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Demonstrators 2005 |
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ALPACAS: THE
BURNS FAMILY brought to alpacas
to Sheepfest and had alpaca items for sale.
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BOBBIN LACE:
Many festival visitors tried their
hand at this traditional form of weaving, where each thread is
attached to a bobbin so its individual path can be controlled.
The
FIVE
RIVERS BOBBIN LACEMAKERS
demonstrated more complex bobbin lace
weaving.
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CROCHETING, KNITTING
& CROSS-STITCHING: SARAH AND DAVE GRUMBINE
helped festival visitors
get started or with problems in their work.
They had scarves for sale.
SARAH
also had matted prints of farm-related paintings for sale. |
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FELTING, NATURAL DYEING,
WEAVING A SCARF & MORE: DEB ARBUCKLE & LINDA JONES
(SHADYSIDE FARM & MILL) were
involved in multiple demonstrations. They also had yarn & woolen items from
the farm flock and other local fibers. (SUNDAY ONLY) |
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NEEDLE FELTING:
KRIS & ASHLEY SAVAGE
Traditional felt making uses
water, soap and agitation to form a fabric item. Needle felting is a newer
technique which uses dry wool and felting needle. Kris & Ashley had
felt kits, spinning books, rovings and handspun yarn for sale.
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RUG HOOKING:
STEPHANIE GIBSON OF THE HOOKERY
demonstrated
rug hooking and had hooked rug designs and sundries for sale. |
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SHEEP SHEARING:
BRINTON BEDILLION
sheared sheep on Sunday from 11 am - 1 pm. |
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QUILTING
MARJORIE BEAUMARRIAGE
inherited twenty-five quilt tops 15 years ago
and has been quilting ever since. She worked on a white baby quilt
at Sheep Fest.
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SHEEP:
MARYLOU WILLIAMS (THE ROSEFIELD) brought sheep and was spinning &
weaving on a triangle loom. She also had supplies and finished products for sale.
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SHUTTLE MAKING: ED LEMLEY has
been whittling for 20 years and whittled shuttles at sheep fest. He will had shuttle earrings for sale.
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UPHOLSTERY :
BARB ADKINS
brings 20 years of upholstery experience and worked
on an upholstery project. She had sample fabrics and answers to festival
visitors questions about
techniques. |
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Musicians 2005 |
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BILL SCHILLING
has been singing and playing various
folk instruments for over 30 years for audiences of all ages from coast to
coast.
BILL plays guitar, autoharp, octave mandolin, hammered and lap dulcimers, bowed psaltries, banjo guitar, ukuleles, recorders, jug and an assortment of
inexpensive or homemade instruments. He is the founder of the Salem, Ohio
Dulci-More Folk and Traditional
Musicians,
and the
Dulci-More Folk Festival.
Bill is the music coordinator for Sheep Fest and
Folk Music at Weatherbury Farmand will be performing solo and
with others.
BILL
has performed at all four Sheep Fests.
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THE CROOKED PITCHFORK
returned to Sheep Fest
playing tunes and songs that touch on rural life and crafts, a mix of Celtic
and folk, both traditional tunes played by Thomas Hardy, and traditional
southwestern PA fiddle tunes. PAT DIAMOND,
who discovered the
joy of making her own music at the age of 48,
plays guitar and mandolin. JIM
MILLER
started playing penny
whistle, flutes, and assorted wind instruments in the mid-80s, after
escorting his daughter to Irish dance competitions throughout Ohio and
surrounding states.
PAT & JIM
play some terrific
original songs about farming and fiber arts and are joined us for the
fourth year.
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SWEET SOUNDS
-- PAT CARNAHAN
plays lap dulcimer, harmonica, guitar, ukulele, and more.
SUE SABATINO
plays lap and hammered dulcimers, whistles, and percussion. Both add to the
Sweet Sounds with their voices; we are delighted that they will be joined us again (for the fourth time) at Sheep Fest.
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HEARTSTRINGS -
A songwriting/performing duo
formed in 2004 consisting of
EARL BRUBACHER and
LEANNA MATHES. They both play guitar and sing, with
Leanna sometimes playing Appalachian lap dulcimer. Original songs, as well
as other favorite tunes (to tug at your "heartstrings," of course)
were
featured. Leanna has folk music roots, and Earl comes from a
gospel/bluegrass background. This makes for very interesting music!
EARL and
LEANNA
joined us for the second year at
Sheep Fest IV. |
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SUTCH SOUNDS
-- ADAM & MICHELLE SUTCH AND RON & DARLENE HOWES are a three
generational family of musicians who joined in the music of Sheep
Fest for the first time in 2005. ADAM
and his mother MICHELLE
play hammer dulcimer; grandfather
RON plays lead guitar while
grandmother DARLENE
plays rhythm guitar. |
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MERLE HENRY AND FRIENDS
-- MERLE AND LORRAINE HENRY
on guitar,
ART DIFRANCESCO on stand-up
bass AND LINDA DIFRANCESCO
on autoharp, appeared for the first time in 2005 .
Their circle of music
embraces Classic Country, Gospel, Bluegrass and Traditional Folksongs. They
play and sing out of sheer love and admiration for roots oriented music. |
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RUBBIE GREENEWALD
is a singer and a songwriter...whose style is finger picking folk style
music on a guitar. While, folk and gospel are his main music, he also likes
those jazzy 7th chords that were a big part of the music of the songwriters
of the 70's. This was his first appearance at Sheep Fest. |
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MARCY TUDOR
is the director of Sheep Fest and also plays the hammered dulcimer. She will
join SARAH & DAVE GRUMBINE
AND
BONNIE
SANFORD
in playing the 4 part Tallis Canon. The four were members of
Folk Music at Weatherbury Farm's
Spring 2005 Hammered Dulcimer Workshop conducted by Madeline MacNeal. Maddie
arranged the piece they will be playing. |
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Exhibits 2005
OLD FARM IMPLEMENTS
HISTORY OF SHEEP IN WASHINGTON COUNTY, PA
SHEEP AND THEIR WOOL
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Food 2005
CRYSTAL'S CAFE
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