Northern Michigan Lamb & Wool Festival 2010

Hospitality Area & Activities

Celebrate our 11th annual festival with us:

September 24 - 26, 2010

Sit and rest before, during, and after shopping, meet friends, have your lunch, sit and spin or knit, enjoy a complimentary cup of coffee or tea, show off your projects or purchases - Hospitality is for you.

Live music by Rendezvous photo by Teri Dougherty

Of course it takes a lot of people power to make something this big happen, so contact Hospitality Chair Teresa Harrison, if you'd like to help out. She can use assistance Friday afternoon to help set up, Saturday and Sunday to staff the area, and Sunday afternoon to tear down. See our Volunteer Page for the benefits you receive as a NML&WF volunteer.

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Guild Displays

All Day Saturday and Sunday or as Scheduled with Hospitality

Show off your fiber talents, guilds! Get your members to dig out their best (or worst!) projects, with or without a theme, and bring them to the Festival to display. Your guild is responsible for bringing the items, arranging and watching the display during the festival, and tearing it down. The buildings are locked at night. There's no fee, but space is limited, so contact Teresa at 989 642 8895 or teresaharrison@ymail.com to reserve your spot as soon as possible.

In 2008, members of the Far Flung Fiber Friends (NW lower Michigan) showed off their 2007 guild project: Making bags from felted scraps of commercial and handspun knit or woven cloth. Each participant provided some heavily-felted cloth, which was then cut up in a meeting into squares and other shapes. Guild members took pieces of each cloth home, and used it as desired to make items ranging from formal clutch bags to large informal totes. Many thanks to guild members Linda Van Andel and Julie Hurd for setting up the display.

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Demonstrations

As Scheduled with Hospitality

The Au Sable / Manistee Fiber Guild was back in 2008 on Saturday to do their "fiber to fashion" demonstration using both a 4-shaft floor loom and a rigid heddle loom. Thank you, ladies, for a popular and interesting demo!

Members of the Au Sable / Manistee Fiber Guild demontrating weaving

If you or your guild are interested in putting on an educational demonstration, contact Teresa Harrison, at 989 642 8895 or teresaharrison@ymail.com, to reserve a time slot.

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Rendezvous

Our live music is by Rendezvous. Rendezvous has been playing Celtic, Folk, Cajun, Traditional, and Ethnic music around lower Michigan since 2005.

Rendezvous consists of: Louis DuPuis (banjo, fiddle, concertina, guitar, and vocals), Carol DuPuis (guitar, percussion, and vocals), Deb Joynt (fiddle), Bill Harrison (base, guitar, and vocals) and Linda McGee (accordian, dulcimer, whistle, fiddle, percussion, mandolin, and vocals).

If you wish to contact Rendezvous to perform at your event, contact Louis DuPuis, 989 642 5682 or dupuisloucrl@aol.com, or Linda McGee, 989 687 5476 or dulcimerlin@aol.com

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2009 Vest Show Results

A tapestry weaving in progress from the Au Sable / Manistee weaving demo
photo by Teri Dougherty

Thank you for making this yet another fabulous sheep and fiber year!

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