Club News by Eileen Moss Spring 2019

Our club activities are largely over now for the summer months.  Our auction was very successful.  At our Spring Metal Rocks show we had approximately 400 visitors to the event.  We plan on continuing to host a Spring and Fall Metal Rocks show and sale at the Tett, the same time slot as the Potter’s show.  This is proving to be a great opportunity for our members to showcase and sell their unique creations.  Next year our Spring show will be in a larger space, so we will be able to have more members participate.

• Our field trip schedule is largely in place now.  See this issue for details
• We will be having wire wrapping courses and a bead club from May through September.  If you are interested in learning wire wrapping/weaving and would like more details please call me at 613-384-4439.
• No beginner silver smithing classes are scheduled for the shop over July and August but we will continue to have open shop hours, Tuesday  1030 – 130pm and 630-830pm. We will be participating in Summer camp this year, the week of August 12-16.  During this week, the daytime open shop hours are cancelled.  Our full schedule is available on the club website at www.mineralclub.ca
• Our 50th Gem Storm show this year is Friday October 18th 10am – 9pm and Saturday October 19th 10am – 6pm at the Ambassador hotel in the Ballroom.  We have downsized to 29 of our original dealers because of the smaller space.  We have a promotion committee hard at work, thinking of ways to make this show a bit more special. For this we have created a special T Shirt for members to order and purchase. We have kept the price minimal at $15 (no tax). If you would like to order and purchase a shirt, please call Eileen at 613-384-4439.  Orders will be going in May 26.  The shirts are Royal blue with white lettering and are available in 100%cotton or a 50/50 blend of polyester/cotton.  Sizes are Adult (S-6XL), Ladies (XS-4XL), Youth (XS-XL).  The Polyester Cotton blend shirts are not available in ladies sizes.