TWG Welcome

The Texas Woodcarvers Guild

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TWG Show Participates:  It is time to order show tables.  TO EXPEDITE REGISTRATION, IT IS RECOMMENDEED THAT YOU DO NOT WAIT TO GET SHOW TABLES OR CLUB TABLES AT THE EVENT; ORDER THEM BEFORE YOU ARRIVE AT THE EVENT!  Please go to the TWG Website ( texaswoodcarversguild.com ), login; go to "Membership & Fees" pull-down tab; then select "Make Payments" & purchase your Show Table(s) and/or Club Show tables.  ***Remember you must have paid your TWG dues, "as well as an event Registration fee in order to login.* **  You can also order Banquet tickets at the same time if you want to attend the Banquet on Thursday evening.  If you need assistance, contact Donnie Stephenson at vp@texaswoodcarversguild.com or Frances Winters at semdir@texaswoodcarversguild.com .

TWG Lodging Information
TWG has coordinated with Inn of the Hills Hotel & Conference Center in Kerrville to block discounted rooms for TWG members.  Please look at prices and other details located in the "Lodging" Tab.  To get there:  Go to TWG website page, click on pull-down tab at top left of the page labeled "Carving Seminars"; then scroll down to the "Lodging" tab and click on it.  All lodging information is found here.

Please remember to pay your Membership Dues & Event Registration Fee BEFORE  you attempt to sign-up for a Seminar!!  The System will NOT LET YOU REGISTER for a Seminar UNTIL YOU PAY THOSE TWO FEES.  Pay ahead and be ready to register at 8am on Sunday, October 15, 2023 (tomorrow
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If you have questions or need assstance, contact me on vp@texaswoodcarversguild.com or call me on 713 503-2412; OR contact Frances Winters at semdir@texaswoodcarversguild.com or call her on 817 988-8172
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Donnie Stephenson
VP-TWG
12/14/23

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MARK YOUR CALENDERS FOR THE UPCOMING SPRING ROUNDUP IN 2024
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April 12th - April 19th, 2024
Kerr County
Hill Country Youth Event Center
3785 TX Hwy-27
 
Kerrville, TX  78028
Set-up Friday, April 12th 
Show & Sale
Saturday, April 13th & Sunday, April 14th 
Texas State Woodcarving Competition, Show, and Sale
1 & 2-day Carving & Non-carving Seminars
Whittling Contest


Monday April 15th - Friday, April 19th
On 10/15/2023 at 8am, registration for the 2024 Spring Round-up in Kerrville, TX will be active.  The early bird gets the worm!  Sign up early for Seminars of a wide array.  Some are favorites that visit almost every year and some are new to us.  We have a few week-end Seminars geared to beginners and a variety of Seminars involving carving in the round, relief carving, chip carving, non-carving, etc..

Donnie Stephenson
vp@texaswoodcarversguild.com

TWG Bulletin Board

3/26/24:
Walter Wharton passed away March 16,2024. Walter was an avid carver, instructor and leader in the Guild. Walter was diagnosed with heart failure in early January. His condition worsened; he was in the hospital a couple of times. And his whole system shut down March 16th in St. David's North. His memorial service is pending. His obituary is posted in the "In Memoriam" page of this website. The In Memoriam page is found in the History folder under the About pull down menu.

03/15/24: ******TWG Event - ORD
ER WOOD/ROUGHOUTS******

Randy Moore ask that I announce that if you need to place a custom order for special wood and/or roughout/s, please e-mail him at info@roughouts.comat 1 800-825-2657 as soon as possible, so he can bring it to you at the TWG Round-up in Kerrville.


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10/23/23 -
Just FYI, we have heard from some of our members that they have had a hard time finding Lodging places, due to the fact that there is a motorcycle Rally going on the same time as our Spring Round-Up.  So please get your reservations soon!

LOG-IN ASSISTANCE
If you don't recall your user name or for assistance in logging into this site as a new  member, click what's new for assistance.

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09/19/23 - NOTE:  
PLEASE REMEMBER YOU MUST PAY YOUR MEMBERSHIP DUES & REGISTRATION FEE BEFORE THE SYSTEM WILL LET YOU SIGN-UP FOR SEMINARS!
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10/12/22 - NOTE: If you would like to join TWG, but do not want to use an electronic device to join, please email Donnie Stephenson, VP-TWG at vp@texaswoodcarversguild.com & she will send you a form to fill out and mail back to her.

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Seminars that have been cancelled:
12/12/2023 - Due to unforeseen circumstances, John Engler had to cancel all three of his Seminars.  We hope John will be back with us in 2025!  We still have open slots in other Seminars.  Please get them while you can!

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Seminars that are FULL:
Ronnie Reed - C20a-c - Cowboy Bust - FULL; 10/23/23;

Don Sperry - C08c-d - Mini Cottonwood Bark House - FULL; 12/12/23.