Tina Scheer and her Maine-based group of performing lumberjacks usually wield their chain saws and axes to wow a crowd and fell a tree or two.
On Sunday night, they will be seen using the tools of their unique trade to demolish a house — for a worthy cause — on the ABC reality TV show “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.”
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Scheer, who lives in Ellsworth and owns an attraction called the Great Maine Lumberjack Show in Trenton, was contacted by “Extreme Makeover” producers in October and was asked to help with a demolition and rebuilding project near Louisville, Ky.
The episode will air at 8 p.m. Sunday on WMTW (Channel 8), Portland’s ABC affiliate.
If you miss it, you will be able to see it online beginning Monday at the TV show’s website (abc.go.com/shows/extreme-makeover-home-edition).
The new home featured on the show was built for the Lampe family. They have a daughter with Down syndrome and teach wrestling to youngsters.
The family’s tree service business had been struggling, due in part to on-the-job injuries. In keeping with the themes of the family’s life, ABC brought in wrestlers and lumberjacks to help with the project.
Scheer and seven of her lumberjacks and “lumberjills” went to join the large volunteer crew for the filming in late October.
“They rented us a 12-person van, and we drove overnight to be a part of it,” Scheer said. “It was pretty cool.”
Scheer said she and her crew were involved in the demolition of the Lampes’ house, and did a few lumberjack tricks.
“At one point they had my lumberjills throwing axes at a door,” said Scheer, 50.
She has run her lumberjack show near Bar Harbor for 16 years, usually Memorial Day to Columbus Day.
“We had a good time sawing that house apart,” she said.
Besides Scheer and her crew, the volunteers on the episode included Gabe Rygaard of the History Channel show “Ax Men” and the veteran wrestler Dan Gable.
“Extreme Makeover” picks a family in need of, and deserving of, a new start, then sends a team of designers, volunteers and builders to construct a new home suited to their specific needs.
Scheer said she didn’t meet the Lampe family, but was glad to lend a hand.
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