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Saturday, May 9th
LOON DAY!!!
Saturday, May 16th
Children’s Decoy
Carving and Painting
April ~ May ~ June 2015
10:00 am - 12:00pm
Tuesday, May 19th
Decoy Guild
Meeting, 7:30 pm
Tuesday, June 16th
Decoy Guild
Meeting, 7:30 pm
Saturday, June 20th
RIG OF SIX
JP Hand returns to
NC for a second
carving class...
June 27th and 28th
LOON DAY 2015 is right around the corner!!!! Come out and enjoy a great decoy competition, fantastic fellowship, a lively auction, and some tasty BBQ from Fat Fellas!!
Loon Day activities will begin about 10:00 am on Saturday, May 9th, 2015, with everyone assembling at the H. Curt Salter Building (Guild Headquarters), located at 1574 Harkers Island
Road. Decoys that are to be entered into the decoy competition are hidden before the judging
so they cannot be prejudged from a closer perspective. The first several years the decoy competition was for “loons only” but this year all types of ducks will be accepted (puddle, divers, geese,
confidence), and of course, loons. The competition is a donation competition in that the decoy
itself acts as the entry fee. All decoys entered become property of the Guild.
For the Loon Day decoy competition, the judging will take place at the Harkers Island Bridge
area with the decoys out in the water and the judges making their evaluations from the shore.
Everyone is invited to come to the bridge area to see the decoys out in the water. Entries have
the chance of winning a $200 first prize cash award, a $100 cash award for second place, a $50
cash award for third, or a $25 cash award for fourth place. Everyone is invited to participate,
regardless of skill, as this event is to benefit the Guild. Please contact Brother Gaskill for competition rules and regulations at (252) 504-3520.
After the judging takes place, and everyone returns to the H. Curt Salter Building, lunch is
served (for a donation) and the winners of the decoy competition are announced. Finally, there
will be a live auction of the competition decoys, including all the ribbon winners, as well as other
decoys and items. The fantastic Tim Evans will be our auctioneer for this year’s event!
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Details inside!!
2015 Decoy Festival Poster Contest
In This Issue:
Loon Day
1, 2
2015 Poster Contest
1,2
Raymond Earp, President
This and That
3
Billy Taylor, Treasurer
Rig of Six
4
Upcoming Shows
4
JP Hand Class
5
Guild Happenings
5
2015 Board of Directors
Gail Corwin, Secretary
Joe Fulcher, Jr.
Rusty Bryan
Wayne Davis
Daniel Nicholson
James Lewis
Rodney Baker
June Bryan
Ken Brennan
Jerry Talton
Davis Springle
Congratulations to Brother Gaskill, the winner of the 2015 Core
Sound Decoy Festival Poster
Contest!! Brother submitted a
fantastic painting of a greater
scaup, the featured bird for the
28th Annual Core Sound Decoy
Festival.
The Decoy Festival Poster Contest, now in its fifteenth
year, is sponsored by the Core Sound Decoy Carvers Guild,
and the contest gives artists the opportunity to submit artwork that, if chosen as the winning entry, will be used on
Decoy Festival posters, advertising flyers, and apparel. As is
the custom, a cash prize of $250 is awarded to the winning
artist.
continued, page 2
April ~ May ~ June 2015
LOON DAY 2015
cont. from page 2
This year Loon Day events will also include an artifacts
display featuring Core Sound geese and brant! If you have a
such a decoy, we encourage you to bring it out and share it
with all the carvers and decoy enthusiasts. The exhibit will
only last for the duration of Loon Day, but it’ll be a great
opportunity to see some examples of Core Sound birds all
in one place. Decoys will be photographed and included in
future Guild publications, as well as other works featuring
North Carolina and Carteret County decoys. Thanks in
advance! Please call Chase Luker at 252-995-2203 prior to
Loon Day to make arrangements to display your item.
Acclaimed author, Dr. Jack Dudley, will also be in attendance, selling and signing copies of his popular book, Carteret
Waterfowl Heritage, an outstanding reference on Carteret
County waterfowl history and decoys! If you already own a
book by Dr. Dudley, bring it by for him to sign!
Lamar Ramer of Carolina Tupelo will also have wood for
sale during Loon Day! He offers an assortment of juniper,
cypress, and tupelo. If you have a particular kind of wood or
size you need, please call Lamar at 252-943-4465!
Loon Day is an event that recognizes and honors a timeold tradition, and also provides a fund raising opportunity in
the form of the live auction, so please make plans to come
out and join us for a fun day!! Decoys must be entered by
10am and judging will start at 11am with the auction to follow. Please contact Brother Gaskill for competition rules,
regulations and, if mailing your entry, at (252) 504-3520.
