Classes and non-camp events - March - May
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March 2, 2013 - War of 1812 Bicentennial Symposium, Sheraton
Hamilton Hotel, 116 King Street West, Hamilton, Ontario. Featuring keynote
speakers Andrew Lambert, professor of naval history, King’s College
London, London, England, and Don Hickey, professor of hHistory, Wayne
State College, Wayne, Neb.
March 9, 2013 - Beginning Spinning, Conner Prairie, 13400 Allisonville
Road, Fishers, Ind., info@connerprairie.org, 317-776-6006, 800-966-1836,
www.connerprairie.org. 1-5 p.m. Learn spinning methods which have been
used since the pharaohs' time to modern day. This introductory hands-on
experience will show you the steps of working wool into usable yarn.
Washing, carding, drop spindling and treadle wheel spinning will all be
covered. Ages 14 and older. Advanced registration required. Fee $95, or
$90 for members.
March 14-28, 2013 (Thursdays) - Beginning Knitting, Conner Prairie,
13400 Allisonville Road, Fishers, Ind., info@connerprairie.org, 317-776-
6006, 800-966-1836, www.connerprairie.org. 6-8 p.m. Basic class for the
beginner who has never picked up a needle. A dishcloth will be completed.
Ages 16 and older. Advanced registration required. Fee $115, or $105 for
members.
March 16, 2013 - Make a Hunting Pouch with Maryellen Pratt, Log
Cabin Shop, 8010 Lafayette Road, Lodi, Ohio, 330-948-1082,
logcabin@logcabinshop.com, www.logcabinshop.com. 10 a.m.-3 p.m.
Students will design and create their own period-correct hunting pouch.
The finished project will be approx. 7" x 7" in size and may have gusset,
lining or pocket depending on your ability. The project then will be aged.
Advanced registration required. Fee $65.
March 16, 2013 - Historic Arts Workshop: Baskets with Helen Efaw,
Pricketts Fort Memorial Foundation, Prickett's Fort State Park, Fairmont, W.
Va., www.prickettsfort.org, 304-363-3030. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Learn to make a
gardener's/weaver's basket. Beginner through advanced beginner. Provide
your own brown bag lunch. Advanced registration required. Fee $85 or $75
for members.
March 16, 2013 - Soldier's Fare: Foodways During the American War
for Independence, 9 a.m.-7 p.m., Historic Foodways Symposium, Mrs.
Boice's Historie Academie, Fort Miflin, Philadelphia, Pa. Register at www.
boicehistorieacademie.com.
March 16-17, 2013 - Historic Arts Workshop: Spinning with Judy
Wilson, Pricketts Fort Memorial Foundation, Prickett's Fort State Park,
Fairmont, W.Va., www.prickettsfort.org, 304-363-3030. 9-11 a.m. Saturday
and Sunday. Learn to use a hand spindle in this two half-day workshop.
Students will learn fiber preparation (washing, picking and carding), how to
choose fibers and tools and how to ply yarn. Open to ages 10 and older.
Workshop fee includes a hand spindle to take home. Advanced
registration required. Fee $45 or $40 for members.
March 16-17, 2013 - Historic Arts Workshop: Tatting with Kimberlee
Miller, Pricketts Fort Memorial Foundation, Prickett's Fort State Park,
Fairmont, W.Va., www.prickettsfort.org, 304-363-3030. 10 a.m.-1 p.m.
Saturday, 1-4 p.m. Sunday. Tatting is an 18th-century form of lacemaking
that originated in Europe. Open to anyone who wants to get started or build
their skills. Advanced registration required. Fee $85 or $75 for members.
March 23, 2013 - Forge Welding, Conner Prairie, 13400 Allisonville Road,
Fishers, Ind., info@connerprairie.org, 317-776-6006, 800-966-1836, www.
connerprairie.org. 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Basics of forge welding in a coal forge
will be covered. Fire control and fluxes, chain link welding, bunch welding
and lap welding. Previous blacksmithing experience preferred. All tools and
materials provided. Ages 16 and older. Advanced registration required.
