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San Diego Woodturners Page 14 March 2011 On Thursday, February 17th, my husband Maury and I headed out to drive to Mesa Arizona. I was anticipating the Woodturning Symposium and he (who doesn’t turn wood) was excited to go and see Cabella’s Sportsman Warehouse. On Friday afternoon I went to pick up my registration packet and then attended the opening ceremony. As soon as I got there I found Mike Mahoney and several of our club members such as Scotty Van Hoften, Paul Terlow, Barry Rockwell, Mavis and a few others. We all went off to the presentation of “Where is woodturning heading” It was interesting to hear the same old argument of Traditional turning versus Art. Several headed to the Pen Turners event but Maury and I headed over to the Sports Bar with Mike Mahoney, Steven Hatcher, David Nittman and Jimmy and Mary Clewes. This would be our new hang-out which had pretty good food and a hopping happy hour. Saturday and Sunday were filled with watching presentations from the likes of Hatcher with how to pop the grain of maple and Christian Burchard on how to orient the grain and Al Stirt on green wooden bowls. I always seem to end up in Mike’s presentations because I totally enjoy his style and grace when Desert Woodturning Roundup demonstrating. He makes it all look so simple when he uses the McNaughten System to cut 8 or 10 bowls out of one blank. They had a nice instant gallery with works from all the demonstrators and many attendees. There was a sales area with numerous vendors selling everything from wood to tools and everything in between. I found a few items I couldn’t do without but I did have money left over if you can believe that. There were different items offered in their Silent Auction each day and Saturday night during the dinner they had a live auction. I think they needed an auctioneer that actually knows what he’s looking at though. The Desert Woodturning Symposium occurs every other year and is an enjoyable time that doesn’t take too long to get there. They didn’t have an especially large crowd so I hope they at least broke even and will be planning on another one. If you get the chance you should drive on over in a couple of years and see what a symposium is all about. There is always something new to learn and visiting with old friends is worth it anytime. -Karen Freitas (Continued on page 15)
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