Come out and enjoy a great day of fun, fellowship, and
food!!
2015 Decoy Festival Poster Contest
cont. from page 2
Thank you to everyone that entered the contest this
year! Please continue to enter as you never know when it
might be ‘your’ year to win!
The Guild is looking for someone to take over the poster
contest! Please contact Amie Talton at
amie_talton@yahoo.com or 252-725-5110 if you are
interested in this great volunteer opportunity!
Keep an eye out for the 28th Annual Core Sound Decoy
Festival Poster, and be sure to visit our website at decoyguild.com or find us on Facebook!
Submissions are always welcome, and are greatly
appreciated!! If you have an article, a story, or even a
picture, please send it in!! Please send all submissions to:
Amie Talton
276 River Oaks Drive
Stella, NC 28582 Or e-mail: amie_talton@yahoo.com
We will make sure to fit it in! Thanks in advance!!
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YEAR AT A GLANCE
ANNUAL EVENTS
February 1st—Core Sound Decoy Festival
Poster packets available
February 17th – Guild meeting, 7:30 pm. Please
bring a sweet treat to share!
February 21st – Kids Carving 10 am – 12 pm
March 17th – Guild meeting, 7:30 pm.
March 21st – Kids Carving 10 am – 12 pm
March 31st - Deadline for poster contest
entries.
April 18th – Kids Carving 10 am – 12 pm
April 21st – Covered dish meeting! 6:30
pm. Please bring a dish to share!!
May 9th – LOON DAY!!
May 16th – Kids Carving 10 am – 12 pm
May 19th – Guild meeting, 7:30 pm.
June 16th – Guild meeting, 7:30 pm.
June 20th – Kids Carving 10 am – 12 pm
June 27th & 28th - JP Hand Class
July 18th – Kids Carving 10 am – 12 pm
July 21st – Covered dish meeting! 6:30
pm. Please bring a dish to share!!
August 15th – Kids Carving 10 am – 12 pm
August 18th – Guild meeting, 7:30 pm.
September 15th – Guild meeting, 7:30 pm.
September 19th – Kids Carving 10 am – 12 pm
October 17th – Kids Carving 10 am – 12 pm
October 20th – Covered dish meeting! 6:30
pm. Please bring a dish to share!!
November 17th – Guild meeting, 7:30 pm.
November 21st – Kids Carving 10 am – 12 pm
December 5th & 6th – 28th Annual Core Sound
Decoy Festival
December 15th – Core Sound Decoy Carvers
Guild Annual Christmas Party, 6:30pm
Please note that dates and times are subject to change.
April ~ May ~ June 2015
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~ This and That! ~
The Core Sound
Decoy Carvers Guild is
open at various
times...please call
ahead to make sure
someone is there before you stop by~
252-838-8818.
SUMMER is right around
the corner, and we are
preparing for more workshops at the Guild! If you
have an idea for a class or
workshop, please call Jerry
Talton at (252)725-4434,
or send an e-mail to
amie_talton@yahoo.com!
We want to hear what
kind of classes YOU want!
Regular Guild meetings for all
members take place the 3rd Tuesday of
each month…. May 19th (7:30 pm), June
16th (7:30 pm), and July 21st - a covered
dish meeting starting at 6:30pm! All members are welcome and encouraged to
bring decoys for the brag table, either
finished products or a work in progress.
Special thanks to Stan Rule and Bob Sebecke for all of their
efforts with the youth!
Please note - Kid’s
Carving takes place
every 3rd Saturday
of the month. Mark
your calendars for
Kid’s Carving on
May 16th, June
20th, and July 18th.
Volunteers are desperately needed to
help out, so if you
are interested
please contact Stan
Rule (252-7286878). If you would
like to participate
one Saturday,
please call the Guild
earlier in the week to
let us know. This
helps us plan and
have enough sup-
Volunteers are needed
for committees….please
contact Raymond Earp
(252-728-3070 or e-mail
raymodearp
@ec.rr.com) for more
information about
volunteer opportunities!
Jerry Talton also needs
raffle items for the
monthly Guild meetings
–if anyone has anything they
would like to donate, it
would be greatly appreciated. It does not have to
be a decoy - past donations
have included duck calls,
wooden decoy blanks, tools,
and books. Items can be
dropped off at the Guild.
Thanks in advance to all
who help out
Please be kind (and clean)
As a courtesy to your fellow
carvers, please clean up
your dust and woodchips
before you leave the guild
building. This will help cut
down on the dust circulating
throughout the building and
also provide a better experience for everyone—your day
and the next person’s day at
the guild. Remember, many
hands make light work.