Fee $130, or $120 for members.
April 13 - Hearthside Cooking Class, Fort Meigs, 29100 W. River Road,
Perrysburg, Ohio. Contact 419-874-4121, 800-283-8916, info@fortmeigs.
org, www.fortmeigs.org. Experience life in an 1812 kitchen. Learn how to
cook on a hearth with period kitchen tools. Participants will help prepare
period recipes and eat lunch. Pre-registration required. Fee $30 per
person, $25 for OHS members.
April 13 - Blacksmithing 101, Fort Meigs, 29100 W. River Road,
Perrysburg, Ohio. Contact 419-874-4121, 800-283-8916, info@fortmeigs.
org, www.fortmeigs.org. Beginner blacksmithing workshop. Discover what it
takes to shape iron using hammer and anvil on a period travelling forge
and take home a creation. Pre-registration required. Fee $45 per person,
$40 for OHS members.
April 20, 2013 - Beginning Knitting for Youth and Teens, Conner
Prairie, 13400 Allisonville Road, Fishers, Ind., info@connerprairie.org, 317-
776-6006, 800-966-1836, www.connerprairie.org. 1-3 p.m. Make a pair of
texting gloves (muffatees in 1836). Learn the basic knit stitch, how to cast
on, bind off and sew up the seam. A basic knitting kit and yarn will be
provided. Ages 10-18. Advanced registration required. Fee $95, or $90 for
members.
April 30-May 5, 2013 - Quilt Show & Workshops, Sauder Village,
Archbold, Ohio, info@saudervillage.org, 800-590-9755, www.saudervillage.
com. 10 a.m.-5 p.m., except 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday. More than 400 quilts
on full-length display. Throuughout the week guests will have an
opportunity to meet and learn from guest artist Kim Diehl.
May 6-10, 2013 - Engraving Firearms Class by master engraver John
Schippers, Friendship, Ind. Contact Leslie Martin Conwell,
nmlraevents@seidata.com, 812-667-5131, www.nmlra.org. Sponsored by
the National Muzzle Loading Rifle Association in Education Building. Fee
$500 for NMLRA members, $525 for non-members. Own tools required.
May 17-19 - Drums at the Rapids, Fort Meigs, 29100 W. River Road,
Perrysburg, Ohio. Contact 419-874-4121, 800-283-8916, info@fortmeigs.
org, www.fortmeigs.org. Co-sponsored by the Historical Miniatures Gaming
Society, Great Lakes Chapter. Fight battles on a small scale in the visitor
center during a miniature war-gaming event. Many time periods will be
represented from Roman wars to WWII. Admission to participate is $12 per
day or $18 for both days, which includes admission to the site. Public
admission $8 adults, $7 seniors, $4 students, ages 5 and younger free.
Open 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, noon-5 p.m. Sunday.
May 25, 2013 - Frontier Skills Workshop, Conner Prairie, 13400
Allisonville Road, Fishers, Ind., info@connerprairie.org, 317-776-6006, 800-
966-1836, www.connerprairie.org. 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Experience skills
common to the fur trappers, hunters and pioneers of the early 19th
century. Hands-on activities such as loading and firing a flintlock rifle,
setting traps and snares, fishing with a hand line, building primitive shelters
and starting a fire with flint and steel. Live for a day like a frontiersman.
Participants will get a flint and steel kit, lunch and lots of knowledge. Ages
13 and older. Advanced registration required. Fee $135, or $125 for
members.
May 27 - Memorial Day Commemoration, Fort Meigs, 29100 W. River
Road, Perrysburg, Ohio. Contact 419-874-4121, 800-283-8916,
info@fortmeigs.org, www.fortmeigs.org. Wreath-laying ceremony at 2 p.m.
at the Fort Meigs Monument and wreath-laying and musket salute at the
Pennsylvania Monument. Public admission $8 adults, $7 seniors, $4
students, ages 5 and younger free. Open 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, noon-
5 p.m. Sunday.
