I was excited about the show/contest and woke up early (again). We jetted down to Cerritos Community College. Judging had begun at 8:00 in the morning, though we arrived at 11:00 for the barbecue, show tour, raffle, and prize announcements.

The Welcome Wagon

Each guest was provided one raffle ticket and a ballot ticket to vote for People’s Choice award (Worth $1000)

We anxiously walked towards our project.

Yes! We learned they had been very liberal with the turn in time.

Our project was displayed with a nice little tag:

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Woodworking Safari
Both sets of our parents were nice enough to drive down to the show. We spent time showing them the shop, touring the amazing projects, and trading compliments with other students.

I provide for you a sampling of projects on display:

Trophy Case for a Church. Made of Solid Walnut. Bible Verse Carved at Top. Huge! I watched the builder,Tony Jackson, sand this bad boy last week. Eventual Winner of 1st place… Advanced Cabinet Making

Gamble House Style Entry Door of Solid Mahogany from the Archtectural Millwork Class

Miniature Mock-Ups from the Design Class. They are sitting on a router table

White Oak Box with Ebony Inlays which I loved. Simple and beautiful. From 101 class

Greene and Greene Style, a heavy inflluence on all of us, sideboard

Tansu Totes

One of my favorites: A dresser of figured maple and cocobolo. Perfect Beach furniture!

Tall Cabinet with Bookmatched Mahogany Panels. Very typical style for our program

Amazing Guitars. I met the Luthier. We might have a class coming in this topic. I am a guitar player and was stoked to play the little parlor guitar. Sweet!

Lathe Cabinet for all Turning Tools

Side Table of Maple and Bubinga

Classic Greene and Greene Style Table

Sculpted Side Chair. I want to learn to build chairs!

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We Won…

… the raffle. Hey, $200 of tickets to Universal Studios with front of the line passes ain’t bad.

Then the winner announcements began.. Drumroll……

2nd place (Beginning Cabinetmaking) for the team from Pasadena. Not bad for our first time out.

John Wood, our patient and encouraging instructor poses with us and our project

It was a great day.

Now we just need to clean the shop.