Draken
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Spring Picnic - 2009 - Sign-up Here!
This year, the picnic will be held on Saturday, May 30th, 2009. Please post here if you plan on attending, how many will be in your party, and which item(s) you'd like to bring. Please let me know if you are interested in doing any demos or have any requests for demos. Send me PM if you have any food allergies or special dietary needs for the picnic that you'd rather not post here.
Feel free to bring blanks, kits, etc. to trade and/or sell, and don't forget your latest works of art for show and tell! Children are welcome as long as there is a non penturning adult to accompany them and watch over them while we are in the shop talking, well, shop. Activities for kids around the age of 4 will be provided (playset, moon bounce, wading pool if warm enough), older kids may need to bring their own forms of entertainment if they aren't interested in talking shop. Weather permitting, all activities will be outdoors or in the shop. Don't forget your sunscreen, sunglasses, and a hat. Picnic will be held rain or shine. In the event of rain, we'll all get cozy in the shop and the significant others will get cozy in the kitchen.
Setup starts around 10 AM.
Guests are welcome to arrive anytime around 11 AM.
Grilling starts at Noon and this will be an alcohol free event.
Only turners who are members of IAP will be eligible for door prizes. Please bring folding or portable chairs to sit on!
Item Sign-up, please bring enough to feed at least 8 people, some suggestions are below:
Chicken & hamburgers: Draken (1 turner, 2 others)
Buns & Condiments: greeneyedblackcat (1 turner, 3 others)
Brisket: GoodTurns (1 turner)
Soda (regular, diet, and caffeine free), cups: Jenny (1 turner - not IAP member)
Chips & Dip: DCBluesman (1 turner)
snack food/appetizer:
Macaroni salad: carverken (1 turner)
side dish:
Tomato/Cucumber type salad: BRobbins629 (1 turner, 1 other)
Homemade Potato Salad, plates: KN75 (1 turner - possible late arrival)
side dish: Keandkafu (1 turner)
Fruit: jthompson1995 (1 turner, 7 others)
Apple Cake, silverware: MDWine (1 turner)
Strawberry Shortcake & BBQ Sauce: Crashmph (1 turner, 1 other)
Cookies: JFeagans (1 turner, 2 others)
Apple Pie: fstepanski (1 turner)
Cheesecake: Russianwolf (1 turner)
Head count: 31 total, 15 of which are turners.
Directions from the North:
Take I95 South to the Virginia 143B Exit (Route 610). The exit has a "Y" near the end of it, take the right branch. Merge in with the main lanes of
traffic and get all the way over to the left. At the second light, turn left onto Mine Road. Use the left lane of Mine road, and follow it all the way
until you are forced to make a 90 degree left turn onto Austin Ridge Drive. Take the third left onto Tavern Road. We are the 6th house on the left.
Directions from the South:
Take I95 North to the Virginia 140 Exit (Route 630). At the light, turn left onto Courthouse Road (630). At the second light, turn right onto Austin
Ridge Drive. Take the 5th right onto Tavern Road. We are the 6th house on the left.
Address (for Google Maps or GPS users):
15 Tavern Rd
Stafford VA 22554
Over 70 pen blanks donated by Papaturner for our second place finish in the Chapter Collaboration Contest.
12 laser cut pen blanks donated by Ken of Kallenshaan Woods.
An assortment of worthless wood blanks for a door prize donated by jthompson1995.
One or two stick pen blanks donated by fstepanski.
Twelve pen blanks donated by Crashmph to be used in a name the wood contest.
Demos/Tutorials:
Bowl turning (requested)
Plan collaboration for 2010 bash (proposed)
Stick pen casting (proposed)
Spinning mold casting (proposed)
This year, the picnic will be held on Saturday, May 30th, 2009. Please post here if you plan on attending, how many will be in your party, and which item(s) you'd like to bring. Please let me know if you are interested in doing any demos or have any requests for demos. Send me PM if you have any food allergies or special dietary needs for the picnic that you'd rather not post here.
Feel free to bring blanks, kits, etc. to trade and/or sell, and don't forget your latest works of art for show and tell! Children are welcome as long as there is a non penturning adult to accompany them and watch over them while we are in the shop talking, well, shop. Activities for kids around the age of 4 will be provided (playset, moon bounce, wading pool if warm enough), older kids may need to bring their own forms of entertainment if they aren't interested in talking shop. Weather permitting, all activities will be outdoors or in the shop. Don't forget your sunscreen, sunglasses, and a hat. Picnic will be held rain or shine. In the event of rain, we'll all get cozy in the shop and the significant others will get cozy in the kitchen.
Setup starts around 10 AM.
Guests are welcome to arrive anytime around 11 AM.
Grilling starts at Noon and this will be an alcohol free event.
Only turners who are members of IAP will be eligible for door prizes. Please bring folding or portable chairs to sit on!
Item Sign-up, please bring enough to feed at least 8 people, some suggestions are below:
Chicken & hamburgers: Draken (1 turner, 2 others)
Buns & Condiments: greeneyedblackcat (1 turner, 3 others)
Brisket: GoodTurns (1 turner)
Soda (regular, diet, and caffeine free), cups: Jenny (1 turner - not IAP member)
Chips & Dip: DCBluesman (1 turner)
snack food/appetizer:
Macaroni salad: carverken (1 turner)
side dish:
Tomato/Cucumber type salad: BRobbins629 (1 turner, 1 other)
Homemade Potato Salad, plates: KN75 (1 turner - possible late arrival)
side dish: Keandkafu (1 turner)
Fruit: jthompson1995 (1 turner, 7 others)
Apple Cake, silverware: MDWine (1 turner)
Strawberry Shortcake & BBQ Sauce: Crashmph (1 turner, 1 other)
Cookies: JFeagans (1 turner, 2 others)
Apple Pie: fstepanski (1 turner)
Cheesecake: Russianwolf (1 turner)
Head count: 31 total, 15 of which are turners.
Directions from the North:
Take I95 South to the Virginia 143B Exit (Route 610). The exit has a "Y" near the end of it, take the right branch. Merge in with the main lanes of
traffic and get all the way over to the left. At the second light, turn left onto Mine Road. Use the left lane of Mine road, and follow it all the way
until you are forced to make a 90 degree left turn onto Austin Ridge Drive. Take the third left onto Tavern Road. We are the 6th house on the left.
Directions from the South:
Take I95 North to the Virginia 140 Exit (Route 630). At the light, turn left onto Courthouse Road (630). At the second light, turn right onto Austin
Ridge Drive. Take the 5th right onto Tavern Road. We are the 6th house on the left.
Address (for Google Maps or GPS users):
15 Tavern Rd
Stafford VA 22554
Over 70 pen blanks donated by Papaturner for our second place finish in the Chapter Collaboration Contest.
12 laser cut pen blanks donated by Ken of Kallenshaan Woods.
An assortment of worthless wood blanks for a door prize donated by jthompson1995.
One or two stick pen blanks donated by fstepanski.
Twelve pen blanks donated by Crashmph to be used in a name the wood contest.
Demos/Tutorials:
Bowl turning (requested)
Plan collaboration for 2010 bash (proposed)
Stick pen casting (proposed)
Spinning mold casting (proposed)
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, the bachelor will bring an assortment of chips and dip. And I'll try to get there early enough so they are actually appetizers! 
