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PETER COADE
CBC TV WEATHERMAN

Special Guest Judge & Master of Ceremonies

11th 
Annual


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SEE THE WINNERS!!

For more information about the Shelburne Area, click HERE 


 

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2010 AWARD CATEGORIES - $1500 in prizes
  • People's choice Award  

  • Best of Show  

  • First time entrant 

  • Most Historical

  • Best Weathervane 

  • Youth Category 

  • Best workmanship 

  • Most creative category 

  • Most whimsical 

  • Human Whirligig

  • Whirligig Made from Garbage (new)


  • 2009 Prizes and Sponsors (download a list HERE)

  • Click HERE for 2010 Program
  • Click HERE for downloadable poster 
  • Download pre-registration form HERE

2010 Festival Program

Saturday September 18


9:00am - 12:00pm    
Whirligig building workshop at Muir/Cox Shipyard with Milford Buchanan, expert Dory builder & wood crafter.
  Workshop includes all materials, paint and instruction   $25.00  person, pre-registration preferred, maximum 12  participants per session.

10am – 12:00 noon         
Registration of entries – Cox Warehouse on Dock Street

12:00 noon – 2:00pm        
Auction - Guild Hall  
New! (see more here)

12:00 noon – 5:00pm        
Viewing entries on the Historic Waterfront

1:00pm – 4:00pm         
Whirligig building workshop at Muir/Cox Shipyard with
Milford Buchanan, expert Dory builder & wood crafter. Workshop includes all materials, paint and instruction $25.00  person, pre-registration preferred, maximum 12  participants per session

2:00pm – 4:00pm 
Children’s Whirligig Building workshop. Ages 4 – 11 Cox Warehouse, Dock Street.FREE pre registration preferred. Contact Parks and Recreation Department, Town of Shelburne 902 875 3873, or email tnshelb@auracom.com 

 

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Sunday September 19


11:00am – 2:00pm 
View of entries on the Historic Waterfront

2:00pm 
Judging of entries

4:00pm 
Awards presentations – Guild Hall, Museum Complex
PETER COADE: CBC TV WEATHERMAN
Special Guest Judge & Master of Ceremonies

Music, crafters & food vendors on site both days.

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  Fax: 902-875-2585

  • Email: oscarj@eastlink.ca  

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AUCTION!!
Shelburne County Archive and Genealogical Society Auction
Guild Hall, Museum Complex
Saturday September 18
Viewing at 12 noon
Auction starts at 1:00pm
 
For information about items up for bid, etc.
call 902 875 4299 or 902 874 1036

Some of our favourite links:

  • 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

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