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Fiber festival June 11 and 12 in Bouckville

Bouckville, NY -- CNY Fiber Artists & Producers is holding its first annual "Showcase - from Animals to Art" June 11 and 12 in Bouckville.

The event wll include fiber animals, fiber vendors and demonstrations with an emphasis on education. The children's tent will be full of activities designed to give children a taste for weaving and felting and some sense of different fibers and fiber processing.

There will be animal tours, shearing demonstrations and other informal demonstrations throughout the day. On Sunday, the Oneida County 4-H club will be holding a dog show.

There also will be a series of workshops for sheep and goat farmers and for those interested in fibers.

They are:

11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday -- Rug Braiding with Heather Lathrop of Dreamweaver Creations. Cost $30. Students will learn the techniques of rug braiding from roving while working on a coaster-sized project. The same techniques would be used to make a full-sized shepherd’s rug. The class is open to adults and teenagers, and no experience is required. Materials will be provided. Students will make a nuno-felted scarf (wool felted through silk gauze). The class is open to adults and teenagers, and no felting experience is required. Students should call Denise at 607-642-5568 when they register so that she can dye the wool and silk according to their color preferences.

2 to 4 p.m. Saturday -- FAMACHA with Dr. Tatiana Stanton of Cornell University. Cost $25. Internal parasites, especially gastro-intestinal worms, are the number one health problem affecting sheep and goats in much of the United States. Because worms have become resistant to many of the dewormers producers use, a more integrated approach to internal parasite control is necessary. This workshop is designed to help sheep and goat farmers develop integrated parasite management programs for their farms and flocks. Students will learn to use tools such as FAMACHA to monitor worm loads. The FAMACHA system measures levels of anemia in the animals so treatment decisions can be made according to the needs of individual animals in the herd. Adults and teenagers may register and need only to provide pen and paper. Students will receive a FAMACHA eye chart.

11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday -- Beginning Spinning with Amy Cook of Sweetland Hill Finnsheep. Cost $30. Teenagers and adults who are new to spinning are welcome to register for this class, in which they will learn how to prepare raw fiber for spinning and how to use a drop spindle and spinning wheel. Each student will receive a drop spindle to take home. Wool roving will also be provided.

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In Short: June 2-8, 2011 W.Va. Filmmakers Guild weekend

The WVFG spring weekend takes place Friday and Saturday in Sutton. Admission for Saturday's workshops is $15 for members and $30 for nonmembers.

Friday's events are at the Elk Hotel. They begin at 6 p.m. with a tribute to local filmmaker Dave Russell, followed by a screening of "Zombie Babies" at 7 p.m. and an after party from 9 p.m. to midnight.

All of Saturday's events are at the Landmark Studio for the Arts, except "open projector night," which is at the Town Square Café. The day begins with the spring meeting at 11 a.m. After lunch, Huntington native and Hollywood visual-effects artist Brad Kalinoski speaks at 1:30 p.m., a film financing panel is at 3:45 p.m. and the talk "HDSLRs and the Future of Filmmaking" is at 5 p.m. Open projector night is 6 to 9 p.m.

Visit www.wvfilmmakersguild.org for more information.

Heritage Farm weekend

The Heritage Farm and Village's Way Back Weekend themed Recycled Beauty runs 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at the property at 3300 Harvey Road, Huntington. Crafters will demonstrate quilt making and how to braid a rug from old blue jeans. Children can make a quilt block or button bracelet.

There will also be blacksmithing, wool dyeing, sheep shearing and hand-spinning demonstrations. Museum tours, wagon rides and a petting zoo are available, too.

Admission for adults is $8 and for children $6. Call 304-522-1244 or visit www.heritagefarmmuseum.com .

Youth Ballet auditions

The River City Youth Ballet Ensemble will hold auditions for its Apprentice program, Junior Company and Company at 11 a.m. Saturday at its studio, 4110 MacCorkle Ave. in Kanawha City. The apprentice program is for ages 7-11, the junior company for 11-14 and the company for ages 14-21 (proficient in pointe work.) Auditioners should arrive 15 minutes early. Call 304-925-3262 or visit www.rcyb.org .

ARTS gala

Huntington's Arts Resources for the Tri-State celebrates its 10th anniversary with a 7 p.m. gala Saturday at its facility in the old Huntington High School, 900 Eighth St. The evening begins with a musical retrospective featuring Mark Baker, Chris Bowling, Clint McElroy, Jane Modlin, Mary Olson and Linda Reynolds.

Then, an awards ceremony honors individuals who have helped ARTS.

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