florida symposium

[Charlie Knighton]

i tried to send email to Florida Woodtuning Symposium:

For further information contact:
FWSRegistrar@thinkregistration.com

it was sent back with could not deliver message

is there an alternate email address for questions about Florida Woodturning Symposium

 

[sweetagony]

Hello Charlie,
I am the registrar for the symposium, if you need to contact me you can at jim@thepensmith.com,

 

[hockenbery]

This was just sent to the Florida clubs.
out of staters are welcome too.

Dear Woodturning Club Leaders:

Please consider sending the reminder below to your membership. Thank you!

9th Annual Florida Woodturning Symposium
Lake Yale, FL (just north of Eustis)
January 15 -17, 2010
www.floridawoodturningsymposium.com

Please consider attending the 9th Annual Florida Woodturning Symposium. Each
year, 150 to 200 woodturners flock to this event. There are:
· hands-on workshops
· demonstrations by professional woodturners
· a gallery of turnings brought by the attendees and demonstrators
· an exhibit full of equipment and wood vendors
· an auction of many tools, turnings and wood

Hands-on workshops are available on Friday. Each ½ day workshop will be
available twice with one session in the morning and another in the
afternoon. The maximum number of workshop students is limited to about 5 or
6 per class, per session. The Hands-On Workshops are as follows:

“Turning Natural Edge Bowls “ Instructor: Dave Barriger
“Rotary Power Carving Techniques for Embellishment” Instructor: Dixie Biggs
“Relief Carving and Embellishment” Instructor: Tony Cortese
“Sharpening Skills for Woodturners” Instructor: Don Geiger
“Turning Reverse Stacked Ring Bowls” Instructor: Steve Marlow

Saturday and Sunday demonstrations on numerous subjects will be presented
by:

Dale Nish
Nick Cook
Michael Mocho
Alan Leland
Al Hockenbery
Rudy Lopez
Paul Pouliot
Larry Hasaik

The attendance fees are:
$125 for the Saturday and Sunday demonstrations, gallery, exhibit and
auction
$55/session for the Friday hands-on workshops.
$10/day for non-registered people to get into the instant gallery and vendor
areas.
There are motel type rooms and RV sites available on-site and a cafeteria.
See the web site for a full description and costs for the events, workshops
and accommodations, etc.

Please visit the website www.floridawoodturningsymposium.com for more
details. We hope to see you there!

 

[Rick M]

This was just sent to the Florida clubs.
out of staters are welcome too. . .

Whew, thank goodness! My wife and I were already registered .

 

[Charlie Knighton]

circus

Rick & wife,

the circus will be in orlando the 14th, been a bit since i saw one

i am not sure if the florida woodturning clubs will have a display booth at the circus

 

[Rick M]

For anyone else like me who's never been to the Lake Yale Baptist Conference Center, I found a pdf format map of the Conference Area that gives a good visual reference to the Symposium's relevant buildings (Maguire Educational Center, Magnolia Dining Room) and commuter parking on site. BTW, note that North is to the left.

The LYBCC forms page has other maps and info, if interested.

 

[Rick M]

Rick & wife,

the circus will be in orlando the 14th, been a bit since i saw one

i am not sure if the florida woodturning clubs will have a display booth at the circus

Kinda doubtful, I'd imagine. Hard to think of anything worse than a clown behind a lathe .

 

[hockenbery]

Rick,

You may think you have seen a few clowns behind the lathe when it is all done.

safety is job 1, teaching & sharing is job 2
Then it is have fun.

Anyone visiting ORLANDO i Suggest you check out Big tree park
http://www.visitseminole.com/guide/parks/park1.asp

The big tree, a bald Cypress, is thought to be 3500 years old and is 47 feet in diameter.

All the big cypress were turned into shingles by the 60s.

see you at Lake Yale

 

[Rick M]

I just wanted to say (especially to anyone involved putting it together) that my wife and I thoroughly enjoyed the symposium, gallery, absolutely awesome demonstrators, the exchanges with other attendees, and overall activities of the event. The work involved putting it together must be staggering, but I can assure you it's greatly appreciated.

Although the organizers are probably still recovering and eager to get back to their normal activities, a few thoughts came to mind on the drive back home. I missed grabbing one of those evaluation forms, but if one were to be made available on the symposium web site, I'd be glad to fill it out. The updated bios on the (final set of) demonstrators as displayed on the stage would be another good web site addition. Otherwise, especially from our conversations with other attendees, I think the biggest suggestion for next time would be to move the lathes 2-3 feet back so the viewing angle doesn't leave as many attendees at extreme angles off the ends of the lathe. The shoe-box proportioned rooms don't offer a lot of flexibility, but I think the demonstrators would manage just fine with a little less space behind them.

Anyway, kudos to everyone involved. This symposium may well become one of those "can't miss" events on our annual calendar. It's certainly one we'll be recommending to others.

 

[Charlie Knighton]

an enjoyable experience

 

[Charlie Knighton]

a couple more

 

[Timothy Rowe]

heckler

Oh I can't wait to heckle you Al during your demo's in lake yale