__________________________________________ PalletPalooza Benefits Goodwill Industries of Southwestern Michigan. Our Mission: Goodwill Industries of Southwestern Michigan Provides employment, education, training, and support services to individuals and families so they can achieve self-sufficiency. Learn more at: GOODWILLSWMI.ORG
Say Hello to William Crown, President of the Woodworkers Guild of Southwest Michigan.
William Crown
We are honored to have William lend us his woodworking expertise as a judge for PalletPalooza™ 2017. Bill has been a member of the Woodworkers Guild for over 20 years now, and has been serving as its President for the past 7. He is a passionate woodworker hobbyist and has been making furniture for over 35 years.
The Woodworkers Guild of Southwest Michigan is located in the Kalamazoo area and meets every second Tuesday of the month except for the summer months. You are welcome to attend a meeting and you are encouraged to join. A few of the recent programs the Guild has enjoyed at their meetings include: · Visit to David Lewis Figures of Wood saw mill, road trip
· Joe Beam custom furniture
· Woodcraft presentation, spray finishing
· Aaron Stinson - Chainsaw carver - builder
· Tom Niehl - Wood Identification
· Kendall School of Design - Furniture Design - road trip
· Blacksmithing and barrel making - Chuck Andrews - road trip
Guild members also donate hundreds of handcrafted wooden toys each year to the Portage Community Center and the Kalamazoo Gospel Mission. If you are interested in woodworking, you are encouraged to come and meet with other fellow woodworkers from the Kalamazoo area who enjoy sharing their love of the craft, and learn more from the programs and from one another.
The Woodworkers Guild is located in the Kalamazoo area and meets every second Tuesday of the month except for the summer months. Check their website for the directions and location of the next meeting www.woodguild.orgEveryone is welcome! Current dues are $25 per year.
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Thank you to all of our judges for PalletPalooza™ 2017! Are you a woodworker or woodworker at heart? Then try a recycled pallet creation! And then enter it into PalletPalooza™. Enter Period has begun - enter now through June 30, 2017. PalletSWMI.com
It's fun, it's for a good cause, and you could win some money!
Thank you to all of our venues who said YES! to hosting all of the amazing pallet creations! Thank you to everyone who shared pictures to help us promote PalletPalooza 2016! Thank you to our Pallet Providers who offered FREE PALLETS to the community! Thank you to all who took the time to come and see the creations and vote for their favorite! Thank you to our vendors for creating a really fun marketplace on PalletPalooza Day! And most of all THANK YOU to our Makers! You took a chance to put your work out there to be showcased. We were really impressed with the creativity that is in our community. You made believers out of the many people who have never heard of turning an unwanted pallet into something cool, or useful or beautiful. Your creations are truly inspiring! Enjoy this video recap of PalletPalooza Day 2016. And then get ready! We will be announcing plans and dates for PalletPalooza 2017 soon!
PalletPalooza Day is this Saturday! We have a fun event and awards presentation afternoon planned! Rain or shine - it doesn't matter because we will be indoors!
While you look around at the amazing pallet creations entered into the competition, enjoy some food, craft booths and activities for young and old, you can listen some live music by Vinyl Tap.
Vinyl Tap
How about a little preview?
In early 1994, a group of individuals loosely referred to as “gentlemen” congregated in the basement of a home in the People’s Republic of Portage and began playing what was supposed to be Rock n Roll music. It seemed like every other song was from the Rolling Stones because the lead singer at the time couldn’t sing anything else. The founder, Al, called the group “Al’s Basement Band”. Al was the drummer. Al kept getting promoted at Kellogg’s, leaving the country and coming back and each time he came back, Al’s Basement Band was re-created with essentially the same cast of characters.
In 2000, another group of individuals never referred to as “gentlemen” congregated in a Richland garage and formed “Boy’s Night Out”. After stealing the singer from another band, they played regularly at Bayview Gardens in that first decade until the customer base who liked them went to sleep at 10 p.m.
In the meantime, members of both bands got together periodically and when Al relocated to North Carolina, formed Vinyl Tap. The players are the best from both bands and consist of:
Bob Bauman – lead singer
Jeff Brown – Drums and backup vocals
John Brown – Rhythm guitar/bass and backup vocals
John Dillworth – Keyboards and backup vocals
Brian Maturi – Lead guitar
Tim Morrison – Sound and whatever else he decides to do
Our focus is on 60’s and 70’s rock n roll songs and a number of songs that other cover bands just don’t play. You’ll recognize the song if you’re of a certain generation and even if you’re not, you’ve heard them and sang along with them!
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Vote today for your favorite pallet creations! Go to VOTE NOW!
