable octopus appeared from they set up the logs," Daniels says. the wood and "Octy" was born. Octy was No number is kept of spectators to the free event but a gift to the city from Chickite. A few days hundreds happily wander around the carving grounds later, vandals cut off the Octopus' head watching the artwork come to life. The carvers often take and stole it, but it was found 11 days later the time to talk to people about what they’re doing. on a logging road.

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Jesse Toso picked up the chainsaw for the first time at Campbell River Shoreline Arts Society's Annual "Transformations on the Shore" Chainsaw Carving Competition in 2005. With his "Phoenix" carving he took first prize in the Amateur Category and has been carving ever since! Jesse is a woodworker in beautiful Vancouver, B.C. and travels throughout BC and Canada chainsaw carving in various exhibitions and competitions.

Marina has been involved in carving for close to 6 years now. Just a year ago she decided to pick up a chainsaw. When she did she fell even more in love with the craft. She comes from Medicine Hat, Alberta and is the mother of three children. Her husband is her assistant.

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afternoon. In this event, the carvers carve small carvings quickly – of course – and then they are auctions off on Sunday as a fundraiser.

On Sunday afternoon the carvings are judged and awards are given including a People's Choice Award voted on by spectators.

So head on down this coming June 21-25 and experience it yourself.

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I have known carver Marina Cole for 20 plus years.

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ensure that the carvers are proceeding in a safe manner and taking care with their equipment.

Max Chickite is the co-founder of Transformations On The Shore, and he is the carver of the octopus that is now our logo.

Normally working on the mainland, we are thrilled with however many days Max can spend at our

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event.

Glenn Greensides is a professional carver based in Sayward who is known world-wide for his chainsaw creations.

Our third consultant is Jerry Strelioff, a master carver who is based here in Campbell River and whose works appear all over the province.

The Shoreline Arts board realized last year

that rather than have prominent local people act as our judges, we should take advantage of our expert consultants and get them to judge the carvings. Who better to decide on difficulty, design, flow, and creativity?

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Western Forest products and Timberwest donate the wood, and then logs are hauled to the site by Pacific Wood Waste and Fearless Trucking. They are moved into place using a forklift from C&L Supply.

We’ve got morning coffee and muffins and then lunch provided, as well as water throughout the day, and healthy snacks in the afternoon. First Aid is on standby, and the site is secured overnight.

Local businesses supply, donate, or give us a break on safety equipment, scaffolding, stain, and the rent for portable washrooms.

We rely on grants from the Province of BC and the City, as well as cash donations from local businesses, banks, and the Willow Point BIA. We use donated prizes for our fundraising raffle, and encourage everyone to buy one of our t-shirts and raffle ticket.

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