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2012 
13th Annual

Sept 15 & 16

September 15 & 16, 2012     


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photos above by Sherman Hines. Click HERE for 2011 photos!

2011 PRIZE WINNERS

  • People's Choice: Mike Severs "Words of Love"

  • Best of Show: Dale Clark "Wordsmith"  

  • First Time Entrant: Joe Ronn "People of the Land 

  • Most Historical: Milford Buchanan "Moby Dick"

  • Best Weathervane 

  • Youth Category: 1st - Maya Trevors "Moby"; 2nd - Gabriel Clark "S.O.S."

  • Best workmanship (1st - Dale Clark "Spelling Bee", 2nd - Ben Pooley "Yes Dear"& 3rd - Freeland Reynolds "Duck Landing"

  • Most Creative 1st - Rexford Perry "Hunter"; 2nd - Dale Clark "Spelling Bee";  3rd - Joe Ronn "People of the Land"

  • Most Whimsical (1st - Rexford Perry "Postman"; 2nd - Dale Clark "Scooter";  3rd - Sheldon Stuart "Eagle One"

  • Human Whirligigs 1st - Joan and Jeantte3rd)

  • Arts Council Award - "Words" Mike Severs "Words of Love

 

 



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SEE THE WINNERS!!

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Gretchen Markle's beautiful colour sketches from the Festival

Another Gretchen Markle colour sketch from the Festival

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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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

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