[TheForge] Casual events

[Richard Maynard]

We do that all the time in the UK - and call it a "forge-in"

BABA Sometimes organises, or just promotes. I think there are some listed 
now on our website. Go to www.baba.org.uk to see how we run things over 
here.


 Hoping to attend an ABANA meet one day,

 Rich M.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeffrey Polaski" <jeff.polaski at rgs.uci.edu>
To: <artgawk at thegrid.net>; "Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, March 19, 2007 5:29 PM
Subject: RE: [TheForge] Casual events


Well, I haven't made it to Vista yet, but I'd like to this year.
Nettfest is a lot of fun, and that's the kind of thing I was thinking
of... I've heard that the CBA Octoberfest is like that, too.

There aren't too many blacksmith get-togethers around here, and it would
be nice to add one more. I guess I was thinking that instead of a
"formal event" it would be nice to Invite some smiths to meet up
somewhere and just get together and smash some metal. Maybe invite some
SCA metalworkers, too. I don't know how realistic this plan is, but I'll
find out!

There are a couple of campgrounds along the Ortega Highway that might
work well... Either near Lake Elsinore or in the mountains behind
Hemmit. That looks to be fairly central for Southern Ca. I talked to one
of the CBA board members about it and got some suggestions for other
places, too.



Jeff Polaski

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Peter Fels And
Phoebe Palmer
Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2007 12:02 AM
To: Sponsored by ABANA
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Casual events

Jeff:
How bout Netfest? Or the CBA conferences when they are held at
Vista/ They seem pretty laid back. I liked camping in the weeds
next to that big old stationary steam engine last time.

Jeffrey Polaski wrote:
> As far as the SCA-type event goes, it would be easy enough to start...
> why don't we just agree to meet up at a campground? Most people have
> basic camping equipment, so I don't think the campground would limit
too
> many people. The only difficult part would be finding a campground
that
> would allow the fire and noise... it might be necessary to reserve an
> area that's a little removed from the main campground.
>
> Having it as a very casual thing would let it start it off small, and
> grow it if there's interest. If there's no real interest, then it's
not
> a big deal...
>
> I'm sure most people wouldn't be able to drive too far, so having
> regional "hammer camps" would work better. I'll volunteer to
coordinate
> one for Southern California... Is any one is interested?
>
>
>
> Jeff Polaski
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of ries
> Sent: Friday, March 16, 2007 7:34 AM
> To: artgawk at thegrid.net; Sponsored by ABANA
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] Sacred cows are better eaten than catered to.
>
>
> On Mar 15, 2007, at 11:37 PM, Peter Fels And Phoebe Palmer wrote:
>
> . A conf more after the SCA model or, better, Burning Man, would be
> just fine with me....pete f
>
>
> Now youre talking!
> Burning Man, Yeah!
> Lots of Scantily Clad young people, free booze and other
> entertainments, things blowing up and burning, and no capitalism!
>
> Well, except for the multi-million dollar budget. Burning Man is the
> largest funder of the arts in California, and California is the 5th
> largest economy in the world. They spend several million on grants
> for sculptures that will either be burned, or just shown, or driven,
> for that few days each year.
>
> Maybe we should just piggyback on Burning Man. We can have the fat
> white guy in overalls camp.
> Personally, I have always thought of dressing up like a blacksmith as

> just another form of drag.
>
>
> Ries Niemi
> Industrial Artist
> http://www.riesniemi.com/
>
>
>
>
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