`Made By Hand' is theme for Friends of the Red Barn; Farm-related crafts featured June 20.Byline: Sandy Meindersma HOLDEN - The Friends of the Red Barn The Red Barn was a fast-food restaurant chain founded in the early-1960s in Dayton, Ohio by Harry Barmier. Red Barn restaurants were in the shape of barns with a glass front and limited seating. are opening their fourth season with a "Made By Hand" Farm Day, a celebration of handmade farm-related crafts. From 1 to 4 p.m. June 20, the Red Barn, 52 Shrewsbury St., will be open to the public, with demonstrations, displays, animals, refreshments and music. Blacksmith Joshua Swalec will be working his forge; Ariann Johnson, Kate Saab and Theresa Wolcott will demonstrate how to make clay pots; quilter Majorie Femia will have several quilts on display as she works; and wood-turner Anthony Costello will make spindles using an antique, foot-operated lathe lathe (lāth), machine tool for holding and turning metal, wood, plastic, or other material against a cutting tool to form a cylindrical product or part. It also drills, bores, polishes, grinds, makes threads, and performs other operations. . The Wachusett Spinners will be on hand to teach the art of spinning wool into yarn as well as dying fibers with natural dyes natural dye n. A dye obtained from animals or plants. . Christina Lentz Larson of the Sheep Shack will teach how to do wet felting and will bring the store's portion of the "World's Longest Scarf," a community knitting project that is raising money for Heifer International Heifer International is a non-profit charitable organization based in Little Rock, Arkansas, dedicated to relieving global hunger and poverty. It provides gifts of livestock and plants, as well as education in sustainable agriculture, to financially-disadvantaged families around . Alpacas from the Great Rock Farm in Barre, sheep and goats from Overlook Farm, and animals from the Sterling 4-H Club will be at the farm for the day. The barn itself will be home to ongoing entertainment of music and stories as well as a display of antique farm tools. And while there will be several hands-on activities, the most tasty is likely to be the make-your-own ice-cream soda. The Holden Grange will sell strawberry shortcake
Strawberry Shortcake is a licensed character owned by American Greetings, originally used in greeting cards and expanded to include dolls, posters, and other products. , and there will be a bake sale “Bake Sale” redirects here. For the episode from the TV show 8 Simple Rules, see List of 8 Simple Rules episodes. A bake sale is a fundraising activity where baked goods such as doughnuts, cupcakes and cookies, sometimes along with ethnic foods, are sold. . With a mission of preserving the Red Barn and the seven acres of land on which it sits, the Friends of the Red Barn use Farm Days to help the community understand and appreciate the area's agricultural heritage. Parking is available in the Alden Lab parking lot and on Tyler Drive and on Red Barn Road. There is no parking on Shrewsbury Street. Rain date for the event is June 21. If the event is postponed, a note will be posted on www.redbarnholden.org around 10 a.m. ART: PHOTO PHOTOG pho·tog n. Informal A person who takes photographs, especially as a profession; a photographer. : SANDY MEINDERSMA CUTLINE: A sign welcomes visitors to "Made By Hand," the kickoff to the Friends of the Red Barn season. |
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