The Carousel News & Trader 2001

COVER: Pen Mar Muller horse from New Mexico

CONTENTS:

• Evan Pisano first carousel ride

• New England Carousel Museum news

• Steve and Kris Crescenze, Restoration by Wolf Open House

• Organ enthusiast, Mike Kitner memoriam

• Marianne Stevens Pen Mar armored Muller carousel horse restoration

• Carousel Artist, Pam Hessey, on Daniel Muller carvings and painting the Pen Mar carousel horse

• Weona Park finishes Dentzel carousel restoration feature

• Guernseys October 2000 carousel and fairground art auction results - Muller lion sells for $64,000

• NCA and ACS aid Weona Park Carousel restoration

• American Carousel Society aid carousel funding

• Mr. Allan Herschell, Ed Widger, memoriam

• Part Three of Lance Johnson Organ feature

• Movieworld Wax Museum auction results

• Carousel Carvers pattern - Roached mane stander

COVER: Annual Carvers Issue, Collage of carver photos

CONTENTS:

• Brenda Anderson memoriam

• Book review: Carousel Horses

• Valerie A Russo feature

• Rowe Cavelli feature

• Alfredo Martinez Martinez feature

• Greg Cooper feature

• Carving the “Griffin horse”

• Bob Callis feature

• Neal Hackenson feature

• Arnold Baker feature

• Miniature Carousel Builders, Inc. feature

• Ken Means carving seminars

• Lisa Pisano feature

• George T. Herczak feature

• Carousel Magic feature

• Chuck Buchanan feature

• Connie Ash feature

COVER: Steve Crescenze restored Looff greyhound dog from Whalom Park carousel, in Fitchburg, MA

CONTENTS:

• Walter Youree memoriam

• Steve Crescenze, restoration of Whalom Park Carousel greyhound

• 1914 PTC #33 finds new home in St. Paul, MN city park

• Two “hidden” Herschell carousels in Phoenix, AZ

• Stinson Band Organ Company awarded “Best of Show” at IISF Extravaganza

• Carousel Carvers pattern

• 2001 Buyers Guide Listings

COVER: 1906 Lion from PTC #12 last at Crystal Beach

CONTENTS:

• Miniature carousel featured at Milleville, PA Woodcarving and Wildlife Art Festival

• Original paint uncovered on PTC #12, last operated at Crystal Beach, Ontario, Canada

• Shelley Gorny Schoenherr pastel paint work

• Carousel folk art of Ellie Haggerty

• Top competitors in ballroom dance competitions receive decorated carousel horses

• Carousel photos from North Point Mall in Atlanta

• Bushnell Park in Hartford, CT carousel feature

• The carousels of Idora Park

COVER: Early 1900s Looff outside row carousel giraffe, jumper

CONTENTS:

• June Reely memoriam

• Charles Jacques, Jr. letter to members of the National Carousel Association Board

• Spring Kissel Auction at Strickers Grove, Ross, OH

• Open House at Restorations by Wolf

• Layton’s Studios feature

• Pasadena, CA auction

• Euclid Beach memories

• Band Organ Factory photo essay

COVER: 1960s photo collage of Dentzel carousel in Lancaster, PA

CONTENTS:

• National Carousel Association Technical Conference to Madison, WI

• Rocky Springs Carousel Association purchases antique Dentzel carousel

• Pottstown, PA getting a carousel

• Illions exhibit at Merry-Go-Round Museum in Sandusky, OH

• Carved Husky dog on display at the New England Carousel Museum

• The House on the Rock, Spring Green, WI

COVER: John Anthony Kraley oil painting

CONTENTS:

• Carousel at Spring River Park and Zoo in Roswell, NM celebrates 30 years

• Mike Saltzein memoriam and tribute

• Cananduigua, NY to build carousel on lakefront

• Valleyfair!, Minnesota’s theme park, boasts PTC #76

• Palace Amusements in Asbury Park, NJ listed on the State and National registers of historic places

• 1910 Marcus Illions carousel in Saratoga Springs, NY

• LARK Toys in Kellogg, MN creates world’s largest wooden toy

• Seventh annual Auction Under the Big Top in Adamstown, PA

COVER: Arlene Landers rendering of horse from Kit Carson County carousel in Burlington, CO

CONTENTS:

• Carousel figures sell high at Skinner Americana auction in Bolton, MA

• Richland Carrousel Park in Mansfield, OH celebrates 10th anniversary

• History of New York State Museum carousel

• PTC #33 finds a home in St. Paul

• The Museum of Carousel Art & History in Sandusky, OH hosts Illions talk

• Wabash Band Organ Rally

• W. C. Granberry merry-go-round

• Carver Bobby Cone feature

COVER: Dentzel-Muller American flag and eagle Patriotic carousel horse, “Liberty”

CONTENTS:

• NCA and ACS Combined Convention 2001 - Michigan Gathering combines the National Carousel Association and American Carousel Society for the first time; Dutch Village, Greenfield Village, Crossroads Village and Grand Rapids historic carousels on the tour

• In Honor of Those Who Serve - Feature on Patriotic Carousel figures

• New Restoration Exhibit at the Merry-Go-Round Museum in Sandusky, OH, features Tony Orlando

• Tuttle Carousel Animals on Display at Brookgreen Gardens in SC

• ACS grant helps Roswell, NM, carousel

• Celebrating Euclid Beach Park Days in Cleveland

• Carousel Workshop Open House in Florida

• Coney Island Ponies painting by Laurel D’Agnillo

• Willow Grove mall to get Fabricon fiberglass carousel

• Pattern: Bucking Bronco

COVER: Dentzel rabbit and rounding board

CONTENTS:

• Wheaton Regional Park restoration project

• Mega Stinson band organ ships to world’s largest hotel in Malaysia

• Great Canadian Carousel Company unveils St. Bernard corporate image

• Sandusky Carousel Museum awardedprestigious grant

• Under the Big Top Fall Auction in Mt. Pleasant, MI 

• Illions sign at Six Flags in Aurora, OH

• The Island Park carousel in Portsmouth, RI

• Richland Carrousel Park in Mansfield, OH gets new sign

• New England Carousel Museum receives gift carousel from Unilever Corp.

• Whalom Park news