I have returned to the web page of the Keystone Lace Guild (having not yet received my bulletin) and have found a few more things that I think might be interesting. 1. There are a lot of teachers from outside the US. Personally, I like the convention to feature teachers you don't see all the time at regional events. Jean Leader, prominent in the UK Lace Guild is teaching as well as Angela Thompson, Gillian Dye and Sandi Woods . These people are well-known in the UK and authors and it might be nice to get to know them better. I am quite interested to meet Diane Claeys of Belgium. Yvonne Scheele-Kerkhof I know only from her Withof book which is one of my most well-thumbed. Also I see Jutta Klein of Germany is teaching. She is one of the authors listed on the book Geklopelte Metallspitzen and hails from the Deutscher Kloppelverband. The Deutscher Kloppelverband is a very serious organization that produces marvelous books, rarely in English, and it is a group that we have all too little contact with. There are several Australian teachers that I don't think we have seen before. There is even a woman from Thailand teaching several courses involving silk. Perhaps this convention will be one in which people make more international lace connections, which is one of the things I like most about arachne. 2. From the US I see some people who haven't taught before as far as I know. Bobbi Chase is teaching Princess lace. She is a well-known teacher for the EGA. As workshop chairman for the Metro Chapter I had her teach Princess lace and I was blown away by the accompanying materials and the professionalism of the lesson. Karen Thompson and Sheryl De Jong will be teaching. I have never met Karen, but from the exquisite laboriousness of the materials at the Smithsonian Tour, I know that a 6 page application would present no challenge to her. Sheryl is presenting a class on Ipswich lace which is something I have not seen offered at a convention before. Fellow arachnean Jane Viking-Swanson is teaching as well. 3. The possibility exists that for people who want to do use their week to take as much lace instruction as possible, they can take close to 40 hours of instruction whereas in previous conventions the maximium was 24. 4. The various different packages are actually offering the attendees the option of saving money by paying only for those things they actually want to do. Often one hears from attendees that they are on a budget and would prefer to pay only for those luncheons, classes etc. that they truly want to attend rather than having to buy an entire week long package. The organizers are offering this option. In fact, the green option, seems to be a total a la carte option.
I think we are all going to owe a debt of gratitude to the Keystone Lace Guild for trying some new things. Maybe some of them won't work out. Maybe we will never go back to certain other practices. It would be a shame if they all lost their houses and credit ratings for trying a few new things. Devon - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
