ARCHIVE – Current Carousel News Items from March 2015
The next animal to join Salem’s Riverfront Carousel, Harriett the giraffe. She is nearly 6-feet tall with hummingbirds and roses on her cantle. CAPI LYNN / Statesman Journal
Harriett the giraffe is ready to be painted at carousel
Statesman Journal
Visitors to Salem’s Riverfront Carousel this March had a chance to meet Harriett the giraffe. It took volunteers 561 hours to carve the nearly 6-foot tall animal, which will eventually join 44 horses, a frog and an elephant on the platform. Artist Sandy Walker created the design for Harriett, The giraffe’s saddle features hummingbirds and roses, and the bridle will have family birthstones. One of the sweetest features will be a heart on Harriett’s chest. The heart will have T & H carved in it, for Tom and Harriett Wilson, the Dallas couple who adopted the animal. READ MORE >>>
St. George, Utah carousel spins to life for 2015 season
Carousel photo courtesty of Mori Kessler St. George News
St George News
ST. GEORGE – Parents and grandparents lined up with young children in tow at Town Square Park in St. George Saturday to be among the first to ride the City of St. George carousel, which officially opened for the season March 14. The carousel will operate Monday, Friday and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Visit the City of St. George Rec. website. Or St. George Recreation on Facebook.
C. W. Parker Carousel Museum in Kansas makes “ultimate roadtrip” list for 9yo cancer survivor
KSHB
LEAVENWORTH, Kan. – It’s being called the ultimate road trip. Math whiz Randy Olson has allegedly created an algorithm to make it to a landmark in 48 states in nine days. The C.W. Parker Carousel Museum in Leavenworth, Kansas, snagged a spot on the road trip list. It fits in between the Statue of Liberty and the Grand Canyon. The turn-of-the-century sounds of the museum have lured retired volunteers from the across the area such as Bill Ryman of Liberty. “The machinery for the carousel is over 100 years old. It was built in 1913 built by the C.W. Parker Company here in Leavenworth,” said Ryman.
Missoula carousel miniatures on display at annual Wood Carvers Show
The Missoulian
The Ponykeepers of A Carousel for Missoula will display miniature versions of the carousel animals during the Western Montana Wood Carvers Show in March at the Missoula County Fairgrounds. Ponykeepers are the volunteers who continue to practice the skills that helped create the carousel, as well as those who help with its maintenance. Carvers, sanders, painters and mechanics meet Tuesdays at 7 p.m. to make new animals for other volunteer-built carousels and local nonprofits. Other Ponykeepers help with cleaning, making repairs and generally maintaining the carousel and Dragon Hollow play area. To help celebrate the carousel’s 20th anniversary, the Ponykeepers have been making miniature copies of the carousel’s animals. Some of the miniatures, which will be on display at the show, are rocking animals and others are stationary.
The miniatures will be offered at the carousel’s Gala Celebration on June 18 at the Ranch Club Barn in exchange for a donation to the carousel of at least $300. Also on display at the show and scheduled to be auctioned at the gala is a child-sized rocking Paint. Paint, designed by Larry Pirnie, is one of the most popular ponies on the Carousel. Tickets to the Gala can be purchased by calling 549-8382.
For more information about the Ponykeepers visit A Carousel for Missoula online.
