Hi there, Your steering committee had a meeting last week,( I did invite you all), and we came up with a schedule for the next few months, so here is an update on things to come.

Our December meeting is moved ahead one week because it would have been the day after the Christmas party  on the 10th and we thought it may have been a bit hard to get to a meeting after a night of merry making. So our next meeting will be on Sunday December 4th.We will be making a really neat candle holder that you can show off at the party. You will be getting another reminder before the meeting, however make a note that there will be NO meeting on December 11th.

We have made a good start on the angel project which needs to be completed for the Christmas party. In order to get this finished we are having a work party on Wednesday, November 30th, that’s next week! So if you can, come and join us at Andy’s shop after 5:00 pm, so we can get this job done.

The Christmas party is coming up on Saturday December 10th at the Amherst museum, at 6:00 pm. We have arranged for musical entertainment as well as some of our more talented members who will doing their own “thing” for our enjoyment. If you feel you have a talent you would like to share with us, bring it along. I must shamefully admit that I forgot in earlier notices to say that there will be a $10 per couple charge for the party, to offset the cost of the museum and entertainment. There is no extra charge for young children. If you have a neat candle holder complete with candle to decorate your table, please bring it along. We are also going to try and have a short Petchakutcha show. For those who are not familiar with this I will explain. Each person who enters, brings 10 digital picture slides on any topic of their own choice and they get 3, yes only three, minutes to talk about them. If you feel up to this challenge give Bob Corneck a call 741-4311 before December 7th and he will explain what we need. This is not a competition. We should have a terrific evening.

January 8th 2012. This is a regular meeting at Andy’s shop. We are planning to do some basic blacksmithing over the next few months, so we are going to do some drawing out and cross peining at this meeting and will aim to make some leaves and a fire shovel.

February 12th, Making and heat treating chisels and punches. Hopefully we will have time to cut out and decorate a shamrock.

March 11th, Forge welding, making a flux spoon the Mark Asperey way.

April 15th, Making tongs and doing the “drop tongs” weld.

May 6th, Mothers Day falls on our regular meeting day, so we will hold the meeting a week earlier so as not to get Mothers upset with us. Punch, slit and drift. We will be making a trammel and explaining pass through’s.

June 10th. Scroll work. We will be making a frame and making and fitting a scroll into it. This will probably extend into the July meeting.

As always you will get advanced notices of the meetings.

Well that should keep us busy for the new year. I look forward to seeing you at the upcoming meetings and the Christmas party, I hope you  and your families enjoy a happy and safe holiday and a wonderful New Year. Peter.