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We will be hosting a Youth Turning Symposium at Pinkerton Academy in Derry, NH on Friday, May 12th. This will be an extension of the New England Turning Symposium on Saturday, May 13th. The youth program will begin about 8:00 am and end about 3:00. There will be 5 one-hour presentations with three presentations to choose from at any time. The presenters will be Beth Ireland, Dustin Coates, Alan Lacer and Bob Rosand. The Youth Symposium is free to "students". We will even provide pizza and soda for lunch when some of my students will demonstrate.
I suspect that it will be difficult for teachers to get a professional day and for schools to make transportation arrangements. Therefore, I am hoping that the New England AAW Chapters can help out. If your members know of young turners they could offer to bring them to this event. Yes, your members could attend the presentations (for free). AAW members could also share the information with local teachers and encourage them to contact me so I can add them to the email list. We can handle about 100 students at this event. Although I don't want to branch out too much, I want to mention that this event might also be of interest to students in art/sculpture or pottery classes. Heck, if AAW members have children or grandchildren they could bring them.
We have designed a program especially for youth and brought in presenters that are very good with this audience. It should be an exciting day. Please contact me if you want to be on the email notification list.
Jack GrubeCopyright © 2006 Guild of New Hampshire Woodworkers