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Franklin Faceters Frolic
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OK - say this
fast, four times: Franklin Faceters Frolic ...
a bit of a tongue twister, no?. Why four
times? To remind you that coming up is Franklin
Faceters Frolic 4, the forth annual occurrence
of this event...
It happens in
Franklin NC onSaturday,
July 30, 2011. Hours will be 9AM to 6PM.
Admission is free,
donations to defray expenses are welcome.
There will be several door prizes donated by our
dealers and exhibitors and
raffle tickets for these will be $1 each,
available the day of the event.
FFF4 is in a new
location, a bit up the road, at the Trimont
Christian School. The school is about 1.5 miles
from the Club Show at the Community Center on
the Georgia Road. Take a right and go North up
the hill from the Club Show, cross over the
highway just past the Fun Factory (last year's
location) and take the second left past the
overpass, onto Golfview Drive. Take a right onto
Promise Lane and you will see the school on your
left.
Learn about
faceting techniques - see the gem rough for sale
(...from Nigeria! ... from Tanzania! ...from
Columbia!) - most of all, meet your brother and
sister faceters and enjoy yourself while
learning. There will be lectures, and time to
visit the dealers
GOOD
NEWS: A class in the use of "GemCad for
Windows" is scheduled for the preceding Friday,
July 29, from noon to 6PM. - at the "Fun
Factory" (last year's location). A
modest tuition fee of $25 will offset location
expenses.
NOT SO
GOOD NEWS. Almost as soon as this was
announced - in no time - all of the seats to
this class were SOLD OUT. But,
there's always a chance of cancellations. Get
on that waiting list by contacting Roy Kersey,
rkersey@tds.net.
The Saturday
seminar sessions will include:
Lisa Elser
on "Buying Gem Rough in Africa; Gustavo
Castelblanco on "Columbian Emeralds; Roy Meade
on "Everything You Wanted to Know About Waxing
Dops; John Campbell on Copper Laps and How to
Use Them", and, in another session, "What do I
Do Now That I Have My Faceting Machine?"; and
George Ellison "Cutting Welo Opal";
Be sure to stop by
and say hello to Hal Hume,
Ultra Tec's Rep from Hendersonville NC, (he'll
have a table there). Hal says about himself "I
started faceting in mid 1980's, initially just
as a occasional pastime, it soon became almost
an obsession and soon I was faceting in
competition with the North Carolina Lapidary
Society". You will enjoy talking to him.
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Hal Hume |
This is a photo of
Hal peering out from behind his faceting
machine. Hal looks a little somber in this
picture, but you'll have him smiling and
chatting in no time. Want to talk about Ultra
Tec? You've come to the right place.
Hal's E-mail: dfwhume@aol.com
GENERAL
INFO ABOUT FFF4 - Contact Roy Kersey,
rkersey@tds.net
More details @ http://www.arthandcrafted.com/
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