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2013 
14th Annual

Sept 
21 & 22

September 21 & 22, 2013     


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photos above by Sherman Hines. Click HERE for 2012 photos!
SEE 2012 PROGRAM

2013 CATEGORIES

  • NEW!! - Bistro 138 Food Theme Award

  • SPECIAL!! - Arts Council Award - Lighthouse Theme

  • People's Choice

  • Best of Show

  • First Time Entrant

  • Most Historical

  • Best Weathervane 

  • Youth Category

  • Best workmanship 

  • Most Creative 

  • Most Whimsical

  • Human Whirligigs 

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SEE 2012 PROGRAM

SEE THE WINNERS!!

For more information about the Shelburne Area, click HERE 


INTERESTED IN BEING A VOLUNTEER??

CLICK HERE

Congrats to all on best year ever!

Check out these two cool videos

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9yX62KX6RA&feature=youtu.be

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9zDnlNchNI&feature=related

Most new builders ever!
Biggest audience ever!
Best whirligig sales to date!
Thanks to Kalin Mitchell, CBC and sponsors
for support!


2012 winners

Live Whirligigs
Joan Harlow and Jennette Smith

Best Weathervane
Luke Geerligs for Blue Heron

Most Whimsical
3rd - Warren Edgeler for Blade Bird
2nd - Allan Burke for Bubblegig
1st - Sheldon Stuart for Dove

Most Creative
3rd - Bath Time
2nd - Warren Edgeler for Iraqi Warman
1st - John Fraser for Software Pirates

Best Workmanship
3rd - Joe Ronn for Girly Wigs
2nd - Milford Buchanan for Titanic
1st - Jim Cherbonneau for Water Skiing

Youth Category
3rd - Aaron Enslow for Cod Chase
2nd - Jacob Levy for Cowboy Barnyard
1st - Gabriel Clark for Pirate Attack

Most Historical
Joe Mulkhey for Blacksmith Shop

First Time Entrant

Fred Chetwynd for Bald Eagle

People’s Choice
Joe Ronn for Girly Wigs

Pirate Theme
Jim Cherbonneau for Pirates

Best of Show
Joe Mulkhey for Jug Band

 


 

For more information about the Festival,

or to volunteer ...

Contact: John H. Brown: Festival Committee

  • Box 677 , Shelburne , NS B0T 1W0

  • Tel: 902-875-3205 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 902-875-3205 FREE  end_of_the_skype_highlighting  Fax: 902-875-2585

  • Email: oscarj@eastlink.ca  


Some of our favourite links:

  • Whirligig Plans
  • Woodworker's Workshop.com
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  • Books
  • Rodney Frost - Creative Kinetics - Making Mad Toys and Mechanical Marvels in Wood  web link
  • Alan and Gill Bridgewater - The Wonderful World of Whirligigs and Wind Machines
  • Ken Fitzgerald - Weathervanes and Whirligigs
  • Anders S. Lunde - Easy to Make Whirligigs  web link
  • Anders S. Lunde - Action Whirligigs  web link
  • Anders S. Lunde - Whimsical Whirligigs  web link
  • Anders S. Lunde - Whirligigs for children, young and old  web link
  • David Schoonmaker, Bruce Woods - Whirligigs & Weathervanes: A Celebration of Wind Gadgets with Dozens of Creative Projects to Makweb link
  • Sharon Pierce - Making Whirligigs and other wind toy  web link
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  • Craft Projects
  • Big Whirligig Craft with recycled materials   web link
  • Shoebox Whirligig – Science Museum of Minnesota   web link

    Web Sites
  • Whirligigs   web link
  • Flying Pig   web link
  • Folk Art Sculptures Festival  web link

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