What’s happening?
April 13th & 14th 2012 – East Coast Decoy Collectors, Buy, Sell & Swap Meet at St. Michaels Motor Inn (Best Western). Contact: John Clayton 410-745-2955 e-mail: john@njdecoys.com or Jim Trimble 703-768-7264 e-mail: potomacduck@cox.net.
April 27th & 28th 2012 – Annual National Antique Decoy and Sporting Collectibles Show sponsored by the Midwest Decoy Collectors Association, to be held at the Pheasant Run Resort, St. Charles, IL. Room to room trading April 23-27, show April 27 & 28. Contact: Rick Sandstrom 319-364-8556 or email swayze180@hotmail.com or visit website: www.midwestdecoy.org
April 28th & 29th 2012 – Guyette & Schmidt Annual Spring Decoy Auction to be held at the Pheasant Run Resort, St. Charles, Il., in conjunction with the Midwest Decoy Collectors Association Show. Contact: Gary Guyette 410-745-0485 or Frank Schmidt 207-625-8055 or visit www.guyetteandschmidt.com.
April 27th & 28th 2012 Saltwater Lure Collectors Club 3rd Annual Club Show & Swap Meet. Trowbridge Tavern & Canal Club, 100 Trowbridge Road, Bourne, Mass. 02532.
Web: www.swlcc.com
April 27th, 28th, &19th 2012 – 41st Annual Ward World Championship Wildfowl Carving Competion and Art Festival, held at the Roland E. Powell Convention Center in Ocean City. MD. The Ward Museum, 909 South Schumaker Drive, Salisbury, MD 21804. Info: 410-742-4988 or www.wardmuseum.org.
May 4th, 5th & 6th 2012 – The 31st Annual Harve de Grace Decoy & Wildlife Art Festival Friday 6:00pm – 9:00pm, Saturday 9:00am-5:00pm, Sunday 10:00am-4:00pm. Live Auction at 4:00pm on Saturday. Admission is $8 per person, children under 12 free. To be held at the Harve de Grace Activity Center behind the Middle School. Info: 410-939-3739 or www.decoymuseum.com.
LIDCA Meeting Show & Tell Schedule for upcoming months:
April 2012: Goldeneye, Mason Factory, Amityville, L.I.
May 2012: Turnstones/Knots, Thomas Gelston, Ohio/Indiana
June 2012: Confidence Decoys, George Strunk, California
‘My Favorite Three Decoys” – Upcoming Schedule
April 2012: Don Bennett
May 2012: Tim Sieger
June 2012: Hap Barnes
July 12th 2012: Annual Picnic, Horton Point Lighthouse, Southold, 4-7pm.