The Sawdust Festival

The Sawdust Festival is a real art festival in Laguna Beach. This is the setting for Sylvia Snyder��s hilarious novel.</P><P>Here are only a few of the artists in <I>THE SAWDUST FESTIVAL</I>.</P><P>TERRENCE RUBEN who has made himself an art studio in one of Laguna��s numerous caves. He beachcombs and makes collages of driftabilia. He also makes ��Shmuck�� buttons and gives them out as a way of dealing with his angers.</P><P>ED HINKLE whose wife left him with five children. He is overwhelmed until he learns that the Laguna Ballet Company trains boys free. Ed makes chairs out of trees.</P><P>NATHAN MALACARO the high school philosophy teacher who is trying to pick up some extra cash by selling ceramic frogs.</P><P>MARVIN KELLY a handsome gay man who erects Ferris wheels etc. out of metal rods. His partner is JEROME WICKET who can never make up his mind about anything.</P><P>Three teens are up to no good and steal from Terrence and Ed. They hide the artworks on their family's yacht and send a ransom note to the artists. In a funny scene all the characters go to catch the thieves.</P><P>You will laugh all the way through.</P>