The fifth "Great Dorset Do" will be on:

SATURDAY September 29th 2012

NEW VENUE - Ringwood School, BH24 1SE, with parking on site for over 100 cars, more parking across the road in the leisure centre

Advance payment with bookings please to Mike Tuck:

17 Post Office Lane, St Ives, Ringwood, Hants, BH24 2PG

Cheques for £6.00 made out "The Hants & Dorset Stickmakers"

Your ticket will be reserved for you but will not be posted unless S.A.E. included.

Buffet lunch included, there will be no concessions for those bringing there own food. Admission paid on the day will be £8.00 reserved or not.

We're having a change of format this year with more stalls in a bigger hall. The speakers have been removed to a separate room so as not to stop the flow of the day. There will be four speakers/demonstrators, each doing a one hour session. The outside exhibits will be expanded this year with much more to see and do. Our old friend Terry Heard is back this year along with Tim Dunning and Pete & Jilly Snelson from Countryside Conservation.

All the old favourites plus some manynew surprises, a day not to be missed if you're interested in wood and the countryside.

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MORE DETAILS AND POSTER TO DOWNLOAD

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Why not make a weekend of it near the New Forest, stay over at the St Leonards Hotel, only a couple of miles from the Dorset Do.

Contact Mike Tuck for special rates:

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THE GREAT DORSET DO HISTORY

Our show was suggested after visiting the January “Saxon Bash” organised by the The Saxon Stickmakers, in Sussex.

We felt we could offer a show to complement their event in our own area at the end of the year in October, and so the

“Great Dorset Do” was born in 2008.

The show has been a great success and this year it will be even better. There are side shows and continuous demonstrations, with guest speakers, a buffet lunch is included and the day ends with a raffle and auction sale of tools, timber and books.

We try to ensure the show appeals to anyone with an interest in woodworking and rural crafts but the emphasis is on stickmaking. We usually have woodturners, crafts, woodcarvers, a stick show, forestry workers, tool dealers, stick supplies shop, pyrographers, and well known speakers from the woodworking world.

Download your own 2012 poster for this event: