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Black Sheep Newsletter A magazine for shepherds and fiber enthusiasts |
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ESTES PARK WOOL MARKET will be held June 12-15 in Estes
Park, Colorado. The Wool Market continues with two exciting days of
exhibits, demonstrations, competitions and vendor booths. The event is
free and open to the public on Saturday, June 14th from 9 a.m. to 5
p.m. and Sunday, June 15th from 9am-4pm. Although admission is free,
there is a $3 parking fee. Workshop information and registration forms
are on-line. Wool Market booklets will be available in mid-February. If
you would like to be added to the mailing list, please email or call:
Events Department Phone: 970-586-6104 Email: your mailing address to events@estes.org Website: http://www.estesnet.com/Events/www.estesnet.com THE SHEEP IS LIFE CELEBRATION will be held at Greyhills Academy Campus in Tuba City, Arizona, Navajo Nation. There will be free public events on Friday and Saturday, June 20-21, 2008. Workshops will be held on Thursday, June 19, 2008. Organized by Diné be’ iiná, Inc. (The Navajo Lifeway), a non profit organization. This is the twelfth annual Sheep is Life Celebration honors the central role that sheep and fiber arts play in the philosophy and daily life of traditional and indigenous cultures throughout the world. Storytelling and sharing are the heart of the Celebration. Everyone is welcomed to bring fiber arts projects and stories to share. Sheep is Life celebrates sheep, wool, and weaving with workshops, a Navajo Rug Auction, an Awards Banquet, and free Sheep to Loom demonstrations on Thursday through Saturday, June 19-21, at Greyhills Academy Campus in Tuba City, Navajo Nation. Visit www.navajolifeway.org for a complete schedule Highlights of the celebration include: Eight workshops in Navajo fiber arts, Thursday, hands-on demonstrations, discussions, vendors, and more on Friday and Saturday, benefit Awards Dinner, Friday, 5pm, Navajo Sheep and Wool Show, Saturday, 9am-4pm and a Navajo Rug Auction, Saturday, 4pm. For more information, call 928-652-3247 or e-mail dbi@navajolifeway.org. DBI is a community-based, nonprofit organization founded in 1991 by Navajo shepherds and weavers. Sheep is Life is supported by the USDA Risk Management Agency and WESSTCorp. THE SECOND SHANIKO WOOL GATHERING will be held September 6-7 in Central Oregon. For more information contact: Judith Drew Phone: 541-548-4483 Or 541-633-6604 Website: www.shanikowoolgathering.com THE CALIFORNIA WOOL AND FIBER FESTIVAL will be held September 12-14 at the Mendocino County Fair in Boonville, California. For more information: Phone: 707-983-9147 Website: www.fiberfestival.com THE OREGON FLOCK AND FIBER FESTIVAL will be held September 27-28 at the Clackamas County Fairgrounds in Canby, Oregon. The featured handcraft will be knitting and the featured animal will be Pygora goats. For more information: Phone: 503-628-1205 Website: www.flockandfiberfestival.com 7th WORLD CONGRESS ON COLOURED SHEEP will be held September 4-9, 2009; Esteio—Gramado/Rio Grande do Sul/Brazil The state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, will host the 7th World Congress on Coloured Sheep during 4-9 September 2009. The last Congress took place at Christchurch, New Zealand, in 2004. The Brazilian Karakul Sheep Breeders Association, present at that Congress, succeeded in bringing this new edition to Brazil, supported by two other Brazilian Sheep Breeder Associations, the “Crioulos” and the Border Leicester. The opening of the 7th World Congress on Coloured Sheep will be very attractive as it will take place at the International Fair—“EXPOINTER 2009.” Held near the state capital, it is the biggest agribusiness show in the south of Brazil. Participants will have the opportunity to appreciate the best of sheep as well as other Brazilian livestock, genetics and farm machinery. At this event the participants may take part in the wool workshops and handcraft contests and partake in the woolen outfits fashion show. The Congress will continue at the states “hilly country” called “Serra Gaúcha,” in the touristy Gramado and Canela counties, where a farm day will take place and some farms will be visited. Workshops on the History of Sheep, Genetics and Preservation, Breeds, Animal Health and Production, Sheep Products (wool, fiber and skin), Marketing and Business and Handcraft techniques will be in the program. Tourism pre- and post-event also will be offered to the participants and also their companions. Rio Grande do Sul is the southernmost state of Brazil, having its own beautiful places. It borders the Brazilian state of Santa Catarina, famous for its beaches, and has international borders with Uruguay and Argentina. English will be the official language with simultaneous translation into Portuguese. For more information about the event contact the general Coordinator Eduardo Amato Bernhard at either of the following email addresses: abconc@gmail.com amato@cpovo.net or visit the website: www.arcoovinos.com.br/worldcongress |
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