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start sculpting their creations near First
Avenue and North Prom throughout
Wednesday and Thursday.
Participating will be artists
Bill Dow, Lisa Donze, Eric
Hawley and Wade Lapp, in addition to
Adams himself. Many of these sculp-
tors don’t just work with sand. Their
carving mediums include snow, ice and
pumpkins.
Dow’s been carving for about 30
years, while Lapp is relatively new to the
sand-sculpting world. He got started at a
pumpkin-carving contest Adams invited
him to and launched into wood, sand and
ice carving from there.
Hawley is both a serious pumpkin and
sand carver. He met Adams at a competi-
tive event.
Donze’s past designs include a girl
riding a horse and bucking bronco for
a rodeo, as well as a large moon carv-
ing featuring an Indigenous woman and
howling wolf.
“(Donze) amazes me every time I see
what she does,” Adams said. “Every time
she does something different.”
Adams is also a carver himself – he’s
been doing it for more than 25 years.
While the event won’t feature judges,
there is a competitive element to it. Audi-
ences will vote on what sculpture they
think is best.
Sand sculpture requires sand and
water. When artists arrive, large amounts
of sand will be waiting for them at their
plots, Adams explained. Each plot is a
20-foot by 20-foot square.
When the weekend wraps up, sand
sculptures will stay up using aardvark
snot, Adams said. Organizers used to use
glue, but ran into environmental issues.
A friend of Adams encountered an aard-
vark and ended up getting the substance
on his hand.
When he went to wipe it off, a patch
peeled off that had an incredibly similar
texture to glue. Since then, it’s what art-
ists have been using to lengthen the lifes-
pan of their creations.
SandFest also includes a free sculpt-
ing lesson from Adams, who has taught
extensively – with impressive results.
LEFT: “Matador” by Bill Dow, one of the
sculptors featured at SandFest. RIGHT: A
sculpture by Wade Lapp, one of the artists set
for SandFest.
Pink Floyd Tribute Band – Sept 17!
With a willingness to push
the musical boundaries of a
traditional tribute band, Portland’s
own Pigs on the Wing will perform
the full “Dark Side of the Moon”
album and another complete
set in a powerful, immersive
audio-visual experience.
Pigs on the Wing, 7:30 pm, Sept 17, 2022
More Shows Coming Soon…
Comedy Night
Jarabe Mexicano
Sounds of Soul
September 10, 2022
Three hilarious
performers, sure
to make you
laugh and smile.
October 7, 2022
A joyride of Latin
rock, Tex-Mex,
Mexican folk &
reggae-cumbia.
November 5, 2022
Re-live the hits of
Motown with these
exciting, high-energy
singers and dancers.
Buy your tickets today! Online or at the Box Office.
www.libertyastoria.org
Downtown Astoria’s historic Liberty Theatre was made for music, dance,
theatre, readings, film, comedy, children’s programs – and you!
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