[crw-talk] Folk Fest at Hixon House

[James Bloomer]

https://www.news8000.com/folk-life-la-crosse-celebrates-traditional-skills/

On Mon, Jul 18, 2022, 12:27 Mwt <griff at mwt.net> wrote:

> Hello members,
> Yesterday our club demonstrated at the Hixon House Folk Fest in La
> Crosse.  Thanks go to Duane for helping move the lathes, he has a
> low-to-the-ground trailer that works well for the task.  Dan Check, James
> Bloomer, Kris Clough and Aaron Gesicki turned and discussed how it is done
> to the visitors to our area.  Kris did the organizing and worked with the
> Historical Society to make it happen.  Julie Bloomer spoke with many
> visitors about her wonderful resin pens and how she casts the blanks. Dan
> and Myself talked with folks about the creation of the wooden pieces. I
> invited interested people to attend a meeting, so if we are lucky we will
> have some visitors at our inaugural meeting at Luther in August. A few
> items were sold and 25% of the take will go to the club.
> Lastly but far from the least, Aaron gave a long interview to a Channel 8
> reporter which was scheduled for broadcast at the six and ten PM newscasts
> last night. Sadly, I promptly ate and took a nap after I got home so I
> missed it. So Aaron, maybe that was your 15 minutes of fame, edited down to
> a minute or two on the broadcast perhaps.
> So CRW was well represented yesterday.  Thanks to all who made it happen.
> John.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
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