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</style></head><body id="compText">Check with your local carving club and some not so local. There's been a trend for 3 and 4 day workshop type of events with very little expense. Out here in Pacific Northwest there's several we call rendezvous. There's a couple that eastern guys call "round-ups". There may be some other names also.<br><br>Here's how they work here. There's generally 3 hour sessions, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. The cost of each session is the cost of the blank, which here is close to the actual cost of material. I understand it's a bit higher in the east, but even at that it's not very expensive. <br><br>These things are great fun and lots to be learned. Take a class from a different teacher each time and even those of use that have been carving for years will learn something new.<br><br>Good Luck.<br><br>Byron<br><br><br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 255); padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 0px;">-----Original Message-----
<br>From: richard thornton <dickthor@hotmail.com>
<br>Sent: May 6, 2008 9:14 AM
<br>To: woodcarver@six.pairlist.net
<br>Subject: [Woodcarver] Carving classes
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My wife and I would like to take a short trip to spend several days or more at a woodcarving school where a number of different classes would be offered at the same time and place. We would like to know of any such schools that might be located in Virginia or its surrounding states (Delaware, New Jersey, West Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky, North Caroline) to make the cost of the trip reasonable.<br>
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We have found a few schools on the internet, but all of them seem to offer only one class a week. Since my wife and I share an interest in woodcarving, but have different woodcarving interests, it would be better if we could find a place where we could each find a class that suited us individually, while sharing the other experiences of the trip.<br>
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Thanks for your help,<br>
Dick Thornton<br><br></zzzbody></zzzhtml></dickthor@hotmail.com><hr>Stay in touch when you're away with Windows Live Messenger. <a href="http://www.windowslive.com/messenger/overview.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_Refresh_messenger_052008" target="_blank">IM anytime you're online.</a>
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