THE WEIRS TIMES & THE COCHECO TIMES, Thursday, June 2, 2011 WOOD from 30


here,’’ he says. For him it was an ex-


ample of New England’s heritage of self-sufficien- cy from local resources, one that he hopes to keep alive.


Emerson has a passion- ate interest in the way


ancestors using and are still used today, and take home finished products, including many produced on site,’’ says Emerson. He says that the hands-


on activities at Wood Day will help people of all ages to understand how the Hams accomplished their


Linda Ray, even tried her hand at helping shape the hot metal. Chuck Mower of Mer-


rimack will show how the energy generated by hu- man foot power and an inch-thick sapling has been harnessed for untold gen- erations to produce useful implements during a pole lathe demonstration. Kevin Fife of Canterbury


will demonstrate farm stone wall restoration. Fife, who was among those chosen to represent the


state at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in Wash- ington, D.C. in 1999, is noted for his rebuilding of the stone walls at Canter- bury Shaker Village. Food will be available


from The Maples of Warner and old time and bluegrass bands will play both after- noons. Homefolks play Saturday at noon followed by Geddes Road Band at 2:00. Sunday Mink Hills Band opens at noon, and Bow Junction follows at 2:00.


31 Sponsors are Brentwood


Machinery and Tools and Woodcraft of Portsmouth Old Ways Traditions is


located a little over a mile north of Shaker Village, at 418 Shaker Road in Can- terbury. The event runs 10 - 4, both days. Suggested donation is


$5. For more information call 603 783-4403 or visit www.oldwaystraditions. net. Contact Dave Emer- son at 603-783-4403 or efurnitr@comcast.net


Visit the Castle and you’ll see.


Mike Cook of Weare hammers a decorative metal piece during a blacksmith demonstration at Wood Days in Canterbury. ROGER AMSDEN PHOTO


people worked together to fulfill their needs before computers, cell phones, and modern technology in general. “When my family moved


here 56 years ago almost everyone in town was a subsistence farmer and old ways were the only ways. There have been a lot of changes for the bet- ter since then. But there’s a lot of good things that we don’t want to leave be- hind,’’ says Emerson. He says that at this


year’s Wood Days, while a sawmill turns logs into lumber, visitors can ob- serve and participate in the processes of changing wood into useful products - boats, spoons, timber frames, carriers, bowls, baskets, fiddles. “You can try the tools our


success. He says there will also be an opportunity for visitors to follow the trails through the woods and fields and along the stream in the valley and view an incredible variety of stone- work that tells the story of the farm. Among the presenters will be black- smith Mike Cook of Weare, who uses a small portable forge, 100 years old, to heat the metal so that it will be malleable when his hammer strikes. But his work is guided as


well by an artistic sensibil- ity, (he studied sculpture in college) and he says that he has so much fun mak- ing things that he has de- veloped a part-time busi- ness crafting ornamental iron items. Last year Clover the Clown, also known as


CASTLE CLOUDS


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Open Weekends only thru June 5th


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