We are back to 3rd Sat being our usual meeting date... but due to Norrah's home being unavailable on certain months in 2011... we will meet on Second Saturdays in Feb, March, May, July and Sept. time is  10 - 4.  Contact Norrah Andersen for meeting address and class details. Phone 714-641-8124 or email: Createit@att.net

Note: In appreciation for our meeting facility, we "pass the gourd" for a suggested $5 donation which is provided to the hosting member.

Check Our Calendar We will have More new announcements As Calendars are Firmed up in the New Year

Be on the look out for OCGS Gourd Classes given in the local area.

*A Special “Rainstick” Category #21 in CGS June Competition will Honor Russ Conley

Orange County Gourdpatch members are pleased the CGS Board has decided to add a Special Category to the CGS Competition this year. The “Rainstick” Category will honor Russ Conley’s memory and is likely to encourage more artists to perpetuate the artistic methods he developed for making rainsticks. The general CGS Competition guidelines will apply. All CGS members are welcome to enter a rainstick, and those that adhere to Russ’s recommended techniques using toothpicks are very much encouraged. In this special Rainstick Category entries can be the work of an individual artist, or a collaborative effort by a group of two or more CGS members. All design techniques are welcome. Entries will be judged on artistic merit as well as sound and function as a rainstick.
A CD tutorial with Russ teaching his method is included in a kit that can be provided free to leaders of CGS Patches whose members will enter rainsticks. For more information contact Susan Sullivan susansphn@aol.com or Jack Thorp at wildwoodgourdart@gmail.com
(SEE CGS Competition Call to Artists on pages 16 and 17 of the Golden Gourd Newsletter or www.calgourd.com)

OCGS Display at the La Habra Library