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Just like it was in my stock car driving days where the last race of the year marked not only the end of the season, and gave us a chance to breathe for a week or so, the last regular class of the year was last week here at the Folk School, and now I [...]
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The blacksmithing program is one of the most popular at the John C. Campbell Folk School. With the New Forge Building underway, many people are working hard to raise funds for the new studio. The first Saturday in November, the day of the annual Blacksmith auction, was dedicated to the cause.
Whether bidding or not, Tim Ryan’s jokes were entertainment enough. The [...]
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One of my favorite weekends of the year, along with Fall Festival, is the first weekend of November. On the first Saturday each Nov. The Folk School has the annual Blacksmith’s Auction, and the blacksmith shop hosts the annual blacksmiths meeting. This meeting is well attended, and is a chapter event for the Appalachian Area [...]
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I just got back from a great long weekend in Troy, Ohio where I attended my favorite blacksmithing conference of all of them, the Quad-State Round-up. The conference is held late in September every year at the fairgrounds there, and it draws a lot of people. Among them are a bunch of the Folk School’s instructors, [...]
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This clever video by Forrest Oliphant shows the week-long process of putting up the frame of the new blacksmith shop, and is a request for donations to help us complete the project. For more information about how you can help us complete the new shop, contact me at 1-800-365-5724 or 828-837-2775.
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