| January |
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Date |
Event |
Description |
Location |
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January 4 |
Regular Shop Meeting |
Finish Sign Bracket; Demonstrator Phil Heath. |
Gulf Branch Nature Center |
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January 18 |
Regular Shop Meeting |
Basic Forging for Demonstrations-Drawing Out |
Gulf Branch Forge |
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| February |
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Date |
Event |
Description |
Location |
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February 1 |
Regular Shop Meeting |
Basic Forging for Demonstrations-Bending and Twisting |
Gulf Branch Forge |
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February 15 |
Regular Shop Meeting |
Basic Forging for Demonstrations-Upsetting and Cutting. |
Gulf Branch Forge |
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February 23 |
Dan Boone's Pasture Party |
RSVP before Feb. 15, 540-967-3267 |
381 Parrish Road, Louisa, Va. |
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February 29 |
Board Meeting |
Assemble at 7 P.M. |
Gulf Branch Nature Center |
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| March 2008 |
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Date |
Event |
Description |
Location |
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March 7 |
Regular shop meeting. |
Twists demonstrated by George Anderton. |
7:30 P.M. in the Gulf Branch nature Center. |
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March 10 |
Patina Antique Tool Sales & Auction |
www.patinatools.org |
Damascus, Md. |
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March 21 |
Video Night |
No Shop Meeting |
Gulf Branch Nature Center |
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March 28-30 |
Little Giant Rebuilding Workshop. |
Registration required, $95.e-mail to Sid@littlegianthammer.com for details. |
At the Little Giant shop in Nebraska City, Neb. |
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March 29-30 |
Joint Meeting at Furnace Town |
Contact Mark Williams at 410-632-0914.
Demonstrator: Jonathan Nedbor. |
Cancelled due to too few registrants. |
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| April 2008 |
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Date |
Event |
Description |
Location |
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April 18-20 |
Spring Fling 2008 |
Check the Blog for updates. Registrations forms available HERE. |
Ruritan Fairgrounds in Berryville, Va.
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| May 2008 |
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Date |
Event |
Description |
Location |
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May 2 |
Regular shop meeting. |
Forging with charcoal. |
Gulf Branch Nature Center Shop.
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May 3-4 |
Annual Spring Conference of Appalachian Blacksmiths Association |
Contact Dave Allen, anvilwork@aol.com, 304-624-7248. |
Cedar lake Park, Ripley, W.Va.
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May 10 |
Forged by Fire: Flora, Fauna and Fantasy in Wrought Iron. |
Tour of the National Cathedral exploring the work of Samuel Yellin led by Nol Putnam. |
National Cathedral, Washington, D.C..
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May 16 |
Regular shop meeting. |
Metallurgy talk by Mike Briskin. |
Gulf Branch Nature Center Shop.
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May 17-18 |
BGCM Blacksmith Days 2008 |
Demos: Randy McDaniel and Ken Schwarz. Register with Judy Heinekamp, 4202 Deer Park Road, Randallstown, Md. 21133, 410-922-1246. |
Carroll County Farm Museum, Westminster, Md.
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| June 2008 |
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Date |
Event |
Description |
Location |
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June 6 |
Regular shop meeting. |
Open Forge/Beginners' Competition. |
Gulf Branch Nature Center Shop.
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June 20 |
Regular shop meeting. |
Animal heads on hammers. |
Gulf Branch Nature Center Shop.
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June 25-29 |
Smithsonian Folk Life Festival. |
Bhutan: Land of the Thunder Dragon; NASA: Fifty Years and Beyond; Texas: A Celebration of Music, Food and Wine. |
On the National Mall in Washington, D.C. until July 8, 2008.
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| July 2008 |
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Date |
Event |
Description |
Location |
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july 12 |
Nature Center Open House |
Demonstrations by Guild members. |
Gulf branch Nature Center
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july 10-13 |
Tuckahoe Engine Steam Show |
Contact Dave Hutchison, 410-820-2041. |
Easton, Md.(More details later)
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July 18 |
Regular shop meeting. |
Threading/Hand machining techniques. |
Gulf Branch Nature Center Shop.
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july 25-27 |
Berryville Steam Show |
The Shenandoah Valley Steam and Gas Engine Association Show. |
Ruritan Fairgrounds in Berryville, Virginia.
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| August 2008 |
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Date |
Event |
Description |
Location |
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August 2-3 |
4-H Fair and Frying Pan Park Farm Show. |
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2709 West Ox Road, Herndon, Va. |
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The Blacksmiths' Guild of the Potomac, Inc.
Gulf Branch Nature Center
3608 North Military Road
Arlington, Va. 22207
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