Page 76 - William D. Roach, Woodcarver

ISSUE : Issue 60

Published by Ronald Caplan on 1992/6/1

(Some of your work is very realistic. And some of it is more your imagination,) I think--it depends what mood I'm in. Some? times I'll carve something just for the sake of carving. Some other time, I carve, and I'm never finished, you know, I'll carve, and I feel it's--I say to myself, "Okay, this is done," but I don't feel it's enough. I want to add something else, I want to add something else. Then it be? comes more real. I can do realism, and very real. But I haven't taken the time to do it. In realism it takes a very long time. Now, I've done realism for friends. For somebody, like, that I know appreciates a carving. And I'm doing it for nothing, I always do my best carvings when I do them for nothing. No money involved. And that's where I get into realism, if it's for somebody, and it's go? ing tp be a present, then I--fussy on it, real fussy, and it takes more time. And then there are some other times that I don't really have to think of the carving --the carving kind of makes itself. You know, I pick up wood, either out of the woods--I walk in the woods and I find dif? ferent pieces that look like certain things. And I'll add very little to it. Because the piece is a piece of art to be? gin with, I feel. So just put an extra little touch in there. And there are things I don't really plan on doing, that turn out to be. It's almost like a miracle. Because sometimes I'll Experience the Outdoors VICTORIA COUNTY Cape Breton Island 1992 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CABOT TRAIL JUNE 1-14 8-14 JULY 1 4 24 25-26 30 31 AUgUST Children's Festival - Bell Museum, Baddeck (contact Aynsley MacFarlane 295-2069) Get Cycling Festival - throughout Victoria County (Victoria County Recreation Department 295-3231) The Canadian Tire Atlantic Classic - Baddeck to Ingonish Beach (Frank Bruleigh 539-9560 The Highlands Mountain Bike Relay Race - Wreck Cove to Hunters Mountain (Vict. Co. Rec. Dept. 295-3231) Canada Day - throughout Victoria County Monte Carlo Night - Indian Brook, North Shore & District Fire Dept. (Brad Matheson 929-2716) - August 18 Centre Bras d'Or Festival of the Arts - Baddeck (Nancy MacDonald 295-2787) Milling Frolic - North River Community Hall, North River (Barb Morrison 929-2337) Fashion Show and Ceilidh - Baddeck (Eveline MacLeod 295-3203) Traditional Codfish Supper - NS Highland Village, lona (Brian MacCormack 725-2272) Ceilidh - Indian Brook, North Shore & District Fire Dept. (Brad Matheson 929-2716) Deep Sea Fishing Derby and Crab Supper - Bay St. Lawrence (Robert MacLellan 383-2278) Lobster Supper - Indian Brook (Brad Matheson 929-2716) Shriners' Field of Dreams - Big Baddeck (Leo Asaph 295-2968,295-1242) - August 2 Canadian National Hobie Cat Sailing Championships - Baddeck (Bras d'Or Yacht Club) Clan MacNeil Day - lona (Bill MacNeil 725-2503) NS Highland Village Day - lona (Brian MacCormack 725-2272) Bras d'Or Yacht Club Annual Regatta - Baddeck (Bras d'Or Yacht Club) NS Gaelic Mod - St. Ann's (Gaelic College 295-3411) Milling Frolic - North River (Barb Morrison 929-2337) 2nd Fishing Boat Race - Jersey Cove (Brad Matheson 929-2716) - September 13 Victoria County Cycling Festival - Victoria County (Tom C. Wilson 295-3231) Scenic Route Half Century Ride - Neil's Harbour (Vict. Co. Rec. Dept. 295-3231) Clybum River Mountain Bike Tour - Ingonish Beach (Vict. Co. Rec. Dept. 295-3231) Traditional Codfish Supper - NS Highland Village, lona (Brian MacCormack 725-2272) Provincial Road Race Cycling Championships - Little Narrows (295-3231) Baddeck Forks Classic - Mountain Biking (295-3231) For more information, please contact: VICTORIA COUNTY RECREATION DEPARTMENT P. O. Box 370, Baddeck, NS BOE IBO (902) 295-3231 Fax (902) 295-3444 SEPTEMBER 7 Duck Race - Indian Brook (Brad Matheson 929-2716) ' 12 Middle River Challenge - Mountain Biking - Middle River (295-3231) 15 Fall Fair - Indian Brook (Brad Matheson 929-2716) 15 Milling Frolic - North River (Barb Morrison 929-2337) 19 Harvest Home - Bell Museum - Baddeck (Aynsley MacFarlane 295-2069) 19 Highland Hill Challenge - Mountain Biking - MacKinnon's Harbour (Tom C.Wilson 295-3231) 23-26 Baddeck Handcraft Festival - Baddeck (Eve? line MacLeod 295-3203) 26 North Highlands Challenge - Mountain Biking - Cape North (295-3231) OCTOBER 3 Gaelic College Challenge - Mountain Biking - St. Ann's (Sam MacPhee 295-3411) 10-11 Annual Craft Fair - Cape North (Northern Victoria Community Centre 383-2515) 11 Ross Ferry Classic - Mountain Biking - Ross Ferry (David Oake 674-2636) VICTORIA COUNTY CAPE BRETON ISLAND

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