September 10, 2011 10:00 am
FREE ADMISSSION :donations appreciated
7 JONES BROTHERS WAY, BARRE, VT
SEPTEMBER 10, 2011 10AM-4PM
- LIVE DEMONSTRATIONS: carving, blacksmithing, stone splitting
- HANDS-ON ACTIVITIES: carving, etching, sandblasting
- VISITING GUESTS: THE STONE FOUNDATION
- VGM PROPERTY NATURE WALK, ALONG PROPOSED MULTIUSE PATH, LEAD BY CHIP DARMSTADT OF NORTHBRANCH NATURE CENTER. 10:30 AM
- LECTURE BY MAC ROOD OF YESTERMORROW, STONE HOUSE RESTORATIONS IN ITALY, 10AM
- IRISH MUSIC: OPEN SESSION 11AM-1PM, BRING YOUR INSTRUMENT!
- FOOD SALES BY THE LIONS CLUB
- BOCCE TOURNAMENT 1PM
- SLIDE PRESENTATION “GIVE ME YOUR HANDS: THE LEGACY OF BARRE SCULPTORS AND THEIR STONE” BY PHOTOGRAPHER LESLIE BARTLETT 1PM
- FILM: “MONUMENTS COME ALIVE” WRITTEN & INTRODUCED BY ILENE GILLANDER 2PM
- STONE OLYMPICS AND GAMES
- ADMISSION FREE, DONATIONS APPRECIATED
REGISTER FOR A CLASS, WWW.GRANITEMUSEUM.ORG (MUST PRE-REGISTER) :
ALSO:
Sunday, September 11, 2011
* Stone Worker’s Mass, special blessing at St. Monica’s Catholic Church 9:30am mass
*Hope Cemetery Tour by Shelley Ibey. Free 10am, Meet at the flagpole.
*Millstone Hill trails historic walk and VGM Annex tour 12noon $2 per/person-meet at the Millstone Hill General Store 34 Church Hill Rd. (Across from the Websterville Post Office).