Revised TIMETABLE for CanIRON 8

As my regular readers know, I'm on the organizing team for the Canadian National Blacksmith's Conference ; CanIRON, in late July 2011.

This is the revised schedule for CANIRON 8:
For more details see the web site.

	Time	Area	THURSDAY	FRIDAY	SATURDAY	SUNDAY	MONDAY
			July 27	July 28	July 29	July 30	August 1
MORNING	9 - 12		Site Opens				Packing Down
		Public Demo	Iron Smelt	Major Project	Major Project	OABA Members
		Demo A		Feature Demonstration	Feature Demonstration	Feature Demonstration
		Demo B		Feature Demonstration	Feature Demonstration	Feature Demonstration
		Hands On		Guided Workshop	Guided Workshop	Guided Workshop
LUNCH	(12 - 1:30 )		Registration Opens				Site Closes
	12:30 - 1:30	Gallery		Mealtime Presentation	Mealtime Presentation	Mealtime Presentation
	12:45 - 1:30	Caffeteria		Mealtime Presentation	Mealtime Presentation	Mealtime Presentation
AFTERNOON	1:30 - 4:30						(Cleanup)
		Public Demo	Iron Smelt	Major Project	Major Project
		Demo A		Feature Demonstration	Feature Demonstration	Feature Demonstration
		Demo B		Feature Demonstration	Feature Demonstration	Feature Demonstration
		Hands On	Guided Workshop	Guided Workshop	Guided Workshop	Forging Competition (public)
DINNER	( 5 - 6:30 )		Opening BBQ		(Thank Yous)	Official Closing
EVENING	7 - 8	Caffeteria	Meet Demonstrators	Feature Presentation	Auction (public) 6:30 - 9
	8 - 9	Caffeteria	Feature Presentation	Feature Presentation	Auction (public) 6:30 - 9
	( 6 - 12)	Hands On	Open Forge	Open Forge	Open Forge

The Organizing Team is intending on setting up the CANIRON site to provide for the following:

DEMONSTRATION AREAS - There will be two
main areas equipped for your featured demonstrators. You can
see that this means two choices for any given session - with sessions
planned for both morning and afternoons on Friday / Saturday / Sunday.

HANDS ON AREA - There will be a third work area, equipped with between
6 - 8 forge work stations:
1) The featured demonstrators will conduct a specific hands on workshop
session. Sessions Thursday
afternoon, plus both morning & afternoon of Friday / Saturday,
plus Sunday morning. Individuals wanting to participate will need
to sign up in advance, and available slots will be limited. Of course
others will be free to observe those sessions.
2) In the evenings (Thurs/Fri/Sat)
The SIX work stations will be available for pick up work, inspiration,
or just plain messing around. There will be teaching supervision provided
in the evenings from 7 - 9 pm only.

LUNCH TIME LECTURES - In the later half of the lunch period, speakers
drawn from a wider pool will be presenting shorter sessions on an
expanded set of topics inside the gallery space. We expect to be able
to provide 35 - 50 spaces of seating there. This in addition to presentations
in the main dinning hall by our featured demonstrators. So come feed
your mind as well as your body. (Friday / Saturday / Sunday)

EVENING PRESENTATIONS - We have broken the evenings down for two individual
sessions, to take place in the main dining hall and also in the smaller
space inside the gallery. Each session is for an hour, and is certain
to include formal presentations by your featured demonstrators.

FORGING COMPETITION - Love it or hate it, forging competitions done
on the spot between teams of participants are always a big part of
any gathering of Blacksmiths! Our hope is to allow the general public
to be able to observe the goings on 'from behind the ropes'. This
event will take place in the Hands On area on Sunday afternoon.

AUCTION - In keeping with our mission to inform and involve the public
in selected aspects of CANIRON, we are hoping to open up participation
in the fund raising auction to those with fatter wallets! The Auction
is scheduled for Saturday early evening.

GALLERY - The best way to inform the public to what we REALLY do is
to allow them access to the Gallery. Bring your best and most inspiring
work, make sure you include a stack of business cards. The layout
of the site at the Fergus Sportsplex is ideal in terms of both layout
and large size. Security and close supervision will be provided for
all the work.

OPENING BBQ SOCIAL - All registared participants are
invited to join in for an informal BBQ on a Bun dinner on Thursday
- hosted by OABA. (Included with your paid registration.) Come meet
the other conference members!

PUBLIC DEMONSTRATIONS - A special area is being set
aside, accessible to the general public, to illustrate just what Blacksmithing
is all about:
1) Thursday - A demonstration of bloomery furnace iron smelting by members of the Dark Ages Re-creation Company.
2) Friday & Saturday - Work on creation of a larger artwork project, undertaken by OABA members under the direction of Dave McCord.
3) Sunday - 'Hammer in' style work by members of OABA