Old Ways Traditions | DAVE EMERSON
| Wood Days |
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Wood Days, an event like no other, is settling into its new home, (and date- the first weekend in June). After 16 years at Canterbury Shaker Village Wood Days moved a mile and a quarter up Shaker Road to Dave and Anne Emerson’s Old Ways Traditions. The many elements of the event- great food, old time and traditional music, demonstrations of a large variety of woodworking skills, hands on woodworking for kids and adults, and antique tools and machinery for all to try and/or see operating have proven to be a fine fit in their new location. Dave’s old business of 20 years, Shaker Pine, burned in a spectacular fire. It’s been reincarnated as Old Ways Traditions and reinvented as the new location for Wood Days and its sister event, Old Ways Days, the third weekend in October. The fire provided the impetus for a rebuild that has worked out well for the events and for our woodworking-environmental program which now has its own space in our main building. With the support of our sponsors Woodcraft of Newington and Brentwood Machinery and Tools we’ve put together another fun and fascinating event. Logging, turning, timber framing, basket making and furniture making will be some of the woodworking demonstrations. Mike Cook, our blacksmith, will help you try your hand at the forge. You can use springpole and treadle lathes and watch bowls being turned on a steam engine powered lathe. Many Hand tools are available to try from planes and drills to froe, crosscut saw and shaving horses. You can experiment with different woods and follow the trails to see the trees they came from and explore how an original New England farm was organized. See tools being made and buy antique tools. Two days of bluegrass music provides the perfect accompaniment. The Maples of Warner will feed us well.A $6.00 donation is suggested for admission. For more info, please see the detailed press release for THIS year's event, available here, or download the Wood Days press release in PDF format by clicking here [50 KB]. |
| Tools for Kids to Try |
| Tools for Kids includes the environmental component Trees and Us which connects kids with different kinds of woods, the trees they come from, and the importance of the forest in our lives. Old Ways includes a classroom and trails for this program. For information about our Tools for Kids to Try, click here. |
| Old Ways Days |
At the annual Old Ways Days at Old Ways Traditions in Canterbury, not only can you see things you’ve never seen before, you’ll be able to do things you’ve never done before! This year Dave will be hosting Old Ways Days at his studio at 418 Shaker Road in Canterbury, New Hampshire. The event runs from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM on both Saturday and Sunday. For more info, please see the detailed press release for last year's event (and photos too!), available here. This year's event features the following:
A $5.00 donation is suggested for admission. |