Chase Luker is
now accepting
items for the Live
Auction in December!! Please
consider donating
an item for the auction. You can reach
Chase at 252-9952203, or via e-mail
at
chase.luker@gmail.
com.
CONGRATULATIONS to all the carvers who won at
the 45th Annual World Championship Wildfowl Carving
Competition….Monty Willis, Marc Gottlieb, Jack Cox,
David Lawrence, Pat Beardon, Steven Cogar, Fred Miller,
and Richard McCarty, just to name a few! There are
many, many more carvers from NC, and there’s just not
room to name everyone. And, special CONGRATULATIONS to Brother Gaskill on his 2nd place finish in the
Ward’s World Shootin’ Rig competition, for the second
year in a row!! Complete results, all 105 pages, can be
found at https://www.wardmuseum.org!
Please keep Anita
Earp (Guild president
Raymond Earp’s wife)
in your thoughts and
prayers! She fell and
broke her hip and is
still recovering.
Please join us for
carving on Thursday
mornings at the Guild regular carvers include
Brother Gaskill, Jack
Gardner, Monty Willis,
Steve Goodwin and
various other carvers.
Come and join in on
the fun!
Please keep Bob Sutton in your thoughts and prayers….Bob
was just honored with the Living Legend award at the World’s
this past weekend, and before he could get home, he suffered
congestive heart failure as well as kidney failure. He is in the
ICU in Atlantic General Hospital in Berlin, MD. Bob has been
an integral part of IWCA and helped to organize the Rig of Six
competition, just one of his many accomplishments and
contributions to the decoy world.
HUGE THANK YOU to
Wayne Davis for donating a decoy EVERY
month to the Guild!!
A HUGE THANK
YOU to George and
Cindy Kahl, Monty and
Justin Willis, and Casey
Arthur for all their
efforts at the Cape Fear
Wildlife Expo!
April ~ May ~ June 2015
Core Sound
Kent Hood Memorial
Hunting Rig of Six
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Upcoming Shows and Events
.
2015 Core Sound Rig
Contest
June 20th, 2015
Core Sound Waterfowl
Museum Harkers Island, NC
coresound.com
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When: June 20, 2015. Registration begins at 9am at the Museum
Where: Core Sound Waterfowl Museum, Harkers Island, North
Carolina
Judging: Rigs will be judged in the waters of Back Sound at Shell
Point.
General Rules:
*Open to all levels of carvers. IWCA rules do not apply. Decoys
must be made by the carver(s) and may be made up of any
carving material or stretched canvas.
Superior Decoy Craftsman
2015 Competition
to accompany the 2015 Core
Sound Rig of Six
Details:
http://kenthood.com/wp-content/
uploads/superior-decoy-craftsmancompetition.pdf
*Rigs must consist of six decoys. All individual decoys in one rig
must fall under one of the following categories: puddle /
marsh ducks, divers and goose & confidence. *See species
designation list
*Decoys must have a facility for an anchor line, however, no line
is required. If an anchor line is included, it may be no longer
than 3 feet.
45th Annual “Classic”
Wildlife Art Festival
July 11th and 12th
Sacramento, CA
www.pacificflyway.org
*Final judging will be conducted from the shore at Shell Point,
while the decoys are in the water. Entries will not be judged
on the table.
Oregon Waterfowl Festival
DATES TBD
St. Helens, Oregon
oregonwaterfowlfestival.com
*Award Ribbons: 1st, 2nd, 3rd place: Puddle / Marsh, Diver and
Goose & Confidence.
Best of Show: 1st, 2nd, 3rd.
*The Best of Show 1, 2, 3 rigs will remain on display at the
museum until September 1, 2015 to promote the art of the
decoy. Carvers may offer the birds on display as available
for sale, the price will include the 25% commission to the
Museum.
“This contest was organized to be a fun event and to show different
styles of working decoys from across the country. So team up and
get a rig together for the biggest, most fun rig contest in the country. Good luck to all!”
-- Bob Sutton, Original Organizer of the Rig of Six
For more information, contact Pam Morris at:
pamdmorris@coresound.com
Accompanying the Rig of Six this year will be the Superior Decoy
Craftsman Competition, held by the Kent Hood Decoy Carvers Foundation. The purpose of this competition is to crown a carver as a
superior craftsman by way of judging a “naked” (unpainted, no sealer,
no filler) decoy. Bring your bench, your vice, your shaving horse, or
whatever you have to hold that bird and shave some wood with us!
