This years winning logo
The 6th Annual Penturners Rendevous will be held on Wednesday evening, May 21st in Provo UT. This year, as in recent years, it will be held at 7PM after the CSUSA Super Wednesday. This year, the event will be held on the campus rather than at a hotel. More details on the Rendezvous site to follow. Right now, plan on a 7PM start. We will have the pen display, pen related vendors and authors, and demonstrations. At 9PM, we'll start the door prize drawings. You can review last years Pen Display here.
For those who haven't attended the event, it goes a bit like this. The Wednesday before the Utah Woodturners Symposium is the Craft Supplies USA Open House. There is a huge clearance sale at CSUSA beginning at 8am. There are demos all day long from 10 to 4 featuring many of the national and international turners in town for the Symposium. The CSUSA event winds down after 4pm. The Penturners Rendezvous begins at 7pm. From 7 PM onward are displays, demos, sales, and mingling. At 9 PM, the drawings for the door prizes begin. They continue until everything is gone. Not long afterwards, the Rendezvous winds down as most attendees are going to be up early to attend the Symposium.
8 AM - Craft Supplies USA Open House Clearance Sale
10 AM - 4 PM - Craft Supplies Open House Demos
7 PM - Penturners Rendezvous at the conference site (details to follow)
7:30 PM - 9 PM Penturners Rendezvous Demos - to be announced
9:00 PM - Drawings for Rendezvous door prizes
This years winner is Glenn McCullough. Along with the glamour and adoration of the masses, he won a batch of hand selected pen blanks from Bill & Kathy Baumbeck of Arizona Silhouette. Thanks to all who participated and voted!
If you are planning on attending the Rendezvous, we would appreciate it if you register ahead of time. This will allow us to do a better job of planning based on the expected attendance. In addition, pre-registration will allow us to make your personalized name badge with your name and the logo selected from the contest. The registration fee is $10 per person to help offset the costs associated with planning and executing the event. Vendor tables are available for pen making related product suppliers. Product displays and sales are encouraged. The registration fee for vendors is $50.
A great added bonus for those who pre-register! Not only will you get a personalized name badge for the event but Ken Nelsen and his son from Kallenshaan Woods will have a laser engraver there to engrave your pens. If you are a pre-registered attendee, you'll get one of your pens engraved for free while you watch.
Pre-registration has closed. Please feel free to come to the event and register there.
We'll be having the Provo pen display again this year. The display will be prominently featured at the Rendezvous and then at the Utah Woodturning Symposium Instant Gallery. Here's your chance to have the over 100 pen aficionados at the Rendezvous and nearly 500 woodturners from around the world see your work. We'll have voting setup at both locations and on line for some great prizes. We'll be announcing the prizes in the coming weeks. The deadline for receipt of pens for the display is Saturday, May 10th.
If you are interested in participating, email display@penmakersguild.com for details on the categories, timing, and shipping details.
Online Rendezvous Registrations - Saturday, May 3rd
Pen Display Submissions - Saturday, May 10nd
You can take a look at photos of the event since it's inauguration in 2003.
The 5th Annual Penturners Rendezvous - 2007
The 4th Annual Penturners Rendezvous - 2006
The 3rd Annual Penturners Rendezvous - 2005
The 2nd Annual Penturners Rendezvous - 2004
The 1st Annual Penturners Rendezvous - 2003
Check back often for the latest information on the Rendezvous. While we'd like to have everything available now, we are still putting the details together.