[TheForge] Testing?

[Jerry Frost]

Welcome aboard Jim.

Somewhere I have the URL for a town that holds an 
annual art festival featuring a blacksmith competition, 
juried show and such. I don't know just where it is but 
will post it when I find it.

Frosty
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If it ain't forged
it ain't real.
Wrought iron is.
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Meadow Lakes, AK.

http://www.artmetalradio.com/

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "JAMES REVELLS" <sudnserv5 at verizon.net>
To: <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2007 8:46 AM
Subject: [TheForge] Testing?


> Hej!
>    Yes, this is a test.  While I have been receiving 
> the list for a couple of weeks, I have not been able 
> to post to it yet.  Once I am able to post to this 
> list I need to talk to y'all about doing a 
> Blacksmiths Festival here in southern Vermont.  I 
> have gotten approval from the local merchants group I 
> am a part of  to see if one can be set up for the 
> summer of 2008.  The desired time frame from the 
> Committee's point of view is lat June to late August. 
> So what time would be good for any of you interested? 
> I will be contacting ABANA & the local blacksmiths 
> groups here in New England later this week.
>
> Besides being a metalsmith, I am part of a group of 
> local merchants, called Celebrate the Valley 
> (http://www.celebrate-the-valley.com/), that is 
> trying to increase the number of visitors to our area 
> in southern Vermont which is known as the Deerfield 
> Valley or Mount Snow area.  The committee puts 
> together several different events each year, which 
> are used as fund raisers for local charities.One of 
> the suggestions I have made is to sponsor a 
> Blacksmiths Festival.   It is under consideration by 
> they committee, but I need more information on who 
> might be interested in being a part of it.  The event 
> would likely become an annual event if it proved to 
> be successful. We are about two hours from both New 
> York & Boston.  This is a seasonal tourist 
> destination in Vermont, so there are an abundance of 
> rooms available, we also have a couple of campgrounds 
> in the area.
>
>    My concept of the event is a festival ground of 
> smiths & related craftsmen/women demonstrating to the 
> public how items are made, with some notable smiths 
> giving classes to other smiths after the public is 
> gone, along with some sort of competition for the 
> smiths.  Something like a combination hammer in & 
> craft show dedicated to metalsmihing.   What I am 
> looking for is information on what smiths would want 
> to see in such an event & what has been successful in 
> getting the ironware buying public to show up to buy 
> stuff, so any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks for your assistance,
>
> Jim Revells
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>
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> Additional Hours by Appointment
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