Friday Night Meet-and-Greet

A Meet-and-Greet session will be held Friday evening, starting at 7:00 PM, in the Main Auditorium of Exley Science Center. There will be a Keynote Address by Angelo Iafrate, President of the American Association of Woodturners, and one of our featured demonstrators. Each of the featured demonstrators will speak briefly about his or her rotations. The Registration Desk will be open at this time for those that wish to avoid the rush Saturday morning.


Instant Gallery

Symposium attendees are welcome to display up to three pieces in the Instant Gallery. These pieces are placed at the owner’s risk. Yankee Woodturning Symposium will assume no liability for loss or damage. These pieces may be for sale. Any such arrangements are to be conducted directly between the buyer and seller. There is no commission to the symposium. Instant Gallery participants will be required to fill out an information card for each piece. The Instant Gallery is open to the public at no charge.


Drawing, Door Prize and Silent Auction

Door Prize for mini lathe:  Everyone turning in their evaluation of the symposium will be given one coupon for the door prize of a mini lathe (a Jet or equivalent).  Evaluations will be turned in Sunday during  lunch.  At the conclusion of lunch, one (1) coupon will be drawn for the mini lathe.  If other door prizes are available, they will be given out also. 

Drawing:  The drawing items will be out for inspection beginning Saturday morning and through the end of the 3rd rotation on Sunday.  The drawing items will be those donated by the vendors and anyone else that would like to donate items.  All persons donating items will be recognized for their donation. 

There will be a jar to place your coupons next to each item in the drawing. The more coupons you place in the jar for the items you want the better chance you will have to win.  Sunday, at the end of the break between the 3rd and 4th rotation, the committee will pick a winning coupon from each jar.  A list of winning numbers will be circulated and posted at the drawing tables during the 4th rotations.  Winning items will be picked up at the end of the 4th rotation. 

Coupon prices will be posted at the registration desk.  Coupons can be purchased with cash or check only. 

Silent Auction:  A silent auction of signature items contributed by the demonstrators will be held.   Each demonstrator will be asked to provide at least 1 signature item to the silent auction.

Items in the silent auction will be displayed in the Instant Gallery.  Cut off time for bidding will be posted with the items.  All items must be paid for by the end of the symposium with check or cash.  Sorry, no credit cards.

 
Education and Youth Program

This will include special woodturning demonstrations followed by hands-on turning for the attendees.
We will have 6 supervised lathes for the "Turn and Learn" portion of the program. There will have to be a limit of 12 turners for each session, Sat AM and PM, Sun. AM and PM. No previous woodturning experience is required, as this is an introductory program. Graham Oakes, a young woodturner from New Hampshire, and Greg Marshall, from Rhode Island, will conduct the youth presentations.

These sessions and instruction are free to any one who would like to attend but will be scheduled on a first come basis determined by the registration form available on this site.


Lunch

A box lunch will be available on Saturday and Sunday, at a cost of $10 per person, per day. A ticket included in the Registration Packet will be required.


Banquet

A banquet will be held Saturday evening, starting at 6:30 PM, in a large tent adjacent to the Exley Science Center, site of the symposium. The cost is $40.00 per person. The banquet will be buffet-style. Tickets will be included in the Registration Packet and will be required for admittance. An event is being planned for after the banquet, details to follow.