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Core Sound Decoy Carvers Guild Newletter -- 2nd Quarter 2009

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Loon Day -- May 9, 2009

What a great day we had on Loon Day this year!  As many of you know, Loon Day is an event held by the Decoy Guild each year on the second Saturday in May. The event takes place at the H. "Curt" Salter Guild Building and we have an in-water decoy competition at Harkers Island bridge.  Cash prizes are awarded for the top four decoys and, following the competition, there is an auction of all the competition entries back at the Guild Building.

The first several years the competition was for "Loons Only" but this year the decoys accepted into the competition were Puddle Ducks as well as Loon decoys. 

Hearty congratulations go to the top four finishers -- First Place, Jack Gardner; Second Place, James Lewis; Third Place, Drew Zajac; Fourth Place, Walter "Brother" Gaskill.

See our Loon Day page for more details....

2009 Decoy Festival Poster Competition

Congratulations to Kelley Nelson -- this year's poster competition winner!

Kelley's winning poster art is at the printer's and this year's poster will be printed very soon.  We will post a photo when we get the posters back from the printer.  Kelley takes home the $250.00 cash prize and his art will appear on the 2009 Decoy Festival promotional materials, apparel, and other merchandise. The Decoy Festival Poster Contest, in its ninth year, is sponsored by the Core Sound Decoy Carvers Guild. The competition gives local artists the opportunity to submit the entry which will used on Decoy Festival posters, advertising flyers, and apparel.  The featured carver for 2009 is Dan Robinson of Ocracoke, NC, and the decoy is a Snow Goose.  Please visit our 2009 Poster Competition page for complete information about our annual poster competition.

2008 Decoy Festival -- Another Great Show!

The Core Sound Decoy Carvers Guild would like to thank all the many members, volunteers, competitors, sponsors and patrons who made the 2008 Decoy Festival such a tremendous success.  We were blessed again this year with beautiful weather and it was a wonderful event. 

Special thanks also go to April Lilley, Principal of the Harkers Island Elementary School, and all the teachers, staff, students and parents who helped us make this year's Decoy Festival a success.  The school's enthusiastic cooperation is so important to the Decoy Festival and we want them to know how much we appreciate it. 

Please see our THANK YOU page -- click here

Core Sound Decoy Carvers Guild
P.O. Box 89 • Harkers Island, NC 28531
phone (252) 838-8818