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Heritage forge at the 2007 NC State Fair
Image - Erin hammering at the 2008 NC State Fair
Image - Robert hammering at the 2008 NC State Fair
Image - Garret Dunn wins a blue ribbon for his metal artwork at the 2008 NC State Fair

2012 Meeting Schedule

1st Quarter 2012 - March 17 at 9:00 A.M.
Dean Curfman's Oak Hill Iron Works
Morganton, NC

2nd Quarter 2012 - TBA
Blacksmiths Shop in Yesterday Village
Dixie Classic Fairgrounds
Winston-Salem, NC

3rd Quarter 2012 - TBA

Bonus Meeting - November 3 at 9:30 A.M.
J. C. Campbell Folk School
Brasstown, NC 28902

4th Quarter 2012 - TBA

Regional Meeting Schedules


*** See NC ABANA Blacksmiths at Work ***

Dixie Classic Fair
Winston-Salem, NC
(dates not yet announced)
www.dcfair.com

North Carolina State Fair
Raleigh, NC
October 11-21, 2012
www.ncstatefair.org
View photos from the 2009 NC State Fair
View photos from the 2008 NC State Fair

Other Events with Blacksmiths

Hammering Out the Past
Saturday, January 21, 2012    10:00am to 3:00pm
Tobacco Farm Life Museum   website
709 North Church Street Kenly, NC 27542   map

NC ABANA Blacksmiths will be firing up the forge at the NC Tobacco Farm Life Museum and demonstrating at this event.

Yates Mill County Park – Corn Milling Demonstration
Saturday, March 17; 11:00am - 3:00pm
4620 Lake Wheeler Road, Raleigh, NC 27603

Historic Yates Mill County Park will offer mill tours and corn grinding demonstrations from 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM. The NC ABANA Triangle Blacksmiths Guild will set up forges and demonstrate blacksmithing at this event.