The Sultans Of Sand summer show in Italy 2008 is the 11th edition of the Jesolo International Sand Sculpture Festival.
   The theme is two fold... China AND the Olympics.
   The exact format for doing these themes is still being worked out.

The show schedule is as follows:
(We erect the show tent on May 23, and take it down July 24)
Friday, May 23: Tent erection completed
Sunday, May 25: SoS Field engineers arrive in Jesolo (Rich, Mark, John & Brad)
Monday, May 26: Field engineering/Poundup -First day
Friday, June 06: Field engineering/Poundup -Last day.
Saturday, June 07: ALL CARVERS MUST BE IN JESOLO & ready to work 8:00 the next morning
Sunday, June 08: Sculpting first day.Work days begin at 8:00 AM
Tuesday, June 17: Sculpting last day Work days end at 6:00 PM
Wednesday, June 18: Decorating (carvers free day, or depart Jesolo)
Thursday, June 19: Decorating (carvers free day, or depart Jesolo)
Friday, June 20: Carvers depart Jesolo. Any remaining carvers staying in Jesolo on June 20 or later2are staying at their own expense, and need to make arrangements in advance.
Saturday, June 21: Grand Opening.
Sunday, July 20: Show closes
Thursday, July 24. Tent is removed and the beach is restored.

  Carvers are offered 2 comp days in Jesolo after sculpting ends on June 17.
  That is, June 18 & 19 are free days if you want for the artists if they want them.

I am hiring 18 international master sand sculptors to be on my crew for this project. If artists are crossing over from this event to other events in Europe or abroad, or if they have articulated tickets otherwise, my producer will be sharing travel costs with those other event organizers, or paying the respective artists their travel expenses based on a prorated format.

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CONFIRMED FIELD ENGINEERS/AND CARVERS
(Involvement required from May 25 through at least June 17):
John Gowdy
Mark Anderson
Brad Goll
DIRECTOR: Rich Varano

CARVERS ONLY:
(All carvers are required to be in Jesolo from June 07 through at least June 17 the two comp days after carving ends, are optional for all crew members.)
CONFIRMED:
Pavel Zadanuk.
Alexey Dyakov
Vladimir Kuraev
Lars Borst
Karen Fralich
Damon Farmer
Baldrick Buckle
Ilya Shanin
Katsuhiku Chaen
Marjon Katerberg
Sussane Russler
JOOHeng Tan
Kevin Crawford
Helena Bangert