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Schedule July 14-16, 2023

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Friday

 

Registration

Register at The Finnish Center

Meet and greet and registration! 

1pm-7 pm

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Friday Night

 Social Time!

Meet us at the 

Brewery!

https://www.wachusettbrewingcompany.com/

Nothing fancy planned, just a chance to socialize and wind down from your trip!

 

 

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 Saturday

 

9:30 AM

 

Introduction:

Sue Muldoon

Rhonda Voos 

Chris Pera

Meet our Hosts!

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Saturday 

10:00 AM

Pat Perkins :

Greenwood Windsor Chairmaking

Pat will demonstrate how he creates beautiful Windsor chairs

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 Saturday

 

11:30 AM

 

Chris Pera:

Chris, our resident of Gardner MA will present a talk on the history (and especially chairmaking) of the furniture industry in and around Gardner, MA

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Saturday 

1:00 PM

Rhonda Voos

Hitchcock Chairs

Learn more about repairing Hitchcock chairs. The original factory was in

Riverton, CT 

Now located in Winstead, CT

 

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 Saturday

 

2:00 PM

 

Jen Cardwell:

Jen will demonstrate wicker restoration.

Heywood Wakefield had a wicker factory in Gardner, MA

 

Saturday 

3:00 PM

Lynn Phillips-Nulicek

Lynn will demonstrate weaving techniques on a Keene Porch Rocker.

New Hampshire was prolific in manufacturing porch rockers.

 

 

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Saturday

 

4:00

 

Wayne Sharp:

Fancy Patterns

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Saturday Evening

New England Style BBQ Dinner

After dinner enjoy the Revontulet Dancers! A Finnish Folk Dance group

 

 

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Sunday

 

10:00 AM

 

Annual Meeting

Vote in new members, learn about the Guild

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Sunday

11:00 AM

Tips and Tricks

Bring your favorite ideas to save time, different tools, anything about seatweaving or the business of it!

 

 

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Sunday

 

Noon-4

 

Seating Exhibit

By the "Giant Chair" Gardner, MA

"Preserving & perpetuating the craft of chair caning and seat weaving!"
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