ABANA Chapter Liaison Letter
March 2002
2002 ABANA CONFERENCE,
JUNE 5-9, 2002, LA CROSSE, WISCONSIN
The conference is coming up soon and there is still time to register. In past Chapter Liaison Letters I have given you a sample of the twenty-four foreign blacksmiths who will demonstrate for you. Here is a sample of the domestic demonstrators.
Bruce LePage-Minnesota
Meagan Crowley-New Jersey
Peter Ross-Virginia
George Suiter-Virginia
Brad Nichols-Wisconsin
James Viste-Michigan
Ty Stiegler-California
Tina Chisena-Maryland
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Corrina Mensoff-Georgia
Ric Dunkerly-Montana
Tom Latane-Wisconsin
Carl Close-Massachusetts
Peter Renzetti-Pennsylvania
Paul Spaulding-New York
Jim Batson-Alabama
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You may register on-line by going to ABANA's website, www.abana.org, or use the registration forms sent to ABANA members in the Volume 9, #4 issue of Hammer's Blow. You can also telephone Mary Fredell at (612) 276-0271 or send her an email with your postal address requesting a brochure, 2002conf@abana.org.
Also, I just talked to Al Butlak up in Buffalo, NY who tells me that you still have time to enter your item for the ring project. This is a fine project that The New York Designer Blacksmiths are sponsoring. Contact Al at 1351 Walden Ave., Buffalo, NY, 14211, or butlak1@mindspring.com for more information.
THANK YOU, FOLKS
A big thanks to all the chapters that send me a copy of their newsletter. I do appreciate your support. I look at all of them.
Appalachian Blacksmiths' Assn.
Blacksmiths' Guild of the Potomac
California Blacksmith Assn.
Dakota Artist Blacksmith Assn.
Illinois Valley Blacksmith Assn.
Kootenay Blacksmiths' Assn.
Kentucky Blacksmith Assn.
New Jersey Blacksmiths Assn.
New York Designer Blacksmiths
Northeast Blacksmiths Assn.
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Northern Rockies Blacksmith Assn.
Northwest Ohio Blacksmiths
Pennsylvania Artist-Blacksmith Assn.
Pittsburgh Area Artist Blacksmith Assn.
River Bluff Forge Council
Rocky Mountain Smiths
Upper Midwest Blacksmiths Assn.
Vancouver Island Blacksmiths
Western Canadian Blacksmiths Assn.
Western Reserve Artists Blacksmith Assn
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Bob Fredell, Chairman
Member Services Committee
3500-45 Avenue South
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55406-2927
(612) 721-2298
fredell@frostbit.com
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