Hamilton Hotel, 116 King Street West, Hamilton, Ontario. Featuring keynote
speakers Andrew Lambert, professor of naval history, King’s College
London, London, England, and Don Hickey, professor of hHistory, Wayne
State College, Wayne, Neb.
March 9, 2013 - Beginning Spinning, Conner Prairie, 13400 Allisonville
Road, Fishers, Ind., info@connerprairie.org, 317-776-6006, 800-966-1836,
www.connerprairie.org. 1-5 p.m. Learn spinning methods which have been
used since the pharaohs' time to modern day. This introductory hands-on
experience will show you the steps of working wool into usable yarn.
Washing, carding, drop spindling and treadle wheel spinning will all be
covered. Ages 14 and older. Advanced registration required. Fee $95, or
$90 for members.
March 14-28, 2013 (Thursdays) - Beginning Knitting, Conner Prairie,
13400 Allisonville Road, Fishers, Ind., info@connerprairie.org, 317-776-
6006, 800-966-1836, www.connerprairie.org. 6-8 p.m. Basic class for the
beginner who has never picked up a needle. A dishcloth will be completed.
Ages 16 and older. Advanced registration required. Fee $115, or $105 for
members.
March 16, 2013 - Make a Hunting Pouch with Maryellen Pratt, Log
Cabin Shop, 8010 Lafayette Road, Lodi, Ohio, 330-948-1082,
logcabin@logcabinshop.com, www.logcabinshop.com. 10 a.m.-3 p.m.
Students will design and create their own period-correct hunting pouch.
The finished project will be approx. 7" x 7" in size and may have gusset,
lining or pocket depending on your ability. The project then will be aged.
Advanced registration required. Fee $65.
March 16, 2013 - Historic Arts Workshop: Baskets with Helen Efaw,
Pricketts Fort Memorial Foundation, Prickett's Fort State Park, Fairmont, W.
Va., www.prickettsfort.org, 304-363-3030. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Learn to make a
gardener's/weaver's basket. Beginner through advanced beginner. Provide
your own brown bag lunch. Advanced registration required. Fee $85 or $75
for members.
March 16, 2013 - Soldier's Fare: Foodways During the American War
for Independence, 9 a.m.-7 p.m., Historic Foodways Symposium, Mrs.
Boice's Historie Academie, Fort Miflin, Philadelphia, Pa. Register at www.
boicehistorieacademie.com.
March 16-17, 2013 - Historic Arts Workshop: Spinning with Judy
Wilson, Pricketts Fort Memorial Foundation, Prickett's Fort State Park,
Fairmont, W.Va., www.prickettsfort.org, 304-363-3030. 9-11 a.m. Saturday
and Sunday. Learn to use a hand spindle in this two half-day workshop.
Students will learn fiber preparation (washing, picking and carding), how to
choose fibers and tools and how to ply yarn. Open to ages 10 and older.
Workshop fee includes a hand spindle to take home. Advanced
registration required. Fee $45 or $40 for members.
March 16-17, 2013 - Historic Arts Workshop: Tatting with Kimberlee
Miller, Pricketts Fort Memorial Foundation, Prickett's Fort State Park,
Fairmont, W.Va., www.prickettsfort.org, 304-363-3030. 10 a.m.-1 p.m.
Saturday, 1-4 p.m. Sunday. Tatting is an 18th-century form of lacemaking
that originated in Europe. Open to anyone who wants to get started or build
their skills. Advanced registration required. Fee $85 or $75 for members.
March 23, 2013 - Forge Welding, Conner Prairie, 13400 Allisonville Road,
Fishers, Ind., info@connerprairie.org, 317-776-6006, 800-966-1836, www.
connerprairie.org. 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Basics of forge welding in a coal forge
will be covered. Fire control and fluxes, chain link welding, bunch welding
and lap welding. Previous blacksmithing experience preferred. All tools and
materials provided. Ages 16 and older. Advanced registration required.
