-Home -Flyer -FestInfo -Photos -Membership -Instruction -Email -Links Everything went really well again in 2007 with the Blacklocks, including 7 year old Marika on fiddle, the PT Wranglers wild and multi-faceted presentation, Christmas in July's traditional Swedish music and... many other fine sawyers and reconteurs. Mark your calendars for August 9th and 10th, 2008.
Jammin' around the Tom Scribner Statue - as far as we know it's the only statue in the world of a musical saw player; Tom was one of the best.
SATURDAY - AUGUST 9TH, 2008 1PM at the Scribner Statue, 1520 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz - Jam
SATURDAY - AUGUST 9TH, 2008 6PM at ROARING CAMP in Felton, CA - Potluk Jam
SUNDAY - AUGUST 10th, 2008 at ROARING CAMP in Felton, CA - 10:00am to 5:00pm - Festival/Contest www.roaringcamp.com
CONTEST: SUNDAY - AUGUST 10th, Deer Creek Stage starting at 11am
WORKSHOP: SUNDAY - AUGUST 10th, 3:30 - 4:00 - How to play the saw
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MAIN STAGE - this is the 2007 program.
10:00 - Gathering of Sawyers
10:40 - Open Mic
10:50 - Open Mic
11:00 - Bay Strings Band with John Helm - Western
11:40 - Hobbyhorse
12:00 - Thomas Spearance & Friends
12:20 - 1, 2, 3... not it
12:40 - Christmastime In July - Scandinavian
1:00 - The South Forty String Band - Old Time
1:20 - The PT Wranglers - Saws, Ukeleles, etc.
1:40 - Joel Clark - 2006 1st Place Sawyer
2:00 - Bluegrass Contraption
2:20 - Caroline McCaskey - Musical Saw
2:40 - Judges Performance and Presentation of Awards
3:00 - FIRST PLACE CONTEST WINNER
3:10 - CHORUS OF SAWS
3:20 - Jackie Jones - Saw and Tap Dancing Cat
3:40 - Autumn and The Fall Guys
4:00 - Joe Eding - Musical Saw
4:20 - Page Brownton and Friends
4:40 - Morgan Cowin and Bill Heier - Saw and SAW
5:00 - Sawyers Farewell
We have had participants in this festival from all over the United States, and from Canada, China, Japan, Czechoslovakia, England, and Austrailia.
There will be a gathering of sawplayers at 1pm on Saturday, August 11th near Tom Scribner's statue at the Pacific Mall, near 1520 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz.
On Saturday evening from 6pm until 10pm there will be a jam/potluck in the Roaring Camp Parking lot (free overnight parking for self-contained RV's)
ROARING CAMP is located between San Jose and Santa Cruz just off Hwy 17 at 1 Graham Hill Road in Felton. Click on the following icon for a printable map.
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