You will also have the chance to enter or simply enjoy the Kent Hood
Rig of Six Competition taking place at the same venue! The entry fee
will be $20 for each carver with all proceeds benefitting the Kent
Hood Decoy Carvers Foundation. Complete rules can be found
at:http://kenthood.com/wp-content/uploads/superior-decoy-craftsmancompetition.pdf
27th Annual Columbia Flyaway Wildlife
Show
September 12-13, 2015
Vancouver, WA
Chesapeake
Wildfowl Expo
October 2015
Ocean City, Maryland
Easton Waterfowl
Festival
November 13, 14, 15 2015
Easton, Maryland
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April ~ May ~ June 2015
Summer Classes
At the Guild
For those that may have missed it last year, or
LOVED the class last year and would like to try it
again, the Core Sound Decoy Carvers Guild is
proud to offer another carving instructional by living legend J.P. Hand. The exhibition is a two day
long event, scheduled for Saturday, June 27th and
Sunday, June 28th, 2015.The class will focus on
making traditional, working New Jersey style decoys. Participants will work side-by-side with Hand
to build their choice of a blackhead (duck) or an
oyster catcher (shorebird), with step-by-step tutelage from the master, himself. Participants should
bring their favored carving tools, though some
tools will be available for use.
Despite his New Jersey lineage, Hand’s style and
techniques have been an inspiration to carvers
across the country, helping others to learn and discover refinements in their own carving style
through his creative teaching technique. Hand has
been the subject of feature articles in both Decoy
Magazine and Hunting & Fishing Collectibles Magazine, as well as being included in Loy Harrell’s
book, Decoys: Sixty Living and Outstanding North
American Carvers.
Cost for the two day event is $200 per participant. Payment is due upon registration, and is nonrefundable. Class size is limited. Instruction starts
at 8:00am on Saturday, and 9:00am on Sunday. Saturday will be a full day of carving, with Sunday reserved for painting. Lunch will be provided for the
participants both days. The Guild building will be
open, and for those interested in a quick visit
throughout the weekend, a selection of Hand’s decoys will be on display while the class is underway.
There are still a few spaces available in this
class!! Please feel free to contact Jerry Talton at
252-725-4434 with any questions. Pre-registration
is required, and participants will not be considered
registered until payment is received. Please send
checks, made out to Core Sound Decoy Carvers
Guild, to 276 River Oaks Drive, Stella, NC 28582.
Other classes are in the works! Details are being
finalized, so please check the website frequently for
updates!! www.decoyguild.com
Guild Happenings
Sawdust, painting, remodeling... With the warmer weather the
continued remodeling and renovation of the guild building has
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begun. To date, the
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carving room
been primed and
painted and the overhead
dust
collector
donated
by Bill Boudreau
Competition Results
has been installed. In the near future the bathroom in the new
carving room will be remodeled thanks to the generous donation
of Stan and Penny Rule. A new pedestal sink and commode has
been donated by the Rules and we greatly appreciate it. That's
about it for now. I'll give you more updates as the projects are
completed and/or begun.
Special thanks to Daniel Nicholson for this update!!
A HUGE THANK
YOU to Ches
McDowell, Graham and Ashley
White, and David
and Kori Guy for all
of their help at the
Dixie Deer Classic
in Raleigh back in
March!! Kori and Ashley did a fantastic job
selling raffle tickets and
t-shirts! We can’t say
It’s always a good time at KIDS
CARVING! Kids Carving
continues the tradition of decoy
carving, every 3rd Saturday of
each month at the guild!
Volunteers are needed to help
out….please call Bob Sebecke
(252-269-2088) to volunteer a
few hours of your time!
If you would prefer to STOP receiving the newsletter
via USPS mail, please send an e-mail to
amie_talton@yahoo.com with the subject line STOP
NEWSLETTER DELIVERY VIA USPS. The newsletter is
available online at the Guild’s website www.decoyguild.com.
GUILD
MEMBERSHIPS
PLEASE renew your Guild membership!
The annual membership fee is $25.00 and includes a membership card (for free admission
to Guild meetings and most events, including
the Festival), and the newsletter. Membership
forms are available online and at the Guild.
Please make checks payable to the Core Sound
Decoy Carvers Guild and drop in the mail to
the Guild at P.O. Box 89, Harkers Island, NC,
28531. If you have any questions, please call
the Guild at (252) 838-8818.
Submissions are always welcome, and are greatly appreciated!! If you have an article, a
story, or even a picture, please
send it in!! Please send all
submissions to:
Amie Talton
276 River Oaks Drive
Stella, NC 28582
We will make sure to fit it in!
Thanks in advance!!
Find us on
Facebook!
Remember, one of the benefits
of a Guild membership is FREE
admission to the Core Sound
Decoy Festival!!
Joe Redhead
c/o Amie Talton
276 River Oaks Drive
Stella, NC 28582
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December 2013