| Submitted by Jacqueline Blankenship
The 2003 Wood Festival will be having a "Handmade Basket Competition"! The chosen basket will be displayed each year
and will be given a brass marker inscribed with "Wood Festival Basket 2003" and the winning basket creator will receive
$100. Second and Third place baskets will receive ribbons, however, will be included in the Basket Bingo selections. All
basket entries will become property of the Calhoun Wood Festival and all but the first place basket will be used in a Fund
Raising "Basket Bingo".
Rules are simple: Enter as many baskets as you want, any type basket you want, from simple construction to elaborate
construction, large or small, any shape. YOU are the creator, anything goes!
Baskets will be judged by Betty Nesslerode and a committee of her choice.
Our goal is a minimum of 22 baskets entered. In order to have 1 basket selected as the WOOD FESTIVAL 2003 Basket,
one for raffle and 20 for the Basket Bingo Fund Raiser we need a minimum of 22 baskets entered. If there are not enough
baskets entered for the Bingo Fund Raiser, the competition will still be held, however, the fund raiser will not be held and the
non winning baskets will be returned to their creators.
The $100 will not be given to the winner if there is no Fund Raising Basket Bingo and if that is the case, the winning basket
will be given back to it's creator if requested.
For additional information please contact:
Paige Toney - 354-6313
Jackie Blankenship - 354-6671
Sue Oshoway - 354-9204
or Trina Beall - 354-6649
Basket Creator
Address
Phone
Email
Thanks so much for participating in the first ever Wood Festival Basket Competition! We appreciate your continued support
of the Calhoun Wood Festival.
Baskets need to be received by March 19th. Basket Bingo will be held April 5th with the announcement of the 2003 Wood
Festival Basket being done at Basket Bingo.
Ms. Betty Nesslerode is the owner and creator of "Acorn Crafts" in Parkersburg, West Virginia. She carries a complete
supply of basket materials and also teaches basket classes. Betty has many copyrighted basket patterns that are available
from her shop or online. She is a highly respected Basket Creator.
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