Fee $130, or $120 for members.
April 13 - Hearthside Cooking Class, Fort Meigs, 29100 W. River Road,
Perrysburg, Ohio. Contact 419-874-4121, 800-283-8916, info@fortmeigs.
org, www.fortmeigs.org. Experience life in an 1812 kitchen. Learn how to
cook on a hearth with period kitchen tools. Participants will help prepare
period recipes and eat lunch. Pre-registration required. Fee $30 per
person, $25 for OHS members.
April 13 - Blacksmithing 101, Fort Meigs, 29100 W. River Road,
Perrysburg, Ohio. Contact 419-874-4121, 800-283-8916, info@fortmeigs.
org, www.fortmeigs.org. Beginner blacksmithing workshop. Discover what it
takes to shape iron using hammer and anvil on a period travelling forge
and take home a creation. Pre-registration required. Fee $45 per person,
$40 for OHS members.
April 20, 2013 - Beginning Knitting for Youth and Teens, Conner
Prairie, 13400 Allisonville Road, Fishers, Ind., info@connerprairie.org, 317-
776-6006, 800-966-1836, www.connerprairie.org. 1-3 p.m. Make a pair of
texting gloves (muffatees in 1836). Learn the basic knit stitch, how to cast
on, bind off and sew up the seam. A basic knitting kit and yarn will be
provided. Ages 10-18. Advanced registration required. Fee $95, or $90 for
members.
April 30-May 5, 2013 - Quilt Show & Workshops, Sauder Village,
Archbold, Ohio, info@saudervillage.org, 800-590-9755, www.saudervillage.
com. 10 a.m.-5 p.m., except 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday. More than 400 quilts
on full-length display. Throuughout the week guests will have an
opportunity to meet and learn from guest artist Kim Diehl.
May 6-10, 2013 - Engraving Firearms Class by master engraver John
Schippers, Friendship, Ind. Contact Leslie Martin Conwell,
nmlraevents@seidata.com, 812-667-5131, www.nmlra.org. Sponsored by
the National Muzzle Loading Rifle Association in Education Building. Fee
$500 for NMLRA members, $525 for non-members. Own tools required.
May 17-19 - Drums at the Rapids, Fort Meigs, 29100 W. River Road,
Perrysburg, Ohio. Contact 419-874-4121, 800-283-8916, info@fortmeigs.
org, www.fortmeigs.org. Co-sponsored by the Historical Miniatures Gaming
Society, Great Lakes Chapter. Fight battles on a small scale in the visitor
center during a miniature war-gaming event. Many time periods will be
represented from Roman wars to WWII. Admission to participate is $12 per
day or $18 for both days, which includes admission to the site. Public
admission $8 adults, $7 seniors, $4 students, ages 5 and younger free.
Open 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, noon-5 p.m. Sunday.
May 25, 2013 - Frontier Skills Workshop, Conner Prairie, 13400
Allisonville Road, Fishers, Ind., info@connerprairie.org, 317-776-6006, 800-
966-1836, www.connerprairie.org. 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Experience skills
common to the fur trappers, hunters and pioneers of the early 19th
century. Hands-on activities such as loading and firing a flintlock rifle,
setting traps and snares, fishing with a hand line, building primitive shelters
and starting a fire with flint and steel. Live for a day like a frontiersman.
Participants will get a flint and steel kit, lunch and lots of knowledge. Ages
13 and older. Advanced registration required. Fee $135, or $125 for
members.
May 27 - Memorial Day Commemoration, Fort Meigs, 29100 W. River
Road, Perrysburg, Ohio. Contact 419-874-4121, 800-283-8916,
info@fortmeigs.org, www.fortmeigs.org. Wreath-laying ceremony at 2 p.m.
at the Fort Meigs Monument and wreath-laying and musket salute at the
Pennsylvania Monument. Public admission $8 adults, $7 seniors, $4
students, ages 5 and younger free. Open 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, noon-
5 p.m. Sunday.
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