District Fair

[DUD]

We had Our annual District Fair this last week, I didn't enter anything, but GrandDaughters

did. The 9 yr old one won 2 1st place ribbons, both for Her crafts of Blueberry candle and

She painted a nice picture of a partially eaten watermelon.

The other one is into Photography, and Her entriees were mostly photos and 3 pieces of

artwork and one recycled cup holder.

The question is, Does any of Our woodworkers enter anything?

The Grand Prize winner the last 2 years was for a small inlaid table. Just larger than

an end table, I know Lee's chess table is much more intricate and pretty. Bill

[atgcpaul]

Congrats to your grandkids. Winning ribbons is such a huge ego boost. Good
for them! I'm sure they deserved them.

I love our County Fair. When I was in San Diego, everyone in our woodshop
class entered the student WWing contest. Everyone gets a blue ribbon.
There are hundreds of "competitors". The Design in Wood competition was
way out of my league with tons of entrants.

Last year, I entered the Montgomery County Fair. I was disappointed there
wasn't more competition in the 3 categories--small, medium, and large. I
took first in the small category for a walnut mantel clock. I took first in the
medium category for a bent laminated leg table with 12 piece starburst top.
The table came in 2nd overall to a Maloof rocker. I lost because I had a
little orange peel in my table top finish. The rocker definitely deserved top
honors, though, considering how much more work was involved in its
construction.

I didn't enter anything this year but I want to take the big ribbon home next
year. It's on!

Paul

[ironhat]

Vicarious congrats, DUD! It's better seeing them do something well and their joy in it than you doing it yourself. Someone told me about this but I only understood it when I became a father. It's twice as good now that I'm a